We Need Leadership in this Current Crisis

For John, BLUF:  If we want to keep our Republic we are going to have to stand up to hate across the spectrum.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Courage, Cowardice and Leadership

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Two case studies

From , by Mr John A Lucas, 7 November 2023.

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Our leading business and law schools use case studies to analyze actual, real-life business or legal problems or cases. The students study and learn from those prior cases to draw conclusions that hopefully will inform their future analyses when confronted with similar problems.

One quality essential for leaders today, whether in business, law, academia, the military, politics, or any other field, is courage. For the military that includes both physical and moral courage. For most other fields, the focus necessarily is on the need for moral courage in the face of adversity or danger, whether that danger is to a business or to one’s personal career and future.

Let us then look at two cases to see what they may tell us about courage (or cowardice), and leadership.

The cases are:

• CASE STUDY NO. 1 – STALAG IX A, 1945
• CASE STUDY NO. 2 – WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM, OCTOBER 30, 2023

Well worth the read.  One is an example to live up to and the other is an example of equivocation in the face of a moral challenge.

While I feel for the Palesatinians in the Gaza Strip, I have no sympathy for Hamas and its efforts to eliminate Israel and Jews in the Middle East.  The chant "River to the Sea, Palistine must be free" is not about negotistion and compromise.  It is about a second Holocaust in my lifetime.  It is time for Americans who know a little history to stand up and say no to Hamas and its approach and to its supporters.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff