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Trump’s “Peace” Is Just Surrender — And That’s the Point
Justice has never been the goal — only obedience
What if Donald Trump brokers peace in Gaza and Ukraine? Would he deserve a Nobel Prize? Should my native Norway roll out the red carpet? Should the world celebrate?
The answer depends on what you think “peace” really means. Because here’s the hard truth: peace is easy — if you don’t care about justice.
Deport every Palestinian from Gaza, and you’ll have peace. Force Ukraine to surrender under U.S. and Russian pressure, and you’ll have peace. But what you won’t have is justice.
And that is the trick I fear too many will fall for. Trump — along with his enablers in the Republican Party — will claim victory if the bombs stop falling, no matter how it happens. They will paint the left as the warmongers for demanding that victims be able to stand up to their aggressors.
It is a con as old as history.
The Peace of the Oppressor
World War II wasn’t inevitable. It could have been avoided if Europe had simply kept giving Hitler what he wanted. The Rhineland? Sure. Austria? Of course. The Sudetenland? Why not? Czechoslovakia? Well, okay, just this once.
