As 2023 and the following year
made clear, the world still faced additional challenges in rebuffing incursions
that violate human rights, including crimes against humanity. Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine and Israel’s military incursion into Gaza both demonstrate how easy
it had become, especially with advanced military technology, to kill civilians
so as to decimate an entire population so the land could be filled with the
people of the aggressors. If this sounds like Hitler’s policy to make room for
the German people in Eastern Europe, you are not far from touching on the real
motives behind the aggression. It would be a pity were such motives to become
the norm while the world looks on. I contend that the U.S. enabling of Israel has
unwittingly contributed to the establishment of such a norm, and that therefore
a stronger E.U. was needed not only domestically, but also internationally, as
a counter-weight in defense of the human rights of civilians in Gaza.
The full essay is at "Why a Stronger E.U. Is Needed."
