Trickery, Humiliation, Death – and the Timeless Hunger for ‘Honour and Glory’
One major theme of Homer’s Iliad – which somehow seems as fresh and as vivid today as when first written – is its description of how even the greatest of states in Western civilization fail to reclaim what they lose. “Attempts to repair one loss lead only to...
US Admonishes Israeli Officials For Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud About Ethnic Cleansing
The US State Department has issued a statement indignantly finger-wagging at two Israeli officials who recently drew headlines for openly endorsing the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip. The statement reads as follows: “The United States...