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Originally Posted by Watser?
Indeed.
Plus, this is our backyard. For Europeans they are the neighbors: especially since Cyprus joined Israel and Lebanon are next door to us. Cyprus is taking in thousands of refugees. I am also concerned with the conflict in Cyprus by the way, but that has been a cold war for quite a while. And I was certainly concerned with the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, also wars where there was no good guys or bad guys but certainly weak and strong guys.
Another reason is that we are supporting Israel (most favoured trading partner) and are not trying to stop them. We should IMO, not just because of moral reasons, but out of self-interest. It has an impact on relations between the West and the Arab and Muslim world. It has an impact on relations between Jews and Muslims here and on relations between either of those minority groups and the Christian/Unbelieving majority in this country. It has an impact on the war in Iraq. It has an impact on the relations between the US and the EU and on relations within the EU.
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and everything you mention, every problem...was presented to you as being important. would it be if that never happened?
countries aren't neighbours...they are competitors.
there is nothing wrong with globalization and making the world smaller. there is nothing wrong with seeing us all as neighbours. that is part of my own philosophy. the problem is, to get good neighbours you need to be one...i think that gets overlooked way too much.
michael
