[W]hen ethics are abandoned for epics, and when political power subverts rational military decision-making, it is not surprising that symptoms of strategic fatigue begin to develop.
[T]he crisis of soft power risks accelerating the decline of [U.S.] power in the world, activating and speeding up centrifugal dynamics that might otherwise have taken years to fully manifest.
The attempted assassination of Hamas negotiators marks a turning point. ... Added to the genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, international law has finally died.