Infamy, plus one...

 

 

"Shortly after December 7, 1941, FDR told the nation that day would 'Live in Infamy' - and it does..."

 

Today is an important and sobering anniversary for many of us. For the survivors who are still alive, today's anniversary is an indelible imprint on their memory. For us as a nation, it is an important lesson that we - maybe forgot?

 

Prior to September 11, 2001, the warning signs were there for something bad coming. President Clinton did not grasp the significance of the developing events. He was too busy in the Oval Office doing other things. By the time President Bush (43) took the oath, the table was already set. The attack was planned and was going through the final stages of readiness. Then on September 11, 2001, just like on December 7, 1941, America got ambushed. And it can, and most likely will, happen again.

 

Sometimes I believe our leaders look at the world in similar fashion to a drug induced "la-la" land. For example, our current President does not seem to give a wit to who is in our country legally and who is not. We could have hundreds, maybe thousands of trained terrorists here. They could have snuck across our very porous southern border, and we would not know their vile intentions until it was too late. As a nation, we are like Hawaii on December 6th. Our naiveté on who is evil and who is not, could very well be our undoing.

 

Even the person who many think will be our next President has shown her true colors on naiveté. Recently she said, "We need to empathize with our enemies." What the what Hillary? These people want her, her husband, her daughter, her grandchild, and the rest of us, DEAD! They don't want to "empathize"  or understand us - they just want to kill us. And how would they do that? Just go on the internet and view some of the clandestine videos which have been smuggled out of the Middle East. You will see ISIL perform butchery which is beyond human comprehension.

 

So where are we folks? Are we living on December 6th, feeling fat, dumb and happy? Or are we living on December 8th, wounded and much wiser. It is up to us to elect leaders who can see reality for what it is. Who understand the landscape. Who can read the stiches on a fast ball in a rapidly developing world. We have tried ideologues and charlatans. That did not work well for us. Now is the time for brave, courageous leadership. Leaders who can keep us, and the rest of the free world, safe from evil.