Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
if Israel is such a lively democracy how come its been accused of breaking the Geneva convention so many times and has been investigated for war crimes ?
This is a good point sludge.

Just because a government is democratically elected doesn't mean that country demonstrates the virtues and standards that are globally, rightly or wrongly, expected by a 'lively democracy'.

'Capatalist democracy' isn't a panacea for how countries should be run.

I understand that in the UK, we are kinda in a glass house here though.