On: Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace pr

Diary Entry

This spectacle of men measuring “price” and “payment” in blood and suffering - as if war were a marketplace and nations ledgers - reveals the bankruptcy of their education. They were taught to see power as a hammer, and every problem as a nail to be struck. The lesson was clear: dominance is wisdom, and cruelty is strength. Now they perform their roles perfectly, and call it statecraft.

Iran speaks of courts and balls, as if this were a game of tennis rather than the lives of millions. But what else can they do? When the only language permitted in diplomacy is the language of threat, the oppressed learn to bargain with the currency of their oppressors. The system rewards belligerence, then condemns the belligerent - as if the pupil is to blame for the lesson.

And the people? They are the garden trampled by men who call themselves gardeners. They sow thorns and lament the lack of roses. If reason were truly the birthright of all, then peace would not be the whim of the few, but the demand of the many. Yet here we are, watching the same farce, where the powerful mistake their appetites for justice, and the world pays the price.

The anger rises not from despair, but from clarity: this is not nature, but nurture. They were taught to rule by force. And they have learned their lesson well.