A column like this cannot ignore the terrible events in the Middle East as Iraq falls apart from bloody-mindedness, Islamic fanaticism and lack of national identity, Syria is bombed into becoming one with Nineveh and Tyre, Lebanon remains on the edge and the roller coaster ride of Israel and Palestine roars ahead, with little sideshows like whether East Jerusalem is Occupied or just occupied.
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