Bazz
Sadly, the western public and politicians, infact the entire western culture is beyond hope. The self congratulatory ignorance is past any measure. Where do you begin? When religion raises its head, any and every lunacy is on the cards. Throw into the mix political correctness and plutocratic control of the media together with their infinite mendacious greed and you have a cocktail of poison sufficient to destroy every living organism on this little planet. And all this is occuring with the very best good intentions.

We are a mean spirited creature - us humans
Our egoes know no limits
We will say do anything to advance our own dignitas
There are exceptions but they are rare and often even more perverse then the norm.
Let it all burn to hell and start again.

Well, I saw Pres Holland speaking to the French parliament today.
In it he said France is at war.
The ISIS has said it is at war with France.
Think about this;
France is a member of the NATO Treaty.
An attack on one is an attack on all members.
The political talks going on around the G20 I suspect might be whether
to implement the NATO Treaty.
We could be really on the brink of a real war, not just an insurgent
type campaign.
It could be a sledgehammer to crack a walnut but ---

Western foreign policy = bomb bomb bomb
Oh come on! This is just beyond even funny.

Urgent study required - how we got so dumb