As is always the case, feeling the strain of abject failure and an unwanted and undeserved responsibility for a world that was stuck, we turned in upon ourselves. We became the opposite of what JFK had asked us to become in his inaugural, and became like those who were responsible for his death.
Ask not what your country can do, indeed.
We are now facing another fork in the road: shall we once again turn inward in pain and fear, or turn outward in hope of a new tomorrow.
That choice is ours. But it will take courage and effort.
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