The Crooked Line From 9/11 To Israel’s War On GazaSpeaking of unregenerate war criminals after Kissinger’s death, if journalists could be tried for crimes against humanity, Thomas Friedman would top the list. His latest is simply too much: “This Is the 9/11 Lesson Israel Needs to Learn” (changed today to “The Debate Israel Needs Over the War”). Israel declaring war on Hamas is even more stupid than the United States declaring a global war on terror to go after al Qaeda, and then invading Iraq. It’s grotesque to speak of “proportionality’ as Israel levels Gaza and slaughters thousands of children and women. Hamas wanted a war, just as al Qaeda wanted war, since triggering nation-states to declare war elevates weak and wretched terrorists to nation-state status.

Source: New York Times December 03, 2023 22:01 UTC