[ebb tide]

a country that could allow the murder of more than 60 million of its most vulnerable citizens over a period of almost fifty years is as weighed down by original sin as any other.

You're preaching to the choir.

As far as "hope", I recommend you read up on the Battle of Lepanto.

[Captain Walker]

I'm well aware of the Battle of Lepanto; I've called people's attention here on this site to this fight as well as to Jan Sobieski's arrival at Vienna in 1683 on the very day the Ottomans launched their final assault on the city.

(Have you looked even once at my tagline?)