What is most terrible now is not the brazen, unpunished atrocities. Atrocities have always existed and will continue to exist. There has never really been any “international system of law” — only the appearance of one. Nor is the most terrible thing even the deathly silence of Europeans about these atrocities.
At most, people are alarmed that Trump might withdraw from NATO. The idea that NATO should exclude Trump, that the UN should exclude the United States, and so on, does not even arise. (And yes, of course, Russia should also be excluded from the UN.)
The most disturbing thing is that anti-Trump rhetoric in the United States — and there is plenty of it — appeals to crude, almost animal self-interest. One should not wage war in Iran because petrol and buckwheat will become more expensive, not because it is wrong to kill people.
As for Russia, Ukraine, and Israel, I will say nothing. That lies beyond reality. The amount of falsehood and self-deception there is such that it is impossible to speak of sanity.
A person’s normality is measured by their ability and need to say that lying and killing are unacceptable — regardless of nationality, beliefs, or whatever threat a person may pose to others. To say it, and to propose discussing it. The irrational, of course, will refuse any discussion — that is precisely what makes them irrational. If any rational people can be found, that is simple human happiness.
27 March, 2026