Ensuring a nation’s survival sometimes leaves tragically little

room for private morality. Discovering the inapplicability of

Judeo-Christian morality in certain circumstances involving

affairs of state can be searing. The rare individuals who have

recognized the necessity of violating such morality, acted

accordingly, and taken responsibility for their actions are among

the most necessary leaders for their countries, even as they

have caused great unease among generations of well-meaning

intellectuals who, free of the burden of real-world bureaucratic

responsibility, makes choices in the abstract and treat morality

as an inflexible absolute.