Western governments don't apply consistent humanitarian standards across conflicts. This isn't a bug in the system. It's the system doing what it was designed to do.
Geopolitics & Conflict OpinionTwo armies are harder to beat than one. The logic of military alliances is simple, but the practice is messy. Trust, burden-sharing, and the risk of entanglement have shaped collective defense from the ancient world to NATO.
Geopolitics & Conflict TimelessOn January 15, 1919, a tank holding 2.3 million gallons of industrial molasses collapsed in Boston's North End, killing 21 people. The company blamed anarchists. The Great Molasses Flood trial proved otherwise.
HistoryLebanon ordered Hezbollah to disarm after rockets broke a 15-month ceasefire with Israel, triggering airstrikes that killed at least 31 people. It is the government's most assertive move against the group in decades.
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