In our previous post, we considered the distributive property as regards a possible world war resulting from recent hostilities in West Asia.
Here we question the suitability of the fable of the bees.
So far, armed aggression looks as exhibitionistic, that is, as ‘performative’, as the diplomacy of the aggressors. What is their real aim? Who is their real audience?
Or, we might ask, who has gained?
Netanyahu, by extending, once more, his political life
Iranian champions of nuclear armament
Other champions of nuclear armament
American neoconservatives
European and other hand-wringers
Zionist superpatriots
Anti-Semites
Who has lost?
The human casualties, including civilians
The last true believers in the non-proliferation regime
The Palestinian people, whose tragedy has moved from from the front to the back pages of most newspapers
All that may change with an actual regional or world war. If one comes about, it probably won’t be by choice.