Image in the Mirror

But if views are now changing, will they change fast enough? Responsible voices are calling for a wiser approach, a change of policy. Surely it is time to agree on a new plan, a revised course and scope of action, and the need to effect it now. But if we continue to delay, or further allow delay, and those in authority fail to act or prescribe too little, who can we blame? Then, all we can do, the only act of honesty left to us, is to look in the mirror with despair and resignation, and recognize in ourselves both the face of Apollo's resentful self interest and that of Cassandra's tears.