While the president has stood strongly behind Israel since Hamas attacked, he said on “60 Minutes” that a new occupation of Gaza would “be a big mistake.”
The last thing the US wants to bring up in discussion is the killing of civilians, I imagine. We killed hundreds of thousands just in Iraq. (And that’s not counting the embargo we had against Saddam that starved a million people and gave rise to Al Qaeda either.)
I think that is exactly what we want to bring up from the US. We fucked up our response to 9/11. We have some perspective on pushing for restraint for Israel reacting to their 9/11. Even if we avoid moralizing on civilian life, we are least can talk about the cost of perpetual war and occupation.
No word about the killing of civilians?
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The last thing the US wants to bring up in discussion is the killing of civilians, I imagine. We killed hundreds of thousands just in Iraq. (And that’s not counting the embargo we had against Saddam that starved a million people and gave rise to Al Qaeda either.)
I think that is exactly what we want to bring up from the US. We fucked up our response to 9/11. We have some perspective on pushing for restraint for Israel reacting to their 9/11. Even if we avoid moralizing on civilian life, we are least can talk about the cost of perpetual war and occupation.
Is that perspective “go for it, it’s very profitable and a great excuse to do away with civil rights”?
No. There’s a lot of Americans that have shame and a strong desire to repeat those mistakes.