On Foolish Wars

An article I read this morning in a recent issue of The Christian Science Monitor is ostensibly about Israel's war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, but it could just as easily apply to the US war in Iran, or to Russia's war in Ukraine.

A veteran of Israel's 1982 war in Lebanon says, "The lessons we learned then have not been implemented. We think that if we use force and more force, we will succeed, but in fact, force has not solved any problems anywhere. What is needed is...an agreement."

The founder of the movement Mothers at the Front, says that "at this point there is zero tolerance for the loss of Israeli soldiers' lives, especially as there is no faith in the government or Prime Minister Netanyahu, who in 2024 said Hezbollah had been set back decades".

A writer and filmmaker says, "I would be a lot happier with what we're doing if I trusted the government. This government is very good at starting wars. It's got no idea, or maybe no inclination, to finish."