Accepting the Obvious

HAMAS, which has a legitimate point of view, does not believe that Israel has a right to exist, nor should exist. But all that, for all practical purposes, is beside the point. The point is: Israel DOES exist, and, for all appearances, will for quite some time. Indeed it may have been a questionable decision in 1948 to establish a theocracy on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean sea; just as the entire realignment of Europe and the middle east after world war one by the victorious allied powers might have been handled horribly stupidly. But its too late to change all that now, and Hamas, bless their little angry hearts, must accept it. Equally obvious is that there must be a substantial redistribution of wealth among the world's nations and peoples, to avoid violence and darkness on a doomsday scale. Elevating the standard of living of billions of people will require a considerable quantity of financial and industrial enterprise; one would think, however, that the process would create numerous opportunities for savvy investors. And please, oh citizens of Russia, impress upon your government the dire necessity for allowing the Ukraine to function as an independent, self governing nation-state. Those Ukrainian citizens wishing to become Russian citizens, and feeling trapped in the Ukraine, should be free to emigrate to Russia.