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It was mentioned as a recent piece discussing the Hamas attack and the barbarity in the conflict, and how it relates to the broader world.
There's a place for geopolitical and strategic analysis of Israel's war with Hamas and its allies and associates, how it affects politics in the Gulf, whether it will reduce American aid to Ukraine, h...
— Episode: Morning Joe 10/24/23
Episode: Morning Joe 10/24/23
It was mentioned as a recent piece discussing the Hamas attack and the barbarity in the conflict, and how it relates to the broader world.
There's a place for geopolitical and strategic analysis of Israel's war with Hamas and its allies and associates, how it affects politics in the Gulf, whether it will reduce American aid to Ukraine, how Russia may exploit the situation and so forth. But such discussion will miss an essential element of this war, a conflict that is not solely or even primarily about politics or desperately conceived purpose. It's about barbarism.
Barbarians fight because they enjoy violence. They do not only kill and maim, but go out of their way to inflict pain, to torture, to rape and above all, to humiliate. They exalt in their enemy's suffering. That is why they like taking pictures of their weeping, terrified victims, why they make videos of slow beheadings and why they dance around mutilated corpses.
All of us, not just Israelis and Ukrainians are in the fight of our lives. And it is about time we recognized that and acted with the vigor and courage the times demand.