There can be no sustainable peace with constant retribution, I think that’s the core thing going through this conflict this last century. For example, Israel wanted “justice” for the October 7th attacks. Did that lead to a better outcome for humanity and people living in the area? No, only more war and suffering. More war, bloodshed, and retribution is not the answer, we need to break the cycle of violence.
I agree. In order to break the cycle of retribution we need to achieve justice. Otherwise people will continue to seek it. The difficulty includes that this wont work without having everyone involved face the reality of their actions. We will need extensive education and a process that will probably exceed the Nuremberg trials by a large factor. The only alternative to achieve “peace” in the long run would be to completely genocide or ethnically cleanse one side from the region. That is how the US got away with what it did to the native Americans.
I agree with this take completely. The parent comment just seemed to encourage senseless retribution without nuance, which is what I tried to voice my opposition to.
There can be no sustainable peace without justice.
There can be no sustainable peace with constant retribution, I think that’s the core thing going through this conflict this last century. For example, Israel wanted “justice” for the October 7th attacks. Did that lead to a better outcome for humanity and people living in the area? No, only more war and suffering. More war, bloodshed, and retribution is not the answer, we need to break the cycle of violence.
I agree. In order to break the cycle of retribution we need to achieve justice. Otherwise people will continue to seek it. The difficulty includes that this wont work without having everyone involved face the reality of their actions. We will need extensive education and a process that will probably exceed the Nuremberg trials by a large factor. The only alternative to achieve “peace” in the long run would be to completely genocide or ethnically cleanse one side from the region. That is how the US got away with what it did to the native Americans.
I agree with this take completely. The parent comment just seemed to encourage senseless retribution without nuance, which is what I tried to voice my opposition to.