The alarming events taking place in the Middle East are growing worse and have more than a small potential to entangle the United States in another foreign war. Hamas’s well-coordinated, surprise attack on Israel from Gaza clearly blindsided Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. However, Israel is now responding with overwhelming force—as it has to previous, smaller-scale attacks over the decades. The bombing of civilian neighborhoods in Gaza, along with an utterly impractical order to evacuate the 1 million people living in the northern portion of the territory within little more than a day is now threatening to greatly eclipse the suffering that Hamas forces have inflicted.
Worse, the Biden administration already is making moves that could trigger a wider, regional war. The
2023-10-25
The Cato Institute’s Belated, Squishy Stance on the Latest Middle East Crisis
