Running away from Failure

As US troop levels drop to under 50,000 in Iraq, the whole country is plagued by a series of bombings. The recipe for Civil War still bubbles, and after democracy was forced on Iraq, the results 6 months the last election has left no government formed.
No Weapons Of Mass Destruction were ever found.
The countries infrastructure still fails. The region is unsafe. The land once ruled by the iron fist of Saddam Hussein is now fragmented and in ruins. The oil wealth has eluded the benefit of the civilians. Countless young American, British and other nations have lost the lives of soldiers, many of whom remain crippled or suffering from a range of mental disorders.
This is no victory. It is a sad defeat. And it seems sure to be copied in Afghanistan.

Is Bliar's bribe an EU Presidency bid?

Tony Blair, the shamed UK Prime Minister, has said he will donate the "blood money" from his memoirs to The Royal British Legion, an organization that, he is personally responsible for crippling and maiming many of it's members.
Blair, who has made over £12M since leaving office in 2007 with a string of directorships, including insurance giant Zurich and investment bank JP Morgan, speaking engagements and business consultancies.
He has also been the Middle East Peace Envoy, overseeing and allowing Israel's War on Gaza(Operation Cast Lead), expansion of illegal Jewish settlements, Israeli raid on Syria, the block-aid of Gaza and many more "successes".
It is no secret that this devout Christian is after the EU Presidency, and his relative silence while he amasses wealth may be an attempt is allow the public to forget his (war) crimes. But what he forgets, is that the world is still burning from the actions of Blair and Bush, people are still dieing, starving and oppressed; catapulting Bin Larden and his small band of merry nutters to become a force able to defeat the whole US military and security apparatus.
Can you imagine this white middle-class imbecile in charge of Europe, a mix of races and religions, blighted by historical division, unemployment and immigration???

Forest fires threaten Russian Nuclear facilities

Russia is desperately fighting forest fires(Global Warming?)to stop them attacking nuclear sites and now Chernobyl is threatening to unleash radioactive dust in the smoke.
There are now some 438 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 30 countries(61 new reactors under construction), 56 countries operate a total of about 250 research reactors and a further 220 nuclear reactors power ships and submarines.
Some countries have built reactors on fault lines prone to earthquakes(Japan) or plan to build on volcanoes(Indonesia).
The USA has over 100 reactors and it's wars of aggression in the Middle East and beyond may radicalize those targeted to seek revenge. In July 2000, two out of four war-games(Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation(OSRE)in Farley)to simulate protection of US nuclear facilities failed totally, with the third also failing. Don't forget on the 7th February 1993, an intruder entered Three Mile Island nuclear plant and damaged it.
The list of military nuclear accidents is long and often covered up(USA warship in Tokyo Bay).
So how safe is it to have these technologies? We all witnesses the world's richest advanced nation sit back helplessly, while one of the world's richest companies, allowed oil to flow freely for 3 months and destroy the Gulf of Mexico. How about nuclear accidents guys? Prepared?

Are Christians sacrificing Missionary Lives?

The August 2010 death of 10 Aid workers in Afghanistan is sad. They were doing great work, especially in the field of eye care. But is there more to the deaths of these Christians in a Muslim country, well known for its strong adherence to the teachings of the Koran? The Taliban claimed responsibility for the killings, saying the workers had been carrying Bibles in an Afghan native language and were attempting to promote Christianity.
According to IAM statements "The International Assistance Mission is an international association of Christian organizations serving the people of Afghanistan with compassion and excellence in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ".
This is not just isolated behavior carried out by this Christian organization. South Korean churches for example, send indoctrinated North Koreans defectors to certain torture and even death, back to North Korea to preach. South Korean missionaries have also been sent to Afghanistan and Iraq. Clearly threatening their missionaries lives. Do Christians really believe a Bible made of paper and ink can protect them from bullets and bombs?
Surely christian teaching does not endorse sending missionaries on suicidal missions.