I remain doubtful as to whether we have fully developed a mechanism of working together. The UN has become a council of a few who direct or merely aid others, as they think wise or to suit their own self interests. We have yet to set up the joint-machinery to deal with the multiple problems that accompany our every forward step and I suspect we will find ourselves moving from one expediency to another, sowing the seeds of future discontents - racial, religious and political. I also attach an interesting article with some further comments from ‘Quandrant’ - July/August - p37 “World out of balance” which I think you’ll find of interest.

As I once said before, your comments are often an enjoyable tour through the quotations of Plato, Aristotle and Freud and I find your own viewpoints vivid and fascinating. Your sense of history and military experience stands you in good stead. I am often ignorant of, or uninformative about, the complexity of what is happening in the world today - it is always hard to place recent events in a proper perspective and you open my mind not only to what is happening today but to the challenges that lie ahead. I guess as you say we cannot afford the luxury of self-imposed blinkers! I truly believe ... “Freedom is, in truth, a sacred thing. But then what is virtue if not free choice of what is good?” ....