I wrote in my journal the other day: “America, and this world, will end. It is not a question of if, but when.” Strangely, I found it comforting, like the best Hank Williams.
As I pondered it, I thought about the creed of the warrior. Death is always the end of the warrior. It may come sooner, or later, but in the end death it must be. To the extent war has any value, it is teaching this truth, and the acceptance of that truth through frequent exposure to death.
In the end we can answer for our commitment, and nothing more.