Sorry to have been away for so long; I’m sure all four of you missed me terribly.

Primarily, there hasn’t been anything worth posting about save for things that would become great, rambling things with rampant hyperlinks, and I just haven’t been up for that yet this week. However, I ran into a terrific entry on TigerHawk today that I wanted to share with you, my intellectual and discerning readers.

“If we are going to respond or preempt effectively, our policies will have to have an element of unpredictability and surprise. And the prerequisite for such a policy must be a broad public consensus on the moral and strategic necessity of action. We will need the capability to act on a moment’s notice. There will not be time for a renewed national debate after every terrorist attack. We may never have the kind of evidence that can stand up in an American court of law. But we cannot allow ourselves to become the Hamlet of nations, worrying endlessly over whether and how to respond. A great nation with global responsibilities cannot afford to be hamstrung by confusion and indecisiveness.”

You might be surprised at the date this speech was made. Then again, considering the quality of my readership, you might not. Still, a great read.