There is no "just war" excuse for Hamas' murderous terrorism or for its refusal to acknowledge or peacefully co-exist with Israel. But there's no reading of traditional just war theory that can defend what Israel is now doing.
You can see the gradual exposure of presidential war crimes as a permanent blot on the United States. But it remains equally true that this blot was first exposed by people within the military, the CIA and the FBI, who refused to sanction the orders of president Bush on down. Ian Fishback was one of the very first, with a great deal to lose.
