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Opinion

The twin myths of the possibility of a moral occupation and the possibility of a moral army

December 19, 2010 08:52
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Occupations are ALWAYS brutal and nasty. There are no moral occupations.There are NO exceptions.

Armies are not moral enterprises, they are killing machines.Occupying armies NEVER behave well.Might is right and in an occupation situation, i.e. a military machine versus civilians situation, it is the military machine that has the might and which exercises it

The Isreali army and the occupation of the west bank are NOT exceptions to any of this. All occupations demoralise and humiliate the occupied and brutalise both the occupied and the occupier.While one might grudgingly accept the necessary evil of occupation in an immediate post war situation ( which is why international law accepts the legality of occupation in certain carefully detailed circumstances ) it must never be considered " a good ".

The key thing is that any occupation is short. As short as possible both for the safety and self esteem of the occupied and the moral survival of the occupier.