America’s response to 9/11 was not to bomb any civilian location were we thought the terrorists might be hiding. We declared a war on terror but we did not start dropping bombs on the day of the atrocity. To write off the killing of innocent Palestinians who are caught in the middle of this ongoing war is simply wrong. Wittes says the ti…
America’s response to 9/11 was not to bomb any civilian location were we thought the terrorists might be hiding. We declared a war on terror but we did not start dropping bombs on the day of the atrocity. To write off the killing of innocent Palestinians who are caught in the middle of this ongoing war is simply wrong. Wittes says the time for discussing the roots of the problem is not now. Maybe so but collective retribution by the Israelis against the Palestinians is wrong and that needs to be said now and not at some later date after Israel has satisfied its middle eastern notion of eye for an eye vengeance on people who had nothing to do with this horrible attack. The whole world is discussing the context of this attack. We are not. In fact Wittes tells us we shouldn’t and shames us if we do. My question is when is it an appropriate time to talk about the Palestinians living in pograms in the West Bank and Gaza? I subscribe to the Bulwark and read (and listen) every day. I particularly enjoy Charlie and Ben’s Thursday podcast. And I admire Ben’s activism on the Ukraine issue. But I’ve never heard a peep out of The Bulwark about the lives of the Palestinians. Once people in America are educated on their situation I think we will demand the problem is solved. And it can be solved if both sides are made to. It certainly can’t be solved if we go into negotiations saying we want Israel to come out on top. I fear that once Israel has killed enough Palestinians to where they simply can’t go on any more- probably because their own citizens will cry enough- things for the Palestinians will go back to where they were and more of the same will follow. I think this country is largely to blame for this ongoing atrocity that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We can fix it but we’re not. I think the time to discuss it isn’t later, it’s now.
America’s response to 9/11 was not to bomb any civilian location were we thought the terrorists might be hiding. We declared a war on terror but we did not start dropping bombs on the day of the atrocity. To write off the killing of innocent Palestinians who are caught in the middle of this ongoing war is simply wrong. Wittes says the time for discussing the roots of the problem is not now. Maybe so but collective retribution by the Israelis against the Palestinians is wrong and that needs to be said now and not at some later date after Israel has satisfied its middle eastern notion of eye for an eye vengeance on people who had nothing to do with this horrible attack. The whole world is discussing the context of this attack. We are not. In fact Wittes tells us we shouldn’t and shames us if we do. My question is when is it an appropriate time to talk about the Palestinians living in pograms in the West Bank and Gaza? I subscribe to the Bulwark and read (and listen) every day. I particularly enjoy Charlie and Ben’s Thursday podcast. And I admire Ben’s activism on the Ukraine issue. But I’ve never heard a peep out of The Bulwark about the lives of the Palestinians. Once people in America are educated on their situation I think we will demand the problem is solved. And it can be solved if both sides are made to. It certainly can’t be solved if we go into negotiations saying we want Israel to come out on top. I fear that once Israel has killed enough Palestinians to where they simply can’t go on any more- probably because their own citizens will cry enough- things for the Palestinians will go back to where they were and more of the same will follow. I think this country is largely to blame for this ongoing atrocity that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We can fix it but we’re not. I think the time to discuss it isn’t later, it’s now.