In case you're not familiar with it, I want to post Natan Scharnsky's "moral clarity" quote, from The Case For Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror. Even if you are familiar with it, others should see it, as I think it is extremely sublime.
"Over the years, I have come to understand a critical difference between the world of fear and the world of freedom. In the former, the primary challenge is finding the inner strength to confront evil. In the latter, the primary challenge is finding the moral clarity to see evil."
Unfortunately, far too many in the West are willing to see and call out evil.
God bless and protect your son, and all like him. I firmly believe that we, as a country, are attempting the right thing, the moral thing, with what we attempt in the Middle East, with Iraq. I expect and believe that if we are not successful, we will end up creating the glass parking lots many have called for, before it is over.
Make that:
Unfortunately, far too many in the West are *un*willing to see and call out evil.