One of the worst aspects of human nature is that we are capable of getting used to anything, even horror. The pages of the newspapers transform the story of the war into a daily narration, somewhat flattened: the horror filtered through our lenses and reduced by the distance that separates us and by the illusory sense of tranquility of those who live in the still pacified strips of land.
But elsewhere war rages. In Gaza, in the Ukraine, and in Libya. Different stories, different reasons, but a single blood red thread that keeps all these stories together.
Between Hamas and Israel, despite the "ceasefire" requested by the UN and by the president of the United States Barack Obama, the hostilities, after a couple of days of calm (before the storm) have not stopped at all, quite the contrary. The last night was a night of raids and bombings, which took the death toll past 1.100 people.
And while bombs and men and women of all ages continue to fall, there are those who, like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, continue to speak of a just war.
In Ukraine, however, are "at least 1.129 people killed and 3.442 injured" from mid-April to today. This was stated by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, announcing the data of a UN report, according to which "The news of the intensification of fighting in Donetsk and Lugansk is alarming, with the use of heavy weapons".
The report speaks of kidnappings, arrests and torture, as well as executed prisoners, while today's news is the question and answer between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Serghei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister: the United States continues to re-launch the allegations of Russian interference in the conflict (heavy weapons and artillery), despite Lavrov's denials.
Then there is the Libya, which two and a half years after the killing of the dictator Gaddafi, remains a dissolved and amorphous country, a gigantic body without shape or proportions, a land of all and no one, shaken by fighting between militants and the army. Fighting that has flared up since July 13, when the battle for control of the Tripoli airport began.
The casualty count reads: 97 dead and 400 wounded, but it seems destined to grow. The Libyan capital is now a fiery hell: between yesterday and today two fires broke out in two fuel depots and were declared "out of control". US, German and British diplomats are leaving the country in these hours, as are at least 100 Italians. Those who can leave.
