TORONTO – Canada decided to enter the morass of complexity known as the Middle East. Pick a “side”; five minutes later, it is time for reassessment because the standards of right and wrong are rarely the ones one expects. On moral or ethical grounds, they are unrecognizable to outsiders who may be prone to impose their own sets on others – from a safe distance. There is always “the other factor” (material interest), hidden from view or obfuscated by webs and veils structured to achieve a goal for a purpose that may not be that of the observer.
