"Where do you stand today?"
That is the point... whether we will be standing at the end at all. If we are, then we can ruminate about platitudes.
First, to win (and thus, survive). And that, by any means possible.
i'm not going at this from a Hobbesian "dog eat dog" mentality.
I stand by the wisdom of our Founders. They said that we should be a nation of laws, Western values, and due process.
I stick by that...through thick or thin.