Suicidal Violence Is Not The Exclusive Property

All Uk Nuclear Power Stations Should Be Shut Down Without Delay.

Governments Of Rich Countries Spend Some $6bn Of Tax Money A Year On Disaster Relief And Development Aid Overseas, While Each New Earthquake, Famine Or Tidal Wave Can Attract 1,000 Aid Organisations, From The United Nations Children's Fund And Oxfam To The 'jesus Brigades' Of The American South And Other Charitable Adventurers.

What Holds An Arab Leader In Power Is A Mixture Of Violence And Prestige. Both President Assad And King Hussein Were Felt To Have Defended Arab Interests Against The World. That, In The End, Is More Important Than What They Wear On Their Head.

Ever Since The Destruction Of Baghdad By The Mongols In 1258, The Muslim World Has Been In Slow Decline Relative To The West. With Napoleon's Invasion Of Egypt And The Creeping British Annexation Of Muslim India, That Decline Took On A Malign Aspect.

To Give Money To A Woman - And Here I Must Speak As A Man - Is To Deny Her Special Quality, Her Irreplaceability, And Reduce Her Unique Amiability To A Commodity. Money Takes Away Her Name, While Transforming Her Lover Into A Nameless Customer Of A Market Of Appetites.