History is
and always has been static, at least to our best information. “Now” is static as well simply because its existence
is so quickly replaced by history.
In order to
help future, the “nows” should be used to understand, recognize and act upon
history. It really doesn’t matter what
took place in all of our yesterdays, if we ignore and mislead ourselves about
the now they created. Why is the most important question we need to ask
ourselves. We ask the “past” why a specific event took place. If we discard the truth component as part of
that answer, “now” forces us to learn by repetition. If we fail to honestly assess the results of our
decisions, actions and plans, history will repeat as many times as we fail our “now’s”.
Wow, what a vicious cycle is created by the idiocy of denial. Kind of makes
your head spin. Could I have said that I need to understand the “how” and why
of yesterday in order to effectively plan for tomorrow. Then act accordingly right now. Probably, perhaps I may do that next time.
Recent
history proves out the failures and the misuse of so many “nows”. We need our leaders to recognize what part
their particular ideological weaknesses have played in creating danger for our
nation. Like it or not, our world is at
war. Like it or not, we are in a WWIII
situation against a medusa of ideology.
Like it or not, we have to admit the truth. The time is now. Unless we fully recognize and engage as real,
enemy history will repeat and it will continue to spread infectiously and epidemically.
Like it or not, the fact of now is this will continue to live as long as our
tactics to defeat it are halfhearted. Medusa cannot be killed by cutting off
one or two heads, as they are replaced by two or three more. Medusa requires a full scale assault, not
just on the heads, on the entire body of the beast in order to protect the
civilizations already covered in the blood of our innocents.
History tells
the tale of what took place when Radical Islamic Jihadists created a caliphate.
The word jihadist matters. That
caliphate spread across the Middle East, Africa and Spain. It was as barbaric as the one we call Isis,
the one more appropriately called Daesh
and the less correct term Isil. The
caliphates’ dominance and control of those areas continued until met with equal
ferocity and barbarism of the Crusades. Could the Crusades be a possible
response to the barbaric Medusa of today’s world? Do we owe the future more than what we are
admitting or doing right now?
In the past “now”
created the United States of America, gave it abilities surpassing any other in
history. Has the interpretation of that
history through the eyes of ideology been complicit in the advance of Daesh and its successful uses of
barbarism? We as a nation have been
given more than just ability and resource.
We have been given the responsibility of action. Like it or not we are at war. Like it or not we do have the responsibility of
leading, and like it or not we need to be completely honest in our examination
and use of history. If you as an
individual are being physically attacked, denying that fact is not going to
change your degree of safety. If you
tell that attacker you will not harm them, that recusal of action will not
diminish their ability to cause you bodily harm. Telling them that you understand and respect
their right to anger will not save you from a severe beating.
The United
States of America has a responsibility to tomorrow. It needs to have a rational plan on how to be
the most effective leader possible. Most
importantly our government needs to understand the importance of “NOW”. We have a responsibility to be “the good
Samaritan”.
God bless our
country, guide or decisions, and protect ability to meet our
responsibilities. Pray for our country,
pray for civilization.
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