Welcome to the fray, Egypt...

 

 

"No, this is not a broken record. It is happening over and over again. Evil will always flourish until good decides to vanquish it..."

It is getting harder and harder to sit this one out. Country after country is being pulled into the quicksand known as ISIL. This weekend, Egypt was pulled in. In a gruesome fashion, which has become a calling card for these thugs. Yes, they took 21 innocent Christians from Egypt and marched them out on a shore in Libya. Then, showing no remorse, just stone cold determination, they simultaneously beheaded all of them. For the crime of worshipping the wrong God, at the wrong time, in the wrong geography.

There is so much to this story, I hardly know where to begin. Without sounding like a broken record, I will try and plow some new ground. In our fast paced, over saturated news cycle, some very important stories get over looked. The new President of Egypt for example. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is his name. He is a former Army General (we have always had a good relationship with Egypt's Army). He led the coup to topple Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood out of power. And he hates jihadists. Internal or external.

Not a man to be trifled with, as soon as he saw the video of the beheadings, F-16's flew out of Cairo and were headed for Libya. Similar to King Abdullah from Jordan, this world leader has no time for PC or doubletalk. Evil had shown its ugly face by the execution of his citizens. That was the tipping point. Welcome to the fray Egypt - your help is going to be wanted and needed.

Why would ISIL pick Libya to conduct this execution? The answer is quite simple. Our President decided early in his term to take out Muammar Gaddafi. Now Muammar was no saint by any measure. However, he was a lightweight as compared to Saddam Hussein of Iraq. When we took out Saddam, we tried to help set up a democratically elected coalition government to replace him. When we took out Gaddafi, we left nothing. Only a hot spot for terrorists. And Benghazi. 

On the news this morning, it was reported the ultimate goal of ISIL is one thing only - to usher in their version of the apocalypse. They are committed to the death to do so. According to their scriptures, the first major battle of the end times will be in Syria. The Crusaders (I think that be us) will invade Syria and be crushed by the holy fighters of ISIL. More battles will happen until the final battle will take place outside or Jerusalem. What we are seeing now are only the birth pangs bringing about the end of the world.

More and more of the world is crying out for leadership in this fight. As welcome as Jordan and Egypt are, we all know who really needs to lead this battle. The American people are behind you Mr. President, should we decide to fully enter this fray and defeat this evil. We can't wish it away, we can't will it away. We can only kill it away. Time to man up. History is being written every hour on the hour. This could be a Churchill moment. Or it could continue to be a Chamberlain moment. It is yours to choose Mr. President. The stakes are high. The freedom of our world is at stake.