Rob Noxious
Retro Supremo⭐
Negotiate and/or be damned ... ?
I'm all for political discussions (despite Mad Cyril's pub car parks scenario) but perhaps the discussion here is circumscribed in Shlaim's first line and his use of the word 'immoral.' Politics may indeed be 'the art of the possible' but we're on shaky ground when we start conjoining it with morality. It is often about 'might is right' and there is probably no mightier state in the world than Israel on a 'pound for pound,' proportionate basis. An opportunity for negotiations may have been missed, but it takes a real leap of imagination for the leadership of a state immersed in 'realpolitik' to negotiate from a position where they're running the show. Without wishing to get too Orwellian, perhaps the Israeli leadership has a 'vested interest' - to quote one of your favourite phrases - to perpetuate their state on a war footing.
It's more than a year since Israel launched its immoral attack on Gaza ...
I'm all for political discussions (despite Mad Cyril's pub car parks scenario) but perhaps the discussion here is circumscribed in Shlaim's first line and his use of the word 'immoral.' Politics may indeed be 'the art of the possible' but we're on shaky ground when we start conjoining it with morality. It is often about 'might is right' and there is probably no mightier state in the world than Israel on a 'pound for pound,' proportionate basis. An opportunity for negotiations may have been missed, but it takes a real leap of imagination for the leadership of a state immersed in 'realpolitik' to negotiate from a position where they're running the show. Without wishing to get too Orwellian, perhaps the Israeli leadership has a 'vested interest' - to quote one of your favourite phrases - to perpetuate their state on a war footing.
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