More Wicked Problems

We read of Israel's dilemma as it ponders an invasion of Gaza. After the ecstacy of revenge and bloodletting, what then? No one knows. Like so many problems humanity currently faces, there are no good outcomes, only bad and worse. The same thing applies to Palestinians. With all the support for the "Palestinian cause", no one can tell you what happens, invasion or no, in terms of outcome. The problem is that we long ago left the realm of rational, viable political solutions worked out between rational states or populations. Everyone on both sides is damaged by trauma, buried deep beneath tons of ideological rubble and suffering from pathological nuerosis. They have nurtured nihilistic cultures of violence. They seethe with hate and rage. And many are religious. Many fanatical zealots. In this situation, the outcome can only be bad or very bad. We don't want to call it tragic because it wasn't fate which brought us to this catastrophic moment. It was consious policy based on relations of power. It was calculated and deliberate, if poorly thought through. israeli's often argue that Palestinians don't acknowledge Israel's "right to exist". But no one, and certainly no nation-state has any such right. Your army gives you the ability to exist. The Palestinians are simply arguing that Israel, as it is currenlly configured on a map, is illegal and unjust. Which it certainly is. They don't wish to recognize those borders as "Israel". Zionists exagerrate the threat of being pushed into the sea but they have nukes.