The Need For Wisdom and Restraint in Gaza

The worst thing Israel could do for itself is to behave just as Hamas did, or as America did after 9/11

I listened to Pod Save The World on Saturday, the podcast hosted by former Obama NSC aides Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor, and there was something that Rhodes said about halfway through that really struck me, especially given the histrionic responses from so many people in the media over the last ten days.

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