In the post-World War II era, the international community established what were meant to be Universal Taboos. These were the “red lines” of civilization—boundaries so fundamental that their breach should invite immediate moral and diplomatic excommunication (or at the very least condemnation). The most sacred of these was the state-sanctioned threat of genocide.

Yet, as we navigate the current war with Iran, we are forced to confront a disturbing reality: the international community hasn’t just watched these taboos be broken; it has spent decades normalizing the breach.

The Permission Structure

For forty years, the world has listened to the Iranian state—and the vocal, hardliner minority that supports it—chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” While the vast majority of the Iranian people are the first victims of this despotic regime, the........

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