War?
Getty Images What is happening in Gaza? They keep referring to it as a "war" but as far as I can see, it is not a war at all. It is an obliteration, a persecution, a mass humiliation, a payback like never before - but not a "war". The term "war" suggests two enemies battling for supremacy and ultimate victory but in Gaza the current brutal episode all appears very much one-sided. Israel has nearly all the chips - mostly American weaponry and even bulldozers with which they have been vindictively flattening entire Gazan neighbourhoods. The cityscape of Gaza now looks pretty much like Hiroshima after it had been nuked. It seems quite flabbergasting to me that Israel is now playing a key role in the distribution of vital food aid in Gaza. Is that what generally happens in "war" - with those who have the upper-hand simultaneously providing aid to beleaguered enemy citizens? I think not. No wonder hundreds of Gazans have been tragically killed in...