American Leadership Means Being Clear About What We Stand For And Who We Stand With
5:55 PM 07/31/2014
The world needs American strength and leadership now more than ever before. Such leadership requires moral clarity and perspective.
In a recent piece for the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer accurately wrote of the current clash in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that “[R]arely does international politics present a moment of such moral clarity.”
The ultimate and stated aim of Hamas is the eradication of the Jewish state and the Jewish people. War is always a last resort, but Hamas has left Israel with no choice. And the manner in which Hamas engages in war should be clarifying: Hamas breaks ceasefire agreements without warning and purposely targets civilians. Rather than building schools and roads, they have built tunnels and located rocket systems where innocents are sure to b