So you think there is just ONE way to fight a war? One way to use military power?And this trickles down into practical matters. For example, for those on Israel's side, there is only one possible response to the Hamas attack and any suggestion, even exploratory that anything else could be done is anti-semitic. — Bylaw
I think if you read that sentence in context, you'll see that I meant precisely the opposite. That I encounter that kind of oversimplification, from those on Israel's side, and similar versions for those on the other side.So you think there is just ONE way to fight a war? One way to use military power? — ssu
For myself I find the whole thing painful. Which is a wussy response given the extreme pain and worse for those actually invovled. But it seems like if you talk to anyone and you do not see the issue as simple and there is the one team to be extremely critical of period, you are in for being called a Nazi or some kind of colonialist. .
And this trickles down into practical matters. For example, for those on Israel's side, there is only one possible response to the Hamas attack and any suggestion, even exploratory that anything else could be done is anti-semitic. There are equivalents on the other team.
Yes, and it's easy. You have one main reaction and you aim it at anything, those who agree, those who don't, those who see it as more complex. No nagging doubts, nothing of importance to work out. And then in today's climate, you divide the world into Team A and Team B, with me or against me, evil or good, sane or insane, smart or a moron. Of course there have always been these tendencies and certainly for many who are directly involved in an issue or conflict. But now all the armchair generals and couch potatoes have the same utterly clear binary choice well and good made. And there is no possible Team C or D in the schema.Oversimplification is a way to control the discourse. — ssu
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