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    Against Barbarism

    We are in the fight of our lives.
    by Eliot A. Cohen Oct 12, 2023 4 minutes
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    There is 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 is about barbarism.

    Americans have fought barbarians in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Ukrainians have been fighting them for years, and particularly since February 24, 2022. Sometimes, as in Rwanda, we merely

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