Just back from 1 week away.
589 PICList messages extant.
Quiet week on list I guess.

Running a risk here.
Hopefully a worthwhile one.

COMPLAIN OFFLIST IF YOU THINK THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSTED.
TELL JAMES AND/OR TELL ME.
DON'T ADD FUEL IF YOU THINK THERE'S A FIRE HERE.
Best of all, don't read [OT][WOT] (whatever that may be) :-)

Was looking for material on James Van Allen and found the site 
mentioned 2nd below which led me to the Bethlehem blog site.

This is NOT a political post or whatever BUT anyone could turn it into 
that in a moment.

I'm posting this

1.    As a link to a superb list of blogger sites that others may be 
interested in.

2.    As a specific link to the heart rending Bethlehem blogger site - 
one of many similar I'm sure.

I'm not seeking to comment on the pros and cons of the Lebanon / Gaza 
/ Israeli / Palestinian / other situation. I have my views (of course) 
but they are complex and uncertain. everything that is happening in 
that troubled area is sad and I'd love to see almost all of it being 
done better - whatever 'better' may mean.

But I think many may benefit from this

        http://bethlehemghetto.blogspot.com/

One of zillions, makes heart rending reading (for me anyway).
This is about Gaza, very very largely overshadowed by Lebanon - but 
for many just as deadly, albeit on a smaller scale.
Regardless of whether one agrees with the writers easily perceived 
politics and perspectives.
(I imagine that I largely don't, but I sympathise with his? position).


The site I got this from is at least apparently a site supporting US 
troops in Iraq (not the war per se, the troops).

***BUT*** it has a large list of blogger sites in the current middle 
east trouble zones and these are why I'm posting it here.

It may not be what it at first appears to be, but that's irrelevant to 
my post.


        http://www.iraqwarnews.net/


I've got to be working - I'm not going to spend the time even starting 
to try to explain my complex mix of thoughts on the whole "Israel 
versus the rest" problem. Being a committed Christian makes the 
problem harder, not easier, to form solid opinions on.

I've no doubt that there is vast amounts of good material there - but 
so far I've looked only at the Bethlehem blog. Anyone else finding 
anything via these links that they think may be of interest to me are 
very welcome to bring them to my attention (offlist may be best).




        Russell McMahon

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