America had moral clarity in the years after Pearl Harbor. We had been attacked, and our enemy needed to be defeated. We did not seek understanding, or "peace with honor," or a "timetable for withdrawal," or a "winding down." We did not think in terms of moral equivalence. We sought unconditional surrender of our enemy, and would not settle for anything less.
I miss that kind of clarity. How about you?
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