This also might be the reason why Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is defying the U.N. and the U.S., while Syria's Hafez el Assad is eyeing a great Syria which would extend into Jordan, Lebanon and Israel. America' s Mediterranean fleet, deprived of the Haifa facilities and the support of the friendly people of Israel, would lose the control of the Middle East. Syria has no sympathy for Palestinians or Israelis, their past policies attest to this. Whether America regains her former greatness and stops the decline of American prestige depends on American leaders who would recognize the strategic location and importance of Israel. I hope and pray that such leaders will emerge soon.
Trees are integral part of the human existence.
All because there seem to be millions of trees does not mean that one less is any less important than one human child. Trees take hundreds and hundreds of years to become full adults, and we cut them down like they're nothing. To pit them against our children is nothing more than ignorant. There will be no children if there are no trees. The whole point of this whole filtration mess is to keep it out of the Bronx.