As I write this, the Middle East is ablaze with an Islamic caliphate gaining hold in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. Humanitarian crises, barbarian acts and charges of genocide shock our senses. Iran marches on to a nuclear weapon and delivery capability. In West Africa, the largest outbreak of Ebola virus has now caused more than three thousand deaths of hemorrhagic fever, spreading fear and causing the director of the World Health Organization to declare an international emergency. Meanwhile, the Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram continues its kidnapping and killing spree, forcing half a million refugees in Nigeria.
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