The Russian Military Has Descended Into Inhumanity

Let us talk about war crimes.

Let us talk about the atrocities the Russian military is committing in Ukraine, yes, but let us also talk about what they mean for us. Because if we assume that we could not commit such crimes ourselves, we are wrong—and we need to think about what it takes to prevent our own military from doing so.

Over the past several days, reporters and social-media users have documented what appear to be some perpetrated on the Ukrainian people by occupying Russian of terrorizing the Ukrainians into submission. And this may well be true.