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Derelict's avatar

There is something--some immense defect--in people that makes them think that killing someone's family is the sure-fire way to get them to stop hating you. Nowhere is this displayed more frequently or consistently than in this conflict.

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DrBDH's avatar

I have no answer for what the United States can do to change the calculus in the Middle East. I don’t share the nationalism or religiosity of the players and can’t imagine what can be done to move them away from those motivations. But, both our politicians and media have decided that it’s up to us to do something about it. We protested the Vietnam War to demand our government stop its own actions. What are yesterday’s protesters doing, if not demanding our government stop others from committing war crimes? How exactly is it supposed to do that? Sure, stop sending weapons to anyone in the Middle East. Beyond that, what? Words, diplomacy, jaw-jaw while the actors engage in war-war. Anyway, when the fascists take over our government in 2024, I’m sure those protesters will find their demands ignored and themselves branded as enemies. The future doesn’t look good for the Middle East or us. Maybe we should focus on the threat at home.

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