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War as Absurdity

“I’d write a letter to the editor if only I could write if only he could read” says a llittle swamp critter in one of Walk Kelly’s many hilariously funny cartoon strips.

Had Zoe Oldenburgh not died prematurely (I don’t know how old she lived to be, but her death was, like those of many other worthy people, premature), she surely would have included the Iraq/Afghanistan war in the final chapters of her book, “The March of Folly,” which covered only the Trojan Wars, World War I and the Vietnam War.

Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaugterhouse-Five,” Evelyn Waughs’ “Scoop” and Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22” all belong to a genre which I call “War as Absurdity.” 

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Solving the Israel/Palestine problem

The solution to the problem of Gaza is both simple and difficult.  Let me explain:

Palestine can't function as a nation divided, as it is, between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, nor will Israel enjoy any peace until Palestine is one geographically united country.  The solution is to for Israel to annex the Gaza Strip and move anyone who wants to leave (presumably all the muslims who live there) to a territory to the north of and contiguous with the West Bank.
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