Thanks for taking the time to reply, and share another layer of depth in how you're thinking about this very complex issue. Particularly regarding what a humane endpoint might look like and how you process or think about sources of information.
You've been a good-faith exponent for the principled version of (what strikes me as) a…
Thanks for taking the time to reply, and share another layer of depth in how you're thinking about this very complex issue. Particularly regarding what a humane endpoint might look like and how you process or think about sources of information.
You've been a good-faith exponent for the principled version of (what strikes me as) a more pro-Palestinian perspective. As we've both stated, there are legitimate grievances on both ends, and fundamental asymmetries. Uncontroversially, I mourn for the dead on both sides, am horrified both by the thought of hostages (including babies) in the Gazan tunnels as well as the ongoing reports of decimation against the Palestinians. Everyone is wrong and everyone is righteous.
Before one can broker a more stable agreement, the thugs of Hamas must be ejected from power. I see scattered reports of Palestinians protesting them (as they refuse to eg distrubute aid or horde resources), but I don't know how to really move things forward until new leadership is recognized there. We might disagree on some finer points, but this has been a fruitful discussion for me; hopefully for you. A ceasefire is as temporary as the next suicide bomber or rocket, and just welcomes another inevitable cycle of reprisal and death. Some regions just enter into a mess and never emerge (Darfur).
Hi Steve,
Thanks for taking the time to reply, and share another layer of depth in how you're thinking about this very complex issue. Particularly regarding what a humane endpoint might look like and how you process or think about sources of information.
You've been a good-faith exponent for the principled version of (what strikes me as) a more pro-Palestinian perspective. As we've both stated, there are legitimate grievances on both ends, and fundamental asymmetries. Uncontroversially, I mourn for the dead on both sides, am horrified both by the thought of hostages (including babies) in the Gazan tunnels as well as the ongoing reports of decimation against the Palestinians. Everyone is wrong and everyone is righteous.
Before one can broker a more stable agreement, the thugs of Hamas must be ejected from power. I see scattered reports of Palestinians protesting them (as they refuse to eg distrubute aid or horde resources), but I don't know how to really move things forward until new leadership is recognized there. We might disagree on some finer points, but this has been a fruitful discussion for me; hopefully for you. A ceasefire is as temporary as the next suicide bomber or rocket, and just welcomes another inevitable cycle of reprisal and death. Some regions just enter into a mess and never emerge (Darfur).