Remembering Okinawa: Dealing with suicide bombers 60 years ago

This is an incredible article by Victor Davis Hanson published in the Jewish World Review: definitely a must read, it is an inspiring retrospective on the battle of Okinawa in light of our current situation in the war on terror.

Hanson's concluding remarks:
"Perhaps we wonder now whether a presently divided American people can still overcome fascism, suicide bombers and beheaders to foster freedom in an autocratic landscape. In answer, we should look back 60 years ago to what we went through in Okinawa and the subsequent humane society and decent democracy that followed in Japan and sigh, 'Yes, we can and will again.'"