would we have the courage of master sergeant roddie edmonds. i know your dad said he was just doing his job, but he went above and beyond the call of duty and so did all those who joined in that line. faced with a choice of giving up his fellow soldiers or saving his own life, roddie looked evil in the eye and dared a nazi to shoot. his moral compass never wavered. he was true to his faith and he saved some 200 jewish american soldiers as a consequence. it's an instructive lesson, by the way, for those of us christians. i cannot imagine a greater expression of christianity to say i too am a jew. i ask these questions because even as the holocaust is unique, a crime without parallel in history, the seeds of hate that gave rise to the shoah, the ignorance that conspires with arrogance, the indifference that betrays compassion, those seeds have always been with us. they have found root across cultures and across faiths and across generations. the ambassador mentioned the story of cain and abel. it's deep within us. too often, especially in times o