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GAZA: WORDS WILL DECIDE BETWEEN PAUSE AND PEACE

GAZA: WORDS WILL DECIDE BETWEEN PAUSE AND PEACE

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That the Gaza war will be pro­longed, mer­ci­less and shape glob­al pol­i­tics for years to come is self-evi­dent. Unless the “nev­er go to war with­out a plan for the after­math” les­son of Iraq and Afghanistan is heed­ed, how­ev­er, the shape will be mould­ed by a line from George Bernard Shaw’s Cae­sar and Cleopa­tra: “And so, to the end of his­to­ry, mur­der shall breed mur­der, always in the name of right and hon­our and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and cre­ate a race that can understand.”… Read the rest

GAZA AND THE MORAL HIGH GROUND

GAZA AND THE MORAL HIGH GROUND

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Seiz­ing the high ground is uni­ver­sal­ly con­sid­ered a cru­cial ele­ment for mil­i­tary vic­to­ry. The moral high ground is equal­ly essen­tial in the after­math. Claim­ing and then try­ing to hold it with snap judge­ments, over-blown rhetoric and no-mat­ter-what back­ing of obvi­ous­ly evil actions is a sure way to lose it.… Read the rest

GAZA: ALL WAR CRIMES ARE EQUAL

GAZA: ALL WAR CRIMES ARE EQUAL

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Respond­ing to a war crime by com­mit­ting one doesn’t bring jus­tice, it cre­ates equals. Aid­ing, abet­ting or con­don­ing one side mere­ly adds anoth­er guilty par­ty. All but the most ardent­ly naïve know that Israel’s vengeance on Gaza will be fero­cious. Unless those with the pow­er to make changes start think­ing about the after­math now, it will also be pointless.… Read the rest