None has had to fight against an opposition whose leadership (as intercepted messages from the leader of Hamas in Gaza have made clear) sees the loss of their own civilians as desirable because of the advantages it can bring them in the war for international public opinion. Because in this era war is not just waged on the battlefield, but in the efforts to delegitimize a conflict abroad, turning victims into culprits and culprits into victims. It seems to me that the right of Israel to fight and win such a war is vital not just for the sake of that country, but so Britain, America, and every
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