[Ancesthntr]

The problem so eloquently described in this article can be summed up very simply - the failure to confront and destroy evil is the result of moral cowardice.

This is a problem far older than Shakepeare, having shown up in the Bible. Israel's first King, Saul, is eventually deposed by G-d because he failed to destroy Amalek completely. King David, Saul's successor, even had the same problem - though in the end he acted to obey G-d's command. Both were afraid of what we would call "public opinion," as are so many modern politicians. One would hope that a man who claims such moral clarity as Bush would act deceisively to crush evil on more than a selective basis.

[dennisw]

Good insight and Bible references by you.

[sheik yerbouty]

It is written: "tear out the evil within yout midst.."