INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
conscience until your final breath
future where their grandchildren and descendants are ashamed to admit their familial ties
These decisions, depending on the authority behind them, can alter the course of history
war, tried in a highly publicized trial in Israel, and executed
As Hannah Arendt, the Jewish philosopher and author of *Eichmann in Jerusalem*, observed: Eichmann was no monster, no devil, no Macbeth, no
Richard III hellbent on villainy
Eichmann lacked imagination, rendering him incapable of empathy, critical thought, or grasping the consequences of his actions
He never truly understood what he was doing
During World War II, he masterminded the ruthless firebombing of Japanese cities
Days before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, he deployed hundreds of planes over Tokyo, incinerating 60% of the city and its inhabitants
This lie ignited a protracted conflict that claimed millions of Vietnamese lives and tens of thousands of American ones
Declassified documents proved no Vietnamese boats had attacked U.S
But his crimes did not end there
As the longest-serving U.S
believed they would succeed.McNamara admitted that he was aware of the futility of the Vietnam War, but as a government strategist, he
continued the conflict to test new military tactics! Years before his death, in the documentary *The Fog of War*, he reflected on those
senseless actions with pain, shame, and regret
Secretary of State and played a pivotal role in shaping White House foreign policy in the late 20th and early 21st centuries
On February 5, 2003, during a UN Security Council meeting, he defended the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
this admission came far too late to justify the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians and American soldiers killed
extremists massacred Tutsis (after believing their president had been assassinated by the opposing group), she was captured by Hutus
With a gun to her head, she pleaded that she was American, not Tutsi, exaggerating her thick Louisiana accent to secure her release
ongoing slaughter of Palestinians
Years from now, a book titled *Ms
Greenfield in Gaza* might document how, like Eichmann, she joked with her children at the dinner table after issuing brutal orders, her mind
in Gaza stirred no emotion in her
Just as Eichmann, McNamara, and Powell never pondered the consequences of their actions while in power
At the time, the ANC had escalated public protests and civil campaigns against apartheid, with Mandela at the forefront
He repeatedly stated that, despite his belief in nonviolent resistance, the brutality of the apartheid regime forced him to adopt guerrilla
Upon his release and election as president, his innovative, peace-driven leadership morally disarmed the Western world
I will no longer be complicit in genocide
Thomas-Greenfield, New U.S
This power sustains the genocide in Gaza and fuels wars across the Middle East, all to aid a man named Netanyahu
A man so consumed by his political survival that he disregards the future of his own Israeli people and the dignity of the revered Jewish
You will think of what you could have done to prevent the slaughter of countless human beings, people whose deaths hinged on the rise of
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
