Joe, our mother country may be the last country standing. I think of its fighting qualities as durable, "lasting, not transitory, resisting wear and decay." OED

She used her colonials in assault where they performed splendidly. I interviewed her youngsters flying off to the Falklands; what a cocky bunch.

I think of ISIS as manageable over time. The trick is doing it without losing the magnificent benefits of our civil and democratic societies.

Keep cool. We've survived worse.