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Never Forget

JL;DR SUMMARY Reflecting on the October 7 events in Israel, Cindy Scarr critiques the outdated slogan "Never Again" and advocates for "Never Forget" as a more pragmatic ethos. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TrumpGazaMiddle EastIranNetanyahuGeopoliticsMemorySecurityNever Forget

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"As long as the money times kept going in most of the country, the fact that a bunch of killers were trying to tunnel into a kibbutz or two didnt make anyone in Tel Aviv or Yerushalayim lose too much sleep."
Syria
"Then theres the northern border. Whats happening in Syrian is a textbook case of jumping out of the frying pan into the fire  or at the very least, into another large frying pan."
Turkey
"Now in Turkeys Erdogan, we have a neo-Ottoman despot equipped with a powerful NATO army who seems bent on challenging Israel in Syria."
Iran
"You have to go back many decades to find an Israel so beset by external enemies. Irans main proxies have been humbled, but the regime itself is on the cusp of a bomb  and America seems worryingly close to capitulating."
United Kingdom
"It means staying focused even when liberal Jewish bigwigs criticize Israels war effort because its led by Netanyahu  as happened last week in Britain."
United States
"Having reportedly ceded the key demand that Iran give up its nuclear program, why is Trumps proposed deal better than Obamas version?"

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