{"id":601204,"date":"2023-12-15T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-world-is-at-war-and-america-is-exhausted\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:00:00","slug":"the-world-is-at-war-and-america-is-exhausted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-world-is-at-war-and-america-is-exhausted\/","title":{"rendered":"#The world is at war \u2014 and America is exhausted \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Congress-Dome_120723_AP_J.-Scott-Applewhite.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>            <iframe title=\"Audio Article\" id=\"instaread_iframe\" name=\"instaread_playlist\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" style=\"display:block\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many things are wearing out Americans these days, from security anxieties to real-world conflicts. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>German and Dutch authorities just foiled a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-67715120\">major attack<\/a> planned against Jews by Hamas \u2014 during a holiday season where many people may be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing to Europe. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> that a 13-year-old allegedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/12\/14\/us\/ohio-synagogue-13-year-old-shooting-plot-charges\/index.html\">plotted to blow up a synagogue<\/a> in Ohio is beyond disturbing. The fatigue is real; it is not surprising that the Biden administration reportedly is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/14\/us\/politics\/israel-gaza-hamas-us.html\">pressing<\/a> Israel to wrap up its war in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The good news is that Congress passed the Defense Authorization Act and sent it to President Biden\u2019s desk. At least we are prepared for war.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>War is exhausting \u2014 for troops, civilians and observers. Fighting takes more energy, resources and lives than peace, but that has not stopped conflict from breaking out all over the world even as we deal with internal conflicts at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/06\/29\/conflict-war-deaths-global-peace-rise-casualty\/\">More than 238,000 people died in global conflict last year,<\/a> according to the Institute for Economics and Peace\u2019s annual Global Peace Index. And here we are at the end of 2023, with two wars at the center of our national debate \u2014 Ukraine and the Israel-Gaza war \u2014 complicated by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/national\/ap-us-news\/ap-biden-to-press-congress-to-pass-ukraine-aid-package-in-wednesday-speech-as-us-offers-dire-warnings\/\">immigration crisis at our southern border<\/a> and made more difficult by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/jose-diaz-balart\/watch\/kevin-mccarthy-says-he-will-leave-congress-by-the-end-of-the-year-199522373947\">political dysfunction in Congress<\/a> and discord among citizens. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That is a lot of turmoil for one country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most Americans may not follow news from Yemen, but they hear that Houthi rebels are attacking Western ships in the Mediterranean. That is frightening, knowing our troops are in harm\u2019s way at sea. And American forces are on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iraq-iran-us-gaza-israel-hamas-0b99659922bf1174f86e390808e5bfde\">heightened alert<\/a> at our embassy in Iraq, as \u201cripple effects\u201d from the conflict in the Middle East spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>War is tiring, and made more exhausting by political fights about war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On aid to Israel, the country is divided, with protests <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/20\/nyregion\/college-protest-israel-palestine.html\">tearing apart college campuses<\/a> and raising security concerns across the country. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rove of Israel\u2019s military action in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip, and 45% disapprove, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/545045\/americans-back-israel-military-action-gaza.aspx#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%2D%2D%20Half%20of,major%20military%20operation%20by%20Israel.\">according to a Gallup poll<\/a> conducted several weeks after Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel that led to a major military operation by Israel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, college presidents testified before Congress about free speech and hate speech on campuses. One of those who testified, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, has now <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesunchronicle.com\/news\/state\/harvard-mit-penn-presidents-defend-actions-in-combatting-antisemitism-on-campus\/article_da6a71d3-4e87-56bc-b069-682f0da737d6.html\">resigned<\/a>; the other two have so far survived the onslaught.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/12\/12\/us\/politics\/republicans-zelensky-border-ukraine-aid.html\">aid to Ukraine<\/a>, we are divided as well, with a fight over funding to secure the U.S. border with Mexico layered on to the debate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Americans are also tired from worrying about security at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/speeches\/director-wrays-opening-statement-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee-120523\">warned<\/a> about growing intelligence warnings of violence in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war. And gun violence is testing our patience as well, with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/116-people-died-gun-violence-day-us-year\/story?id=97382759\">more than 40,000 people killed this year.<\/a> The White House is trying to push states to tackle the problem, after failing to do so at the federal level. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Gas prices are currently low, but American fears over prices remain\u00a0high. Despite assurances that the economy is improving, people worry that life in this country <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2023\/06\/28\/many-worry-america-too-expensive-economy-inflation\/70343618007\/\">has become too expensive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Politics has become a tiresome sport in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are in the middle of a Republican fight over the candidate to run against President Biden in next year\u2019s election,\u00a0while frontrunner Donald Trump and his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/12\/13\/trump-carroll-immunity-defense-00131537\">legal woes<\/a> dominate the news cycle. Congress is now focused on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/12\/13\/hunter-biden-defies-house-subpoena\/71903501007\/\">Hunter Biden<\/a> and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-impeachment-inquiry-12-13-23\/index.html\">impeachment of President Biden<\/a>, which for most Americans is more family news than they need in a given day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The bottom line is that Americans need more than just a holiday break. We need to reinvigorate our sense of pride in our global leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leadership is about making informed choices and solving multiple concurrent problems, and then explaining to citizens at home and abroad how we are going to engage with the world in ways that protect our people at home and reflect our values overseas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a nation, we must pull ourselves together, realizing that every nation is watching our every move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>I agree with CNN analyst Fareed Zakaria, who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/united-states\/self-doubting-superpower-america-fareed-zakaria\">wrote<\/a> in Foreign Affairs last week that \u201cfor all its internal difficulties, the United States above all others remains uniquely capable and positioned to play the central role in sustaining this international system. As long as America does not lose faith in its own project, the current international order can thrive for decades to come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Tara Sonenshine is the Edward R. Murrow Professor of Public Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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