Robert C. Koehler: Militarism vs. our shared humanity
by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency
Nov 09, 2023
3 minutes
Sitting safely at my desk, looking at photos of bombed buildings and knowing that missing children are buried under the rubble, imagining (unavoidably) what this must feel like . . . oh my God, empathy gives way to horror. Move on, I tell myself. Write about something else. All wars are like this.
But the big question won’t go away: Why?
Beyond all the reasons and excuses for the continuing carnage of Gaza, beyond the U.S. justifications for its complicity: Why?
Every war foments this question, but only if you care about the victims. If you don’t —
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