Unfulfilled promise

There are many ways to finish a war with the best being to stop it starting but that rarely happens despite the obvious horrible consequences of wars. The causes of conflict and then wars are many and varied, often based on centuries of memories that should have faded away.

Most of the world is concerned about the two main current wars, in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, both of which were to be solved by President Trump on the first day in the job but then reality struck.

Initial negotiations have led to some positive outcomes but there are still people being killed and houses being destroyed. The AI video of Trump Gaza implied surrender, the destruction and rebuilding of Gaza and Netanyahu being there. Abject surrender. The latest approach is a simple one, give up or get destroyed immediately. With Trump’s “I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job”, a negotiated solution may be off the board.

The solution is difficult to find given the number of people with the best of intentions and an actual understanding of the history of this conflict who have tried and failed. The first step should now be to remove the US, their President, their weapons and all of their negotiations based on the US’s priorities of surrender so that President Trump can claim success. The next step would be to rebuild Gaza in its own image, not the farcical one in the Trump video. Find a real solution not a Trump publicity stunt.

Dennis Fitzgerald,

Melbourne, Australia