Article: Tomgram: Maha Hilal, Cheerleading the War on Terror - In a New Yorker piece published five days after the attacks of September 11, 2001, American critic and public intellectual Susan Sontag wrote, Let s by all means grieve together. But let s not be stupid together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has just happened, and what may continue to happen[.]
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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[.]