Every time I watch a World War II movie or documentary now, I have a sickening awareness of the difference between war then and the next war now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, there seems to be a prevailing idea, wishful thinking, that we don’t have to go to war now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It says there should be a way around it through negotiation and compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did that work out with Chamberlain and Hitler?—nearly cost the world our freedom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our experiences so far this century have further conditioned us where we can’t relate or imagine a commitment to military offensives that won wars in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are in awe when we see the shock of high-tech war conducted remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we get weary of long-term perseverance ‘in the trenches’ to maintain the overnight gains of ‘shock and awe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We forget too soon when bad leaders horribly failed us in Benghazi and Afghanistan, because there are so many more disasters coming at us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WW II warfare seems so far away, from another planet—indeed, like a movie, not real life—not like anything we might experience today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States was always the powerhouse that the world could fall back on, to stop the bad guys around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This country is faltering now, severely, and accounts for my sickening feeling that we will not be repeating ‘coming to the rescue’ of other people threatened by historical bullies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why did I just say we will not rescue the oppressed and defeat the evil again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because we can’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the leaders don’t want to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the leaders of America today are the bullies, the bad guys, the evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And all the other bad actors around the world are boldly salivating over destroying America the Beautiful and devouring the remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There isn’t really anything left standing in their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The remaining good guys, the remnant, will stand and sacrifice to resist all the evil mounted against our blessed freedom, as long as we can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will pay a high price for believing in the right and fighting for our families, just like freedom lovers and Christians have in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who still believe in the God of the Bible like our founding fathers did, will again find the courage to pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It remains true that there is “no greater love than for one to lay down his life for his brothers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ultimately (the bottom line), “Do not fear him who is able to destroy the body, but not the soul; rather, fear Him Who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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