In the United States, the Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, supposedly for self-defense. In the case of a tragedy like that of Lewiston, however, it is difficult to see what the unfortunate man wanted to defend himself against. And when the sacred right to defend oneself with weapons is exercised by a psychotic, angry or desperate person, we witness terrible tragedies, not to mention all those incidents where a loved one is shot dead because they were taken for a thief or those suicide attempts that leave no second chance. Faced with these slip-ups, the masters of Congress have no other response than the cassette of thoughts and prayers.
In the Middle East, the atrocities of October 7 obviously give Israel the right to vigorously defend itself. Indeed, it is impossible to peacefully coexist with an enemy who has sworn to exterminate you. The response is necessarily a fight to the death against Hamas, but if possible, not against the Palestinians. Israel assures that its interventions do not target civilians, hospitals or journalists, but rather seek to destroy Hamas’s command center, its military arsenal and its ideology (that’s more difficult). Unfortunately, a terrorist movement is more difficult to spot than an ordinary army and, given the weakness of the Israeli intelligence services, as observed on October 7, the army seems capable only of shooting from the crowd. . It will perhaps overcome Hamas, but at the cost of hitting civilians, hospitals and journalists and sowing endless hatred among the survivors. Really, Israel would probably benefit from finding a smarter way to defend itself.
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