about the sameness of the horror and the aspect of Vietnam and how the reading of the weekly reports of casualty figures just fell into an evil abyss of acceptance after awhile because people felt powerless to stop it. Governments often do everything they can to make people powerless. In Israel there are huge protests always against Netanyahu. Nothing changes. Last week in Jerusalem young Israelis on both sides were battling each other in the street as the police looked on and let it get out of hand. The chants of "Death to Arabs" filled the air and except for stumbling upon the story on Reuters I wouldn't even have seen it.
We are in this dangerous place now, like during Vietnam, where we have been hearing numbers and stories for so long now that even the worst atrocities don't draw a gasp. Having to cut the limbs from children in order to save them and not have anesthetic because of blockades or supplies being bombed passes by in a long daily list of this and that while governments wag their fingers and speak harsh and hollow words. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. Netanyahu is on record many times now saying he will not stop even if the hostages are all released. So there is the stated intent to continue on like this and the evil abyss swallows us more and more. Like the frog in water coming to the boil and it is now too late because the madman is turning up the fire and a weak opposition around the world won't stop him.
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