I would say that the core problem for humans is that of making the correct moral choice. If the enemy engages in acts of brutality and barbarism in pursuit of his goals must we respond in kind to stop him? And if we do are we able to somehow remain untainted by the very evil we are striving to defeat? By employing methods we profess to abhor when the enemy uses them are we making ourselves, to some extent, into the very enemy we are striving to defeat? I certainly have no answer to these questions and I doubt very much that any man does. In a conflict where sheer survival is thought to be at stake methodology has a pronounced tendency to become the servant of perceived necessity. All I know for sure is that we will have to answer for our decisions sooner or later and that while judgement may be delayed consequences are not (though it may take quite some time for those living through these to realize what they are or to tie them to the actions that generated them).

Values such as thrift, hard work and determination are not values at all. They are actions resulting from values (and by “values” is meant beliefs so deep and ingrained as to be considered reality). Leftists work hard and are determined and they practice thrift when it comes to expenses they think of as superflous or profligate. The beliefs that built this nation are that there are basic rights that come from a power higher than man and no government should work to suppress these. Liberty granted by God is the key. Once subtract the higher power from this formulation and law will become arbitrary and capricious and the ambitions of men will take precedence over “values” which become nothing more than a justification for oppression.