in a nutshell

I think the point that I'm trying to make and I think ought to be made is that the real, at least to me - I say this elsewhere in the book [American Power and the New Mandarins] what seems to me a very, in a sense, terrifying aspect of our society and other societies is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people can observe such events. I think that's more terrifying than the occasional Hitler or LeMay or other that crops up. These people would not be able to operate were it not for this apathy and equanimity, and therefore I think that it's in some sense the sane and reasonable and tolerant people who should - who share a very serious burden of guilt that they very easily throw on the shoulders of others who seem more extreme and more violent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEIrZO069Kg&feature=related