Who says ceasefire is fire being ceased?
Ceasefires are often seen as mere illusions of peace, transforming into a different form of warfare. These agreements are fraught with ambiguities, enabling one side to secure tactical benefits. While diplomats portray ceasefires as victorious mil...

Diplomats, of course, dress it up in solemnity. Press releases strum it as 'on the verge of success', as if being on the verge is the destination. Civilians, meanwhile, learn to treat them with suspicion, with the ceasefire becoming a word that means its very opposite. It is the linguistic equivalent of 'jumbo shrimp', a phrase that is held aloft by its own contradictory petard. And, yet, we never cease to marvel at how a ceasefire hardly ceases, long after the fire has not ceased.
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