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It certainly has proved itself to be a fairly intractable problem. QV probably has the best take on it (above). A good first step for the Palestinians might be to overthrow Hamas.

Fair point. I think a Ukrainian victory is unlikely - though as things stand a draw may be possible. (Which perhaps acheives the end you suggest anyway).

Ok, fair point on Jordan - but how would you recommend the Palestinian issue be resolved?

Well that's pretty clear then. Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated.

Well, in fairness if you read what I wrote a bit more closely, you will find I am suggesting 'do both' - in the interests of preparedness. But maybe tilt the ratio in favour of a bit more of that funding going to CAF readiness.

Does anyone else feel that Western countries would be better off building their own military capabilities than putting so much into the defence of Ukraine? (For me personally, I think there is a need to aid Ukraine - but some of those resources might be better employed on Canadian Forces).

This isn't something that has happened to me - but wondering if it is a thing: What happens if a recruit is not making the grade in their trade? Can you be repurposed to an alternative? If someone joins as Intelligence Officer, for example and fails to pass the training. Is it the case that...

The only solution I can see at this point is for the Palestinians to be resettled en masse, and with reasonable compensation in Jordan. As per the original settlement. Status quo has been tried, and doesn't work. The Palestinians have repeatedly broken it by attacking Israel and on Oct 7th...

"For much of its history, the UN was ruled by a majority consisting of democracies. Today, its ruling majority is made up of authoritarian regimes. The purpose of a system is what it does: The purpose of the UN, now, is to weaken the democracies" Good point.

They do say a problem shared is a problem halved.. But, yes, you are right - ultimately there must be a political solution. What that is, who knows.....

Well, the original settlement of the Palestinian mandate divided the entire territory in two: the new, reduced state of Israel for the Jews and the larger state of Jordan for the Arab Muslims. So, really, the home of all the 'Palestinans' (they were never labelled as such prior to the creation...

You are misreading me entirely (though the Cathy Newman mind tricks line did give me a chuckle). I think Poland made the correct call. To be honest, I cannot see why any country would want or should be compelled to have Palestinians within its borders. And that includes Israel.

I am not - but I think some governments are.

Ok - so Poland was right to say no to refugees? Other Europeans countries should also say no?

I don't think Egypt would want to - but Europe is certainly told that it must accept millions of refugees. Canada is told that it must accept ultimately maybe hundreds of thousands of refugees. So by that logic, why would Egypt be exempt? Furthermore, I'm also slightly baffled by an...

I I think Egypt could easily open its border and accept all the people from Gaza as refugees. No need for any of them to be killed. But Israel cannot really expect to tolerate Gaza as is, not least because the elected government of Gaza openly celebrated October 7th and promised to repeat it.

I think that is a very sound analysis. On the Canadian government side, the possible PP government is an unknown quantity - while the actual JT government is very much a known quantity. The Liberals' inexplicable decision to pivot away from promoting domestic growth in theory means very little...

Actually, yes, that was very helpful indeed! Thank you His path through it looks to have been a transfer across, and to full time, but perhaps there is a way to it from my current situation

Thank you, Edmund

I think you have totally missed the point. There is nothing particularly insightful in your response, so there is nothing that needs spelling out - certainly not 'distilling'. I understand exactly what you wrote - it just isn't relevant to the question asked. If you want to rant on political...