Maybe There's Hope After All

While at times the world seems to be spinning out of control and everyone in power is either incompetent or oblivious, we are gifted with rare glimpses of hope. One such glimpse is the new President of the EU, Vaclav Claus of the Czech Republic. He doesn't believe in the Hollywood farce that is "global warming". Finally someone on the top who listens to science, reason, logic, and not Al Gore. The Czech government, however, is trying to limit his role to that of a figurehead, and keep him as far away from power as possible. Typical.
In other news, Israel has launched a ground invasion of Gaza. It is heartening to see another nation stand up for itself on the world stage. While France has condemned the campaign, just about everyone else is giving it the green light. Not that Israel was waiting for the world's go-ahead, which is one of the reasons I really respect that nation. Sure, If a man slaps you you can turn the other cheek, but if a radical Islamist group of nutjobs starts killing your people, you crush 'em.
Sarkozy suggests a ceasefire, but he seems to have forgotten that there already was a cease-fire...that Hamas broke by launching missiles into Israel. These peace treaties will not work if one party doesn't respect them. They had their chance, now the must accept the consequences of their actions. Besides, peace through unity is far better than peace through an unstable treaty between two factions that either hate each other or just really, really disagree.