“The Taiwanese people were never looking for war,” Isaac said. “We are not interested in it.” “That’s what they all say,” I replied. “In Bosnia, in Syria, in Lebanon, the citizens say they are never interested in war, but they ended up fighting it.” Isaac raised his forefinger. “Ah, what was it that Lenin said? No, it was Trotsky. Something like, ‘You might not be interested in war. But war is interested in you.’”
