There’s no doubting Russel Norman’s passion about what he believes in and stands against, and there’s no doubting that he means well. But his response to the Ministerial Statement on Iraq prompted some pertinent comments here.
Alan Wilkinson points out that Norman was right and wrong:
The US has already weaned itself off Arab oil. Russel opposes fracking and drilling that would do the same for us and others. The UN is deeply corrupt and speaks only to elites. Nothing in the Middle East will change until the ordinary people want it and that can only happen by working on the ground with them.
Russel is right about the risks and wrong about the opportunities and solutions.
Goldie pointed out an idealitstic disconnect from reality.
So the Greens answer to Daesh is “What they want from us is support for humanitarian aid and civil reconstruction”
The world is confronting an apocalyptic…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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