For several decades, the United States sought to keep its distance from that war by casting itself in the role of regional arbiter. While providing Israel
Article: Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, When Wars Converge - One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. While the appalling scope, destructiveness, and duration of the fighting in Gaza may outstrip previous episodes[.]
Article: Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, When Wars Converge - One way of understanding the ongoing bloodbath pitting Israel against Hamas is to see it as just the latest chapter in an existential struggle dating back to the founding of the Jewish state in 1948. While the appalling scope, destructiveness, and duration of the fighting in Gaza may outstrip previous episodes[.]
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Allow me to come clean: I worry every time Max Boot vents enthusiastically about a prospective military action. Whenever - Andrew Bacevich for Antiwar.com Original