We, as a nation, seem to be at a definite fork in the
road. The passion on both sides of the
isle politically appears to be near an all-time high and it is evident that the
electorate is sick of what has been taking place in the upper tier of our government. A drastic change of course seems to be the
desire of a greater and greater percentage of our population as we hear, not
just a clamoring for change, but on the outer fringes of the political spectrum
on both sides, for “revolution”. There seems
to be a rallying toward the extremes… one side or the other.
This squaring off of the extremes may be indicative of the
dire circumstances our nation has found itself in as it has either drifted
haplessly from its foundational principles, or worse, has been intentionally
weakened through a conscious effort to make this great country more like the
other deceived nations of the modern world.
Marco Rubio’s backfired effort to bring this possibility to light during
the recent debate may have had much more merit than its delivery seemed to
indicate. He warned for us not to be
deceived, “This president knows exactly what he is doing.”
Whether by unintentional weakness in leadership or by
deliberate design we are in a precarious position and the world around us is a
dangerous place! The radicals have
already demonstrated years ago that they are much attuned to the strength of
our presidency, or again in worst case, the purposeful cooperation of it with
those who desire to weaken this nation.
They played upon the weakness of Jimmy Carter for 444 days as they held
captive 52 Americans after the U.S. Embassy was stormed in November of
1979. However, minutes after the
inauguration of Ronald Reagan these hostages were released. The message as I heard that news 35 years ago
was clear. Radicals will take advantage
of weakness, but they will respect strength… it was a near shock to me as I
realized the blatant display of cowardice by the Iranians when a stronger
president stepped into the office of commander and chief.
Again, whether by weakness or design our president has
placed us in an extreme position of jeopardy, because while we may not have
learned the lesson well, it is possible the Iranians have! We should have learned by the 444 days of
humiliation due to a weak leadership that the “hand wringing” situation could
have been resolve by one day of strength turning the humiliation upon the heads
of the captors. But as the recent
capture and mockery of our 10 sailors has demonstrated we are once more weak, or
worse yet, going through the motions of weakness. The question is now; “Has Iran learned the
lesson better than we have?” They surely
are watching our election process with as much interest as we are, and
understand there is an excellent chance a stronger and more patriotic president
will soon fill the oval office. They
know the possibility of a leader more along the lines of Ronald Reagan will
arrive within the year. They must be at
this moment considering strategic plans for that event.
As the election nears in the fall of this year it is very
possible that, as they see a stronger leader in the U.S. begin to emerge, fool
hearty acts of radicalism could propel the world into unthinkable
disaster. Because if we make it to
January 2017 and a strong, patriotic man fills the White House the same respect
that caused the release of 52 hostages in 1981 will at least begin to bring a
semblance of sanity to a region of radical lunacy. But the ultimate question right now is “What
might they try between now and next January to keep us under feckless
leadership without the resolve to do what needs to be done?” The possibilities are endless. I will be on my knees… a lot. It is the year of Jubilee you know!
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