JRR Tolkien said it best:
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
—Gandalf to Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring
Unfortunately, I don’t see any of the very wise making decisions in either Washington DC, London, or Baghdad.
Reading Riverbend’s latest post places this all in horrifying context.