The European Union’s feeble response to the warfare in Gaza and Lebanon has oscillated between understanding and condemnation of the disproportionate use of force by Israel (described as “ten eyes for one” by the Finnish presidency), thereby betraying its dependence on the US to end the violence. Europeans will have learned nothing from the damaging disunity, and thus weakness, that they displayed during the Iraq war if this conflict does not compel them to speak with one voice.
欧盟对加沙战事的无力反应在对以色在对比悬殊的情况下使用武力（芬兰总统称之为“十眼还眼”）的理解和谴责之间摇摆，从而表明它也想靠美国来结束这场暴力冲突。如果这场冲突还不能让他们用同一个声音说话，那么欧洲人从他们在伊拉克战争中表现出的一盘散沙的致命弱点中就什么也没学到。