I am concerned that discussion about humanitarian aid will become a smokescreen for many who want to avoid confronting the real issue, which, I reiterate, is the morality of this war. There is nothing unique about the brutality of what is happening in this war, nor about the massacre of civilians, including children. It happens in every war. The real moral challenge to the Governments of the USA and the UK and their puny ally in Australia is whether the slaughter they have accepted is necessary and morally justified by the aim they have in mind.