If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere, insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
–Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

In the previous issue of Kyoto Journal there was a very insightful essay on the gathering storm, to borrow a phrase from Churchill. In it, author David R. Loy makes an excellent case for his assertion that good vs. evil dualism is fundamentally to blame for the coming war.

It’s longer than your average online read, but well worth it.

GETTING BEYOND GOOD vs EVIL
A Buddhist Reflection on the New Holy War