World today

I assume that most people read this blog because they want to know what I'm doing. And lately I've been mostly writing about myself and what I've done, but I feel that I should write about something else today. As I've said before, I want this blog to also be a record for myself so I want to write down some of my thoughts on what is happening in the world today.

Certainly Iraq has been on my mind for the past few weeks. It seems that there was a somewhat organised campaign to kidnap foreign civilians, which I find particularly loathsome. They are of course easier targets that the military, and also evoke lot of emotion in their home countries, mostly probably against the war which is what the terrorists want. Still, I do not believe that end justifies the means, even if the end result is what I'd like to see.

And talking about ends justifying the means, what really gets under my skin is the situation in Israel and Palestine, and Ariel Sharon's deal with George W. Bush. What I don't get is, how it's possible to have two such unsympathetic leaders, who are so blind to cultural differences that they just can't see that what they have elected to do will just inflame the situation even more. Bush is of course looking out for the number one, and knows that within US his decision to back up Sharon's plan is the popular one (and I can't believe how far this man will go in the name of populism). In the end of the day, he's just looking ahead for few months, and is counting on the fact that whatever is going to happen in Israel is not going to be as big news as the deal itself. His regard for human suffering fills me with deep disgust.

Blair seems to have been left out of any negotiations, and I don't think he was consulted in any capacity. It should be a clear signal for him how much Bush really values him and his opinion, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference, not yet anyway. What I would like to see, of course, is UK coming closer to EU and moving away from US - but to be honest the referendum about the EU constitution coming up doesn't fill me with hope.

Oh frell, thinking of all this got me really depressed now.