Call me a cowboy-pessimist, one who believes in standing up for the right, but one who has too much painfully acquired knowledge about the capacity for evil inherent in human nature, even one that thinks itself righteous. "The human heart is most untrustworthy," said one of the Medjugore visionaries. How right he is. Or as C.S. Lewis put it, in
Screwtape: "My own heart--I need no other--teacheth me the wickedness of the ungodly."
Much as I despise the anti-war left, I also know that any act as consequential as the war we now begin MUST be carefully considered, and that all GOOD reasons for NOT acting must be reflected upon before one starts. Not all our opponents on this issue are our enemies. And not all who would join us on this Ninth Crusade are our friends.
Can't disagree with one thing you said or the grand way you said it.