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The opening sentence of this article tells it all. ”The worst problems are those that are self-inflicted”. Nearly all are the result of Israel’s hangover from its socialist origins; exacerbated by its unworkable Breaking the grip of Israel’s oligopoly political system. Government has two major functions; it must protect itself from external foes, and mustContinue reading “Breaking the grip of Israel’s oligopoly”

Qatar is clearly a viciously evil force in the world, but in spite of this fact, it has used its oil wealth to bribe its way into Western society. It is time for us to recognize that it is not desirable to pretend that we can consider Qatar as an acceptable actor in international affairs.Continue reading “Dealing with Qatar”