This is an Israeli op-ed on having lost what could have been an opportunity for real change, thanks to Netanyahu.
The grief work & shame that many in the US had to cope with in the '00s, amid relentless Jingoism that springboarded from one "mission accomplished" to the next, is ongoing today in Israel.
Do you remember how state lies then made Western military and civilians alike complicit in ignominious history?
That's what we need to heal from now--*together*.
@MLClark None of the participants are interested in a solution. The status quo keeps them in power.
Agreed, but this isn't about the leaders, so much as average citizens who have to endure the fallout of whatever their governments decide to do.
Just as citizens in the US and other Western countries carried a heavy and complex burden after what was done in their name, and with everyday people's taxes and young adults' lives, in the wake of 9/11, so too is history here finding average citizens--civilians and soldiers--compelled to deal with the broader moral fallout of this war.
@MLClark Agree. Neither side cares about the civilian costs.
🍻 Cheery thoughts for a Saturday afternoon, eh? :) Hope there are nicer ones in your day as well!
@MLClark The cruelty is the point. Always has been. Always will be.