Well, I suppose if you just want to give up then fair enough.
Tony Blair has made 90 visits to the region since he started in his role as a peace envoy in fact I believe he returned there yesterday. I don’t expect a Tory would acknowledge that though. You would rather make snide comments about other trips.

So to answer my point, do you think the Israeli assassination of a Hamas official has a)helped the situation and made a peaceful solution more likely or b) made it worse and made a peaceful solution less likely?

a) or b)?

Hint: it’s b)

If they really do live in a state of fear, why do they deliberately provoke the Palestinians? Why not try and not live in a state of fear by attempting dialogue and negotiations?
When the Israelis target Iran next and the whole region explodes into war, will we still be saying that it was justified?

I cannot believe that by targetting a Hamas leader the Israelis did not thinik the conflict would escalate. Did they really think the Palestinians would just sit back and let this go un-noticed?

The reason for Israel’s actions? An election.
Same reason as the last time they poked a stick at the Palestinians.

How can this be justified?

Missile kills 11 people, 9 in one family

Good for us I say. It makes a change from the usual whining and moaning we normally see. It was quite satisfying to see all of those who were writing off the Olympics before they even started (some on this very forum) crawl back under the woodwork. What a shame there wasn’t a way to make them eat their words.
We can still do great things in this country despite the nay-sayers and negative merchants that seem to abound these days.
Let’s face it, there are a lot worse places to live than the UK. No, it isn’t perfect but it it isn’t that bad really.

one more?

Now is that banter as well? I do hope it isn’t 🙂

As I said on the other thread leave the discussions to the grown-ups eh? Unless of course you’ve anything useful to contribute. I know it’s a long shot but you never know? It might happen one day.

Why…I am not the naive leftie here ??? 😉

Why don’t you leave the complicated debates to the grown-ups? There’s a chap.

:rolleyes: … such irony!

Have a great weekend Derek! 🙂

Thanks for that. I wasn’t being ironic though.

The country is (apparently) in the middle of an austerity policy and yet £100m is wasted on this?