More Groundhogs

It's all so exhausing. This sudden concern for "innocent civilians". This retaliation for the retaliation for the retaliation into infinity. This condemnation of a heartless left. At what point do you stop hearing yourself repeat these endless mantras? When does the performance just cause the eyes to glaze over? Nicholas Kristof sighs: "We are fated to inhabit a world wiht more problems than solutions." Sorry folks, the brilliant commentariat has no answers, it's all fate and destiny, there's no alternative. Nothing can be changed. Just bury your dead and wait for the next attack. Those who tried to understand the attack of 9/11 were called sympathizers. Those who tried to look for cause were accused of justifying. Because nuance is dead. All must be dumbed down to the binary good/evil. With us or against us. Love it or leave it. With Israel, Zionism and Jewishness involved, rational analysis becomes even more fraught. References to the Holocaust and pogroms are inevitable and accusations of anti-semitism a perfect silencing device. Which is not to say it doesn't exist. But what if you were to put events in an historical context? What if you tried to expand the analysis to include geopolitical factors, regional power dynamics, etc? To understand, not condone. The hardest thing to stomach is liberals who are outraged and go on to claim they just want peace. Those self-righteous true believers in "democratic" capitalism that cringe when you use the term apartheid state or show outrage at boycott and divestment. After all the sad laments there is really only one question that matters: what would you like to see done differently so we don't repeat?