Why wasn’t that monster killed before it raped and murdered those innocent little girls in Pennsylvania? Well, had the monster been known before it committed such an atrocity… and so it goes.

You won’t hear the advocates of such a thing admit it but the immense fallacy of so-called “gun control” has been that by disarming law abiding citizens you will keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Nor will you hear those advocating for diplomacy concerning North Korea and Iran admit they are pressing for giving criminals guns but that is the logical conclusion.

Once you have troubled yourself to think about why nations like North Korea and Iran want nuclear weapons you enter a very dark nether world that civilized nations cannot possibly comprehend on the basis of reason. Both of these rogue nations have leaders demanding worship as gods claiming to speak as gods, both preach a message of annihilation of their enemies, and while Americans have been extorted by taxation without representation to feed our enemies while they plot to destroy our nation we are now expected to trust these same leaders that refuse to secure our own borders and ballots to find a way out of the nuclear crises growing daily; which is why I described the nuclear scenario posited by Michio Kaku together with quite a few other scientists “chillingly pragmatic.”

Diplomacy will not work with bullies, tyrants and despots. There is no “cure” for those preying on women and children, there is no “cure” for the monsters like that in Pennsylvania. You kill the monsters before they kill the innocent otherwise you are subscribing to the lunacy of keeping a “pet rattlesnake,” an apt description of child molesters especially.

Most of us have our demons with which we struggle. As young as I was at the time one of mine came immediately following those bombs being dropped on Japan. This demon comes often at night with a vision of thousands of innocent children whose last conscious moment on earth was that of a brilliant flash instantly snuffing out their lives. And these were the lucky ones.

The “larger picture” was the potentially two million Americans and Japanese saved because of dropping those bombs. But this larger picture does nothing to drive away the demon that has haunted me ever since those bombs were dropped. The entire library of books written on the subject of WWII, the many things leading up to it and the outcome continues to grow. However, once the leadership of Germany and Japan decided war was the only answer for them the die was cast and many millions of innocent people paid the price for the decisions made by these leaders.

Threats, bullying, extortion and blackmail are the stock in trade of all tyrants like that of North Korea. The prevailing madness of the leaders in Muslim nations like Iran is no different. The bloodthirsty Allah of Islam is no different than the “god” of North Korea demanding worship.

But does it always have to come to this: Dennis Prager, “The best are killed in every generation. If you are debating whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about humanity's future, here is a point to consider: In every generation, especially in the last century, vast numbers of good people -- often the best people -- have been murdered by the worst people.”

The difference now is the nuclear factor. There is no practical or diplomatic way to keep nations like Iran and North Korea “contained” and eventually making it possible for nuclear terrorism right here in America. It is only a question of who will shoot first, whether those who believe in “pet rattlesnakes” will prevail or those who know there is no such thing. Knowing this only keeps demons like the one arising from Hiroshima and Nagasaki thriving. But there is no exorcising of such demons unless the world becomes safe for all children. And that will not happen by supporting the monsters preying on the innocent.

It is tragic in the extreme monsters like that in Pennsylvania are not killed before they torture and kill the innocent. However, this is the choice now being given the civilized world which is faced with the monsters in Iran and North Korea. But the civilized mind recoils at the very thought of having to shoot first, and like any civilized person I hope in the face of seeming hopelessness there may yet be a diplomatic solution to the growing nuclear crisis, that the fears of those like Michio Kaku are not realized. But this is the potential fate of the world unless Prager’s observation is reversed and the best people kill the worst people.

We hope and pray China and Russia will act and contain North Korea before Japan, Taiwan and others go nuclear. We can hope and pray India and Pakistan do not fire their missiles; that Israel does not have to fire on Iran, there is a lot to hope and pray about. But if it comes down to who will shoot first we better hope and pray it is the best people killing the worst people. And to anticipate those who believe in pet rattlesnakes I won’t dignify such a thing by qualifying who I believe to be the best people. I have already made my position in this respect abundantly clear in my support of Western Civilization.