"Re Israel, Jim always tries to raise that subject in a thread if he possibly can."
And you use every opportunity to defend this foul regime
I raised the point because it ties in with the original point on arms
Arms is no longer a question of defence, if it ever has been.
It is a major industry designed to make people rich and as such, it is part of our national economy - that is why no government possessing the present political principles we have come to expect from our politicians, on the contrary, when arms profits fly in through the window, humanity flies out of the door (Israel's sales to a power using arms to ethnically cleanse is a readily on-hand example of that)
I had no intention of making this "about Israel" - those who broke their necks to defend those sales did that.
If we can't discuss in terms of why they exist today, then we are reduced to being a bunch of idealist dreamers
Arms are manufactured and sold for profit, the amount governments spend on them are why people are go short or can't get medical attention.
Those who say we cannot discuss those aspects of the subject are as censorial as the trolls
It really is as simple as that
Jim Carroll