The whole purpose of developing International Humanitarian Law was to separate the question of which country is or is not the aggressor in a particular conflict from the question of how civilians are treated. In practice, what has happened is that IHL has become dominated by

Yet another quiet victory that Biden will never claim or receive credit for

Trump hallucinates a studio audience for the Harris-Trump debate where there was no studio audience.

A reply guy of my own, latest in The Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Trump refused to say he wanted Ukraine to win the war with Russia. Now Harris is targeting his stance in new outreach to Polish Americans. Reporting from Washington, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin apnews.com/article/kamala…

Number of Trump rallies, first 18 days of the general election campaign (starting Labor Day) 2016: 11 2020: 11 2024: 4 Why this is “Trump’s Laziest Campaign” — my latest for Washington Monthly washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/19/tru…

On the eve of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, GDP/capita in Iran lagged only slightly behind Portugal. At that same time, GDP/capita in Syria was nearly as great as in South Korea. Outsiders often explain Islamic radicalism/anti-Zionism as a function of poverty. It could as

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem: "We don't have a military wing and a political one; we don't have Hezbollah on one hand and the resistance party on the other"

More from Naim Qassem: "Every element of Hezbollah, from commanders to members as well as our various capabilities, are in the service of the resistance, and we have nothing but the resistance as a priority."

There is no such thing as a civilian member of Hezbollah according to... Hezbollah.

Registered voters say by 6 points that Harris would make a good president, per AP-NORC Center. They say by 23 points that Trump would not.

Worth emphasizing

More in "they were just civilians" news, again, posing as a journalist while being an active combatant is a war crime. x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/…

Moments before Nasrallah speech: The IDF is now striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

Israel offers to end war, let Sinwar go if all hostages freed at once, Gaza disarmed timesofisrael.com/israel-offers-…

Israel is striking 60 kilometers inside Lebanon. It looks intense. Note that this is happening DURING Nasrallah’s speech. A move intended to humiliate him. Good.

Well less a scenario, more a concept of a scenario