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The "war" against #Gaza has been a single big war crime. It has left 200,000 people dead, among those 80,000 who died in direct combat and large numbers who starved to death or died from preventable diseases. The only other country in the #middleEast to have killed so many was #Iraq under #saddamHussein, but that was a country of 50 million, which leaves #Israel with a bad per-capita rate.

How are we providing them with weapons? How are they allowed to starve the #Palestinians to death?

This is such an amazing read. Saddam Hussein imagining himself being this titanic Arabic literary genius is a great reflection on the nature of power and dictatorship.

Also, recent history being just as full of stupidity, hubris and short-sightedness as ancient history, is always a bit of a shock.

theguardian.com/books/2024/mar

The Guardian · The Achilles Trap: Steve Coll on how the US fatally failed to read SaddamBy Julian Borger