international relations
In the wake of an atrocity - or a series of them, as with those that followed the recent Hamas raid into Israel - it is easy to be swept up in a righteous fervor for ‘justice’ that turns out to be nothing more than vengeance. The famous “9/12”
international relations
The US is being asked to supply weapons to two states. It's important to choose which one will actually advance both American and liberal interests.
politics
Denying the citizens of Gaza water or medicine on account of their actions taken by other Gazans cannot be justified on any liberal principle - and the same applies to any effort to reduce individuals to members of a group and assign them guilt on that account.