The New York Times calls it “greatness.” Two cities burned, thousands killed—erased as incidental, remembered only for the method that made it possible.

That day, we not only destroyed a city but entered a world where mass death drew no mourning—and was instead declared an act of peace.

In 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, presenting it not as historical rupture but as achievement.

Today, few serious voices openly argue that peace’s ideals and war’s actions are compatible, acknowledging their fundamental conflict rather than seeking reconciliation between the two.

Relief convoys idle at Gaza’s border show the crisis’s severity. Despite Israel’s partial blockade lift Sunday, no aid reached starving Palestinians by Wednesday, deepening the humanitarian catastrophe.