I may have said this elsewhere... I wish I could remember who said it first, but I don't...

The best way for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.

So now is the time for all good people to stand up to this evil, and it seems as though a lot of them are willing, albeit cautiously, and rightfully so.

Several of the Muslim countries have expressed outrage about last Tuesday's events. These are people who have lived with random acts of terrorism for some time, and I believe that they, as much as anyone else, would like for it to stop. Anyone with any iota of decency does not want to see innocent people die at the hands of a madman.

I want to see something done but first I think we need to avoid war at every turn, until there are no turns left to make. If it becomes our last resort, so be it, but I think we need to give diplomacy a great big try first.