Source: NonZero Newsletter
by Robert Wright
“Why is the current war happening? If you want to answer that question in a broad sense—in a way that applies not just to the Iran war but to other needless bursts of carnage of the past and future — I would direct your attention to an exchange that took place this week on a New York Times podcast called The Opinions. The exchange was between Times columnist David French and retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal …. The roles played by the two men aren’t what you might expect based on their job descriptions. It wasn’t the career Army officer who exemplified the narrowly tribalistic perspective and the writer for the liberal media who offered the more balanced and pacific view. Rather, it was the professional soldier who brought the enlightenment and the journalist who lacked it — and who showed no signs of absorbing any of it.” (03/27/26)