A nearly 100-year-old American veteran has just stepped off a plane to attend the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy. The CNN reporter turns the microphone on him and asks how he feels. "We're having a great time," the 100-year-old replies in a voice reminiscent of old movies, "a beautiful day, nice girls like you." The reporter laughs out loud. Moments later, the camera shows entire fields planted with crosses, symbols of those who fell in the largest amphibious invasion in history.

Contradictory views. On the one hand, an old man who enjoys everyday things or wants to focus on the joys of life rather than the pains of war. On the other hand, about 4,000 crosses, similar to each other, completely uniform, lined up in rows like military formations, remind us that those who died in the war continue their service for the benefit of life, progress, and peace.

This is a difficult task at any time. It is even more difficult today when the war in Ukraine and Gaza has led many analysts to predict imminent apocalyptic clashes. And it is well-known who pays the costs of these massacres.