There has been a fair amount of surprisingly good news lately, hasn't there? If things keep going in this direction then the future doesn't seem so bleak.
As long as we can keep a lid on terrorism and prevent a nuke or dirty bomb event......
I agree but the real problem is the same one illustrated in the Bible. The Israelites were freed from enslavement and saw great miracles and were at first grateful. Then as the experience of enslavement and the reality of the miracles became distant in their minds and hearts they became bored and as soon as Moses was away they created a golden calf as an abomination to worship instead of God.
This is the same process we witness today. People have a habit of finding comfort in falsehood when their needs have been fulfilled or the threat of evil does not seem so near. They want to build up the Golden Calf of government to fulfill their needs and wants. They sacrifice true freedom for the pigs wallow of irresponsibility and indulgence.
Europe has awakened for now but as many in this nation have already returned to slumber and worse enjoining themselves in congress with the very evils that will be their destruction we can only keep up the fight because we can not afford to sleep because if we sleep in our fight and our faith we will wake to find ourselves caught in the avalanche of history as all we value is swept away.