Suspect Arrested in Norway Shooting: Utoya Linked to Oslo Attack

Norway is a peaceful, decent, civilised country which suffered unprovoked fascist aggression last century and, having done nothing to anyone except provide more aid per capita than almost any other country, is suffering more fascist attacks simply because it is a soft target. The West, and I may be stretching things at this point in history to include the United States in that category, needs to stand together once and for all and assert its values. That means an end to apologising for believing women are equal, that freedom for all is sacrosanct and that tolerance for others extends to those who enter their countries voluntarily to live. That means speaking out once in a while when clear acts of violence and aggression take place and strive to work concertedly to punish those that commit acts of barbarism. When Gaddafi slaughters his own population and half of Europe dither and do nothing, it deserves to be seen as weak and lacking convictions. When here in Germany nuclear power is to be ended for moral reasons but the state does nothing to prevent Iran from abusing it, one must question the value of our civilisation. And above all, it is about time we stopped appeasing China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and so on when together, when we still have influence and some degree of integrity left, unite to stand up as strongly for those values and beliefs we in the past sacrificed blood and treasure for as our rivals and enemies do.