“Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world,” the 87-year-old pontiff said during a Christmas Eve midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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With all due respect, the phrase “the futile logic of war” may not capture the gist of the matter. There are just wars, as was the Second World War. The futility of it was that it was not prevented. But Nazism had to be militarily defeated once Poland was invaded, as with any military invasion of another country in a new postwar world ruled by international justice and order.
The war on Gaza is a quite different matter, it’s an irrational war. The barbaric Israeli response to the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas is futile. Cruel vengeance will foster more terrorism, and the well-deserved repudiation by the world’s enlightened public opinion.
Truth and freedom will never be defeated, and these are on the side of the Palestinians held in bondage by an invading Zionist military force. Truth and freedom will prevail. But at what cost? Another burnt offering (holocaust)?
A FUTILE WAR
A futile war is often defined as a conflict that results in no significant or meaningful change despite the enormous costs involved. These costs can be in terms of human lives, resources, time, and socio-political stability. Such a war typically does not resolve the underlying issues that led to the conflict and may even exacerbate them.
Number of Palestinian and Israeli fatalities and injuries caused by war between Hamas and Israel in since October 7, 2023
It’s hard to say “merry” in these circumstances. But we can say “may we endure in serene expectancy, until the appointed time when light and love and power will restore justice for all, and peace, on Earth.”
Christmas blessings to all, particularly the starving children in Gaza. -JB
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