Perhaps it’s naive of me, but just the fact that someone had the idea to drop a hundred million cranes for peace makes me smile. It is completely understandable that it didn’t do any good, and may actually have insulted some of the intended recipients. But the very fact that someone was able to step outside of the conflict to conceive of the plan is heartening. This kind of thing needs to be more than just an empty gesture, but I’d like to believe that the goodwill behind the cranes can translate into a political good will as well.