I haven’t spoken much of the tragedy of it.  I feel ashamed that I’m uncomfortable doing so.  I have an overwhelming desire to get down there.

But I haven’t spoken of the lives lost or the incredible logistical logjams facing relief organizations (docks destroyed, anemic airports, streets crowded with the homeless) or the very real political extinction facing the country.

Should America step up?  Should our military engage in a new kind of nation building, one that offers relief to the hungry and homeless?  For once, we can enter a country as a humanitarian force - with the moral and (frankly) political high ground.