Spending our way out of trouble.

In case there is any remaining doubt as to what sort of Prime Minister Gordon Brown will make, one needs look no further than his attitude towards the current situation in the Gaza strip.

The headline says it all:

"Chancellor Gordon Brown has promised to set out an "economic road map" to build peace in the Middle East."

Speaking at the last of 10 official hustings before taking over as leader of the Labour Party, he promised more money for the Palestinian Territories.

"I believe that investment and tackling poverty does provide a major way forward."
Mr Brown highlighted the fact that, while average income in Israel was $20,000 (£10,144) a head, in Gaza it was $800 (£405).
He said that the Palestinian Territories were suffering from 50% unemployment and 70% poverty.

To view the current and ongoing conflict in the Middle East as resulting from economic inequities is something I had not really considered, and if Mr Brown thinks that it can be solved by pouring even more of our money into the conflict, I say good luck to him.

Whilst our country, and indeed most of Western civilisation, is controlled by such self serving corrupt money grabbers, I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised that they believe everybody is the same as they are. Perhaps shipping over boat loads of money to the people of Gaza will work. Maybe by raising their average income to that of the Israelis all the troubles will melt away.

Sadly, I suspect that the ongoing conflict has less to do with money than it has to do with hatred. Generations have grown up being taught to hate from cradle to grave. Hate the Jews, hate Israel, hate America, hate the west, even hate your next door neighbour if he has different views. Or religion, you know, the one that only accepts itself and doesn't recognise any other. The one that the BBC dare not mention.

That is the problem, one that is growing across the world as a certain group of people extend and export their vision of hatred to all the corners of the world, and it is one that has very little to do with economics and poverty.

Sadly it is this failure of Gordon Brown and his fellow worshippers to recognise and face up to the real problem which is likely to soon lead to some of the darkest days in this worlds history.

Whilst it is said that One cannot serve both God and Mammon, Gordon Brown appears to be hoping that the residents of Gaza and the Palestinian territories prove to be the exception.

Brown sets out plans for Mid-East