A recent Amanpour & Co. segment featuring a former military voice denouncing the bombing of Iran was a rare moment of clarity—yet it stood in stark contrast to the Defense Minister’s outrageous repetition of Israeli talking points. Claims that the IDF or the U.S. military are “the most moral in the world” ring hollow against the weight of history.
From Gaza’s devastation and alleged abuses in the West Bank, to Abu Ghraib, waterboarding, and the scars of Afghanistan and Vietnam—Agent Orange and My Lai among them—such declarations ignore documented suffering. Moral authority cannot be claimed while dismissing these realities.
Public discourse deserves honesty, not slogans that erase accountability.
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