Fear In My Heart

In this years mid-term election, the American people showed that they wish the Democratic party to control congress. Now, there are many factors that contribute to the results of every election and the votes that each individual person makes, but for one reason or another, republicans were taken out of the majority. More and more each day it becomes clear to me that the leaders of the Democratic party want to 'cut and run' from Iraq, withdrawing US troops as they do so. I know full well just as I'm sure the rest of you know, that withdrawing before the job is done would be disastrous. Either these leaders don't believe this or don't care.

I am able to breathe a small sigh of relief that most military 'experts' as well as commanders in the Armed Forces all agree that an early withdrawl would be a very bad idea, especially within the next four to six months (ah hem, Carl Levin). My very own commander, Gen. John Abizaid, in charge of US Central Command stated in Washington that we essentially need to stay the course and allow the Iraqi people to stand up for themselves. It is might hope that despite anything the Democratic party promised the American people or wish to pry some kind of control on Iraq policy, that the job will be completed and the mission successful.

A dark shadow is cast on my small glimmer of hope and I feel that the world is turning a blind eye to what is plainly visible in Iran. Many times the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has expresed how Iran will wipe Israel and its Western ally off the face of the Earth. To this point the mainstream media has dismissed any serious threats coming from this man. They have even gone so far as to interview him along with his visit to the US and the UN council taking these two instances as his true feelings to the rest of the world. Yet nobody has shown us what he tells his own people on a regular basis, until now. While listening to Rush Limbaugh (mp3 files) today, he had Glenn Beck, from CNN Headline news, join him on the radio. Beck was explaining to Rush that they would be running a segment on the kind of propaganda that is run throughout the Middle East on state run media channels. I was only able to find the transcript of the segment on the CNN website, but it was enough to back up some other things that have come to my attention. To sum it all up: Iran is developing nuclear weapons under the guise of nuclear power. They don't need nuclear power, they have oil up the wazu. From Ahmadinejad's own mouth we have heard him talk about destroying Israel along with the rest of its allies, he plans to do this with nuclear weapons. There is a bigger picture to all this death and destruction, however. It is the hope of Iranians as well as other extremist groups in the Middle East, that this man made apocalypse will bring the 12th Imam of Islam to Earth and wipe the world clean of Jews and Christians, bringing about the rise of a world wide Islamic regime. I'm fairly confident that any amount of nuclear explosions will not bring any sort of spiritual beings to Earth, but I'm not so sure Ahmadinejad thinks as logically as I do, and I'm not comfortable just sitting here waiting to find out what his next move will be. The lack of media attention to this is very concerning and I hope despite what kind of politics may be happening in Washington DC that somebody is keeping a close eye on this and is not about to let it get worse.

I urge you all to maintain some kind of awareness on what is going on in the world today. It is all our resposibility to keep our family and friends safe from our enemies.