Standing By Humanity Cannot Be SelectiveThe United States started bombing Iran again in July. This is why wars are destructive from so many points of view and, once unleashed, are so difficult to control. Advertisement - scroll to continue reading The New Zealand Government has not condemned the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran. That is why I find its silence on Iran so difficult to reconcile with those principles. It is time for New Zealand to stand consistently for humanity, international law, and universal human rights, no matter who violates them.