The Evil Orc holds no territory, defends no population, has no rules of warfare,no laws of morality. The Evil Orc cannot be deterred, bought off, contained, appeased, or otherwise pacified. The Evil Orc can only be destroyed.
What happened to those men and women at Fort Hood had a horrible symbolism: Members of the best trained, best equipped fighting force on the planet gunned down by a guy who said a few goofy things no one took seriously. And that’s the problem:...