Contributor who identifies himself as a World War II veteran who was in charge of a team of prisoner of war interrogators tells us that today's policy of dealing with cowardly terrorists does not match his experience. That if we are sincerely determined to win the war against terrorism, current policies ought match our no-uncertain determination which won World War II.

"Saving Your Skin and Everyone Else's; On sensible anger when dealing with terrorists"

PF's Expanded Opinion: Simply put, when the good guys are stronger than the bad guys, and are in a position to protect the weak and the innocent and decency in general, then the handwringers must shut-up and get out of the way.

Americans have overall behaved in such a morally superior fashion that innocent human life has been spared and survivors have thrived whereever America has succeeded. This protection of innocent humans appears to bother those mostly on the Left, and some very powerful allegedly on the Right, who believe the world is already overpopulated. They believe that innocent human life must be justified not simply by any God-given (or even a less clear human-life-equality) right to exist, but by demonstrated usefullness.

It is my opinion that this explains better than any other set of circumstances why the Left is so anti-American. Americanism, succeeding globally, would guarantee thriving, decent livelihoods for a maximum number of human beings.

So the handwringers, if they are honest and sane and deserve any real claim to the traditional moral highground, they must first denounce and eliminate from their centers of influence those elitists who promote the cold-blooded utilitarian goal achieveable through global statism: the treating of humanity as mankind treats any other commodity -- as if we were cattle, wheat, or currency.

I know that I have readers who can demonstrate actions and words many times over which prove my assessment. I should not need to point to any of them here. But I will point to three fine essays that our Curmudgeon Emeritus wrote on the subject.

I invite other commentators to do their part for the rest of us.

I pray that this is satisfactory, but most important of all, compelling to you dear future contributors.

One man alone cannot awaken the world to its moral obligations. One man multiplied million of times over can reach what is left of human decency in our worldly elite.

Help put a halt the pessimists' train bound for oblivion. Encourage all men, big and little, rich and poor, bright and dim, to work together to seek a bountiful future.