Britain Attacking Iran - Isn't That Important?

Readers, I implore you:  PLEASE use the internet to keep yourself informed of things that are filtered/censored/edited out of your news horizon. 5pm Central Time in the U.S., and I do a quick headline search.  Financial Times - blah. CNN - blah blah. Google News - blah blah blah. Jerusalem Post (www.jpost.com) - NOW we've got something! Check out this baby's headline, front and center on their site:

"Britain does not rule out military strike on Teheran"

That will grab one's attention, as it did mine (and no, planes are not in the air as I type this - at least not that I'm aware of). This may just be a ploy by G.B.'s new Prime Minister Gordon Brown to deflect some of Tony Blair's Middle East pub, but he [Brown] says "I believe that the economic sanctions imposed on Teheran will be effective, but I wouldn't… rule out action of a different kind" in what the Jerusalem Post dubbed his first interview from 10 Downing. The rest of the article blathers on about the U.N. (more blah blah blah), but it just seemed like an important enough statement by the Prime Minister of Great Britain that it would have garnered at least a tiny mention at other major news sites.

It's free, it takes virtually no research activity whatsoever on your part - just hit a few sites for content that you wouldn't think would normally make their way through your country's typical media filters. That's all I'm asking you to do. You just might be amazed at what goes on out in that big, scary world that nobody tells you about!

Comments

[Shefaly]

"..the Swiss DO have a draft, and are engaged in exactly how many conflicts at present? Zero, perhaps?"

Ah, but exactly how many firm moral stands DOES Switzerland take? Their welfare state thrives because in the WWII they did not hesitate to take in anyone who brought money. Non-alignment is not always a great strategy. But sometimes it is good to stand for something.

For sanitised living, it is a great country; but for much else, hmmm... I have lived there (Zurich) so I do not comment lightly.

All this reminds me of Gordon Sumner's lyrics:

Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a licence for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A Gentleman will walk, will never run..