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Robert C. Koehler: The ‘accepted insanity’ of World War III

“Mr. Netanyahu faces a delicate calculation — how to respond to Iran in order not to look weak, while trying to avoid alienating the Biden administration and other allies already impatient with Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza.”

Yeah, this is virtually nothing: a random, utterly forgettable quote pulled from the New York Times— from the basic corporate coverage of our present-moment violence, as the world shimmies on the brink of . . . uh, World War III.

It’s the forgettable quotes, especially in regard to ongoing war, that may be the most dangerous,

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