I find myself, for once, at loss for words.\u00a0Despite growing up in what is essentially a warzone, I have had the ridiculously good fortune of never experiencing the horror of war first hand. In a thoughtful and powerful piece of writing, Chris Hedges has managed to transport a small taste, which I can only implore you to read if you haven’t yet. And you’ll want to sit down first, I think.<\/p>\n

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Chris Hedges: Murder is not an Anomaly in War (TruthDig)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Hebrew translation, along with some discussion, is available over at Idan Landau’s blog<\/a>\u00a0(his post alerted me to the existence of this piece. H\/t.)<\/p>\n

Meta comment:<\/strong> I haven’t been posting lately \u2013 these link posts don’t count \u2013 not for lack of ideas or words, but mainly because I’m spending a very big chunk of my waking hours in (academic) writing and having a hard time finding the time to properly formulate blog posts. I hope and assume that I’ll get posting again at some point soon, but no promises.<\/p>\n

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