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The Bitter Choices in Fighting Terrorism
(Wall Street Journal) Walter Russell Mead - While some of the worldwide sympathy for Palestinian civilians caught up in the horrors of the Gaza war reflects pure hatred of Israel, many of those protesting Israel's campaign are driven by natural human sympathy for innocent people ensnared in the horror of war. Israel and all others fighting depraved terrorists must exercise great care to avoid civilian deaths. But ultimately these criminal organizations have to be destroyed. Had Franklin D. Roosevelt let concern for civilians in Germany and Japan paralyze his war strategy, the Allies would have lost World War II and many more innocent people would have died. The writer, a fellow at the Hudson Institute, is Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College.