After the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, it took the United States almost two years to forfeit the sympathy of the world. After the terror attacks of October 7 of last year, Israel, a more nimble superpower, accomplished the same feat in just a few days. Because the atrocities committed by Hamas have been eclipsed by the horrors that Israel has brought down on the people of Gaza, a consideration of the way the U.S. left responded to Hamas’s attacks might seem to be of nothing more than historical interest. But some of the questions raised by our responses should still be of concern to those who want to build a better left.

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恐怖与抵抗伦理

2001年9月11日恐怖袭击事件发生后，美国用了近两年的时间才失去了世界的同情。去年10月7日恐怖袭击事件发生后，更为灵活的超级大国以色列在短短几天内就完成了同样的壮举。由于以色列给加沙人民带来的恐怖让哈马斯犯下的暴行黯然失色，因此考虑美国左翼对哈马斯袭击的反应方式似乎只不过是历史利益而已。但我们的回应中提出的一些问题仍然应该引起那些想要建立更好的左派的人的关注。