What began as a strategy to “stabilize” Gaza has created a patchwork of armed factions, each fighting for power while the state collapses further into violence and disarray.
Another thought: it took a long time for German to become a nation, and not competing and warring principalities. The original meaning of the first verse of the German National Anthem (now omitted due to misunderstandings) "Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles" meant that all those belonging to principalities and other separate entities should put the idea of a nation first, over their tribal/local loyalties. It was first an idea. Poets promoted it, as did others. The process took a long time, and other factors played a role. But it began with an idea and the promotion of that idea. E Pluribus Unum. A nation is not a bad concept. I'm hard pressed to think what other governmental forms are better for people.
Another thing that we Americans are pretty unaware of. Thank you. It also makes me think of a Biblical precept, both in Judaism and Christianity, as probably best said in Romans 3:8 "Let us not do evil so that good may come."
Thank you for your insight.
Another thought: it took a long time for German to become a nation, and not competing and warring principalities. The original meaning of the first verse of the German National Anthem (now omitted due to misunderstandings) "Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles" meant that all those belonging to principalities and other separate entities should put the idea of a nation first, over their tribal/local loyalties. It was first an idea. Poets promoted it, as did others. The process took a long time, and other factors played a role. But it began with an idea and the promotion of that idea. E Pluribus Unum. A nation is not a bad concept. I'm hard pressed to think what other governmental forms are better for people.
Another thing that we Americans are pretty unaware of. Thank you. It also makes me think of a Biblical precept, both in Judaism and Christianity, as probably best said in Romans 3:8 "Let us not do evil so that good may come."
Israel released 250 convicted terrorists which merely reseeded the conflict. What militias did these former prisoners join? Who knows?