A Nation at War with Itself

Ever been on the road when another driver is making erratic moves and false signals?  You don't know whether to pass him or hang way back and wait for the inevitable accident to occur and all you can do is pray he gets off the road before he hurts himself or worse, somebody else.  Have you ever been the one others are looking at as if you got your license from a Cracker Jack box?  If we compare these kinds of road experience to the nations of the world, you can look around and see other nations swerving all over the pavement bumping into one another vying for more prominent positions in world economy and military might.  Little neighboring countries in Africa are like the cars behind us, they matter because we hate to see others hurt, but we are out of the danger zone.  Others are nearer to us and most of them seem to have a steady hand at the wheel.  One by one, others are coming up from behind and absolutely have no concern for their own welfare or anyone else's.  It used to be that the drivers would take it upon themselves to scare the nuttiness out of those passing carelessly, it used to be that the other passengers in the car being driven so dangerously would take that driver away from the wheel and put in somebody much more careful.  Nowadays, the passengers are divided, half cheering him on and the other half sitting quietly and grumbling.  Nowadays, the other cars don't want to deal with the nut, so he is zipping by them and making sure everybody on the road is intimidated by him. Often times, there are fights in the front seat over the wheel.

Lately, even though we have been way out front, the rest of the field is watching us wander from right side to left side occasionally jerking onto the left shoulder and skidding back onto the pavement.  Now, if you think of years as being minutes, its easy to see how that could be.  Every four minutes we are changing drivers and there is always a huge discussion over who the next driver will be.  The other drivers had grown accustomed to this and most would hang back whenever it was time to make the switch.  Just lately we have the governmental powers fighting over the wheel.  The president is supposed to be the one at the wheel.  But Congress has been doing its best to usurp the authority of the president to steer the bus in defensive action and aggressive action.  Add to that the Supreme court jumping in and pulling the wheel hard to the left working to take the authority to imprison battlefield combatants until war's end.  Nobody else on the road wants to work with us to ensure security because they don't know if we'll be a friend or a backstabber in the next few minutes.

So, now its time to choose a new driver again and we need to consider all that this driver is going to have to face.  Nobody in the other cars are willing to step up and do something about the gang of cars known as Islamic jihad.  This president and this congress will have to make decisions about powers commandeering the wheel and if they don't or won't, we passengers are going to have to hit the brakes and decide for the three powers, who is supposed to drive.  Wait!  Where did the brake pedal go.  Didn't we have one installed when we built this vehicle known as the union of states?  The steering wheel is being fought over and we don't have brake pedal?  Is anybody in the front seat doing something about this?  Is anybody on the bus even concerned enough to sound an alarm?

Okay, so the analogy isn't perfect, but the concern should come through loud and clear.  If we don't settle down and work out a clear plan of operation, we very likely will become the former world power.  Those who think that would be a good thing are by definition anti-American.  Who would step up to ensure the good things America does?  Would China act as the world councilor and police for human rights?  Do you think the United Nations could do it?  Maybe you could place your trust in Islam?  Which entity around the world has the muscle or the will to influence the world's drivers to serve their own well and work within the constraints of the rules of the road?  No other country or world power has both the power and the will for the job and if we allow Islam or the UN or anybody with enough might to make the rules of the road, this will be a far different world.  Islam would create a far more dangerous road by taking other vehicles and using them to their own ends.  China would probably do something similar.  The UN is basically a subset of Islam.  Every other entity is either too weak or has already succumbed to the influence of radical Islam.

Once you put a light on the responsibility of the lead position, you begin to see how tenuous is the role we play in world politics and the consequences of dropping that responsibility begin to look more ominous than the 2nd amendment or a marriage certificate for homosexuals.  This election will literally decide whether we place more judges who will fight for the wheel or more judges who will take the roll the builders and planners designed for them, whether we have a Congress who help and back the driver or are also pulling and fighting for the wheel.  The parties have drawn clear lines on who will take the wheel from the assigned driver and who will support the decision making structure as designed by the original driver and navigators.  I suggest you vote for a conservative veteran this election, whether for president or for Congress.

The last paragraph of the Declaration of Independence

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.