Just What’s Needed, Another Road Map
It’s a taxi-ride from Israel to Palestine and yet the Road Map for Peace in the Middle East hasn’t been much help in bringing these countries together. Drive down the coast to Tel Aviv and turn left—how hard can it be?
It’s a taxi-ride from Israel to Palestine and yet the Road Map for Peace in the Middle East hasn’t been much help in bringing these countries together. Drive down the coast to Tel Aviv and turn left—how hard can it be?
‘Road map’ is the new political code for any destination that is too costly a trip, be that political, military or the ultimate cost of saving face.
So, it is with a weary eye that I take in the news today that the United Nations has ‘agreed’ on a ‘road map’ for limiting greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. This venerable international organization, the planet’s best hope for peace and dignified negotiation between nations, hasn’t got a real good record enforcement-wise in the win-loss column.
Nonetheless, delegates from 120 countries approved guidelines and, …