To help understand why some people might ask this question, today’s column is being distributed together with two photographs. One is of Agusta, age 8, a citizen of Iceland. The other is of Lucas, age 1, an American citizen in Dalton, Ga., who recently was selected to be 2018 Spokesbaby for the Gerber baby food company.
Now, before Iceland becomes snippy about the description of what it is doing, let us all try to think calmly about genocide, without getting judgmental about it. It is simply the deliberate, systematic attempt to erase a category of people.