It seems that the Taliban have caved, and the USA's bombing strategy was a brilliant success. To the best of our knowledge, not one US or British soldier lost his/her life in combat fighting the Taliban. And that is a very good thing.
If the State of Israel were to discover the cure for cancer, aids, heart disease and whatever else that ails humanity. I think much of the world would still find a reason for Israel not to exist.
My late mother and her sisters had a saying: "Smarty had a party". What they meant, was that every fool can be a "genius" under the best of conditions.
The official policy of Canada's William Lyon McKenzie King's Liberal Government concerning the immigration of Jews; before, during and after World War II was simple: "None is too many".
As a once prominent civil rights activist in Quebec, and a former well listened to Montreal radio talk show host on CIQC; nothing in the media bothers me more than shoddy and inaccurate journalism.
There was no question in my mind that Israel was going to pay a price because of what the Arab Islamic fundamentalists did. And regrettably, I was not wrong.