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PEACE AND PUNISHMENT CAN’T BE BEDFELLOWS

PEACE AND PUNISHMENT CAN’T BE BEDFELLOWS

In the unlike­ly event the  opti­misti­cal­ly-des­ig­nat­ed “Ces­sa­tion of Hos­til­i­ties and Relat­ed Com­mit­ments on Enhanced Secu­ri­ty Arrange­ments…”  between Israel and Lebanon ever becomes an actu­al peace treaty, the pre­am­ble should include19th cen­tu­ry Ger­man philoso­pher  Friedrich Nietzsche’s admo­ni­tion: Beware of all those in whom the urge to pun­ish is strong.”Read the rest