I don’t speak German or Russian but the reaction of these Berliners to their government’s stunt of putting a captured Russian tank in front of the Russian Embassy doesn’t really need words it speaks to the heart.

I am reminded of the image of a girl presenting a flower to a line of soldiers at that anti Vietnam War protest so long ago.

War is a tragedy and an absurdity. It must be ended we must care about all its victims. This is the point that the Russian ambassador to the UN made and it might have been an opportunity to shift from game of blame a genuine conversation about the tragedy of war.