The real danger

The diplomats, UN and most of the mainstream media are neglecting the real problem today facing the West. Henry Porter in today's Observer is an exception, the following is an extract from his column: There is a fault line on which the world's future depends, but it passes through Tehran and the Strait of Hormuz, not Lebanon and Israel. Across this line, East and West face each other in a new contest; upon this line are concentrated the majority of the world's energy supplies, Islamic ambition and the crucibles of Shia terror. Reason enough to move cautiously, but if the interpretation of America's failure to call for a ceasefire are right - that Israel has America's tacit encouragement and perhaps Tony Blair's - then we may be witnessing the beginning of something that will define the first half of the 21st century. My own views precisely, bringing this reality home to the West's voters seems to be the only purpose for the present posturings. Lay in your firewood!