In the Balance Between Ballot Boxes and Gunpowder

An-Nahar: War is not purely a military act, nor has it ever been. At its core, it is a question of legitimacy: who has the right to say “enough,” and who has the right to say “let’s go”? When a voter heads to the ballot box in a country far from the battlefield, they are, without realizing it, placing their hand on the trigger of a cannon thousands…