THE MODERN TIMES INTERVIEW: Elisabeth Hoff, WHO's representative in Libya today, wondered why Norway got involved and dropped 700 bombs on Libya in 2011: "It makes no sense at all." For 30 years, Hoff has tried to save lives in war zones such as Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. How can a human endure so much suffering?
When it becomes cruel, it loses its news value. Schools, markets and hospitals are bombed and torn apart in Syria without any eyelids. A banality of brutality?
If we think we know best, there is no point in taking others into consideration. That is why it is so important to maintain a culture where what we do not understand is central.
