by Robert Anthony
November 6th 2024
(Picture of Joshua Leading the Israelites into the Promised Land)
What on earth just happened!? It's hard to take phone calls, respond to emails or texts. While I should be celebrating I find myself sitting here perplexed!
They are still counting Alaska, Arizona and Nevada, seems Trump will win both of these electoral votes also, giving him, 312 votes total. There is no way out of this now, President Trump will be the 45th and 47th President of these United States!
We should celebrate thru Christmas because we also won the Senate and chances are we could very likely win the House also! But while we are celebrating lets not lose sight of what we just won, we won back the ability to rebuild the nation. The nation was all but lost under Biden, America as we knew it was being ripped apart at its foundations and rebuilt into some dystopian-Marxist nightmare. The greatest work still lies ahead of us.
At the top of the agenda must be ending the rapidly unfolding WW3. Trump said he could end the Russian invasion of Ukraine even before he is inaugurated. The war that is surrounding Israel, he has spoken of much less. Iran has it's version of, and vision for the Middle East, the Saudi's have theirs and certainly Israel and USA, we have ours. One could easily argue that there has been an active hot-war somewhere in the Middle East since the 1970's!?
Do these wars have anything to do with us? Russia wants land from Ukraine and Iran wants rule of the Muslim Middle East. Do either of these conflicts directly affect our citizenry? Well, in a way they both do. Ex-President Bill Clinton made an agreement on the behalf of the United States that if Ukraine was to surrender their nuclear arsenal (back to Russia), the US would become something like their protectorate in the case that Russia or any other aggressor nation would intrude upon Ukrainian sovereignty.
The Budapest Memorandum, as it is commonly called, gave these assurances to not only Ukraine, but to also Belarus and Kazakhstan, should they surrender their entire nuclear arsenals. Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China also signed the agreement, China and France giving much weaker assurances than Russia, the US and UK. While the document does not promise or guarantee any military assurances it allows the US and UK to act militarily should they deem such course of action necessary. To this day, "the United States publicly maintains that "the Memorandum is not legally binding", calling it a "political commitment"." (Wikipedia, The Budapest Memorandum)
The case that obligates the US to come Ukraine's rescue against this Russian invasion is actually rather weak. (Rather unfortunately, because I personally have many friends of Ukrainian descent and in The Ukraine.)
The US politics surrounding this conflict are murky at best. Seems that Russian influence or even ownership of Ukraine was little diminished after the fall of their Soviet Empire but the west made a (slow) play to steal Ukraine away from Russia's grip, until Russia said, "Enough is Enough" - Putin and leadership unwilling to take the loss. And now the most frightening arsenals in the world are playing chicken over Ukraine, seeing who will flinch, first.
President Trump has been signaling that he is unwilling to lose American lives over Ukraine's 30'ish year old boundaries. Russia has certainly trampled the Budapest Memorandum when it promised to respect the boundaries and borders drawn therein. But they, in doing so, will reference NATO coming to their doorstep and Ukraine leaving it's sphere of influence for the EU, saying, "They had no other choice but to fight for what is rightfully theirs."
After what is now years of war (what started much smaller in the Donbas, 2014), all parties realizing there will be no quick and decisive victory for any stake-holder in the conflict, perhaps the time is ripe for a clever, charming and persuasive President Trump to save the day! He most certainly will ask for Ukraine to surrender some of its land to Russia, but in doing so will negotiate Ukraine away from Russian influence, once and for always... at least that's how he has been signaling thus far.
But the war in Israel is even more complicated.
Israel's enemies, all backed by Iran, have been amassing armies on their borders and throughout the region for decades now. Israel and it's civilian population have had to endure terrorism on a daily basis for generations, and increasingly. Hamas, on October 7th 2023, just committed the most horrendous and vile act of terrorism and barbarianism never before seen in the modern world, at least not since Hitler/Stalin.
One could argue that Israel has already knocked their enemies back at least several years if not a decade from where they have advanced in political-regional influence and military capabilities. One could make the case that Israel has done enough for the time being in retribution and the rebuke of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi's, Iran and it's other various militia's - but what does the other side of the argument look like? Israel, in striving for years of peace and prosperity for it's citizens and nation, should continue to push-back and even destroy the capabilities of these aggressors and terrorists until they are simply unable and unwilling to rebuild their arsenals, boots-on-the-ground and war machines.
Israel as a sovereign nation must take their destiny into their own, very capable, (democratic) hands and do what they determine best for their generations peace and blessing. We, Americans, that is to say our forefathers, fought and won this Republic. We pushed back our overlords, fought and won our freedoms. Ukraine is probably unable to stand against Russian might without convincing the EU and/or US for unlimited support (which equates to, rather frighteningly, nuclear-support). But as it pertains to Israel, this is a very different story than Ukraine, a very different story in a very different part of the world.
Israel now has the opportunity to fight and win for themselves an entire generation of peace and prosperity in the land. They have shifted their populace onto a war-footing and there is now momentum as they fight for their peace and freedom. President Trump will support their efforts with both time and treasure - he will surely draw the line at US boots on the ground but advance our commitment to creating a new Middle East-status quo, a region at peace that could last a whole generation! And such a peace is well within the grasp of Israel and its almost entirely Arab-Muslim neighbors.
President Trump and the partners signed on to the Abraham Accords, gave a new vision for the Middle East, a vision filled with free-trade relationships, peace agreements, new highways and avenues for transport, a brand new Middle East tourism industry, and more! The latter years of President Trump's first term were filled with hope and possibility, especially in the Middle East - and then came Covid. The 2020 Election ripped the White House out of President Trump and administration's hands and under Biden it seemed all was lost. But yesterday a miracle happened and President Trump's leadership and vision has been restored to us! and to Israel!
The mess at our southern border, our broken healthcare industry, our economic troubles, inflation, our extreme debts, the low morale in our military, our troubled school system, these and other more domestic challenges can be adequately solved by the Presidents ability to build award winning teams and appoint amazing, gifted and extremely-qualified Americans to lead the efforts. But leading us and the world out of WW3, in my opinion, must take center stage. Innocent lives are being lost daily, families are being torn apart, children are losing their parents, wives are becoming widows overnight and with the right (Trump) leadership, this can all end, rather quickly. North Koreans have now put boots on the ground. Who knows what back door meetings Iran has been having to find for themselves new recruits against Israel. WW3 is at the world's doorstep, can the world step back from the brink and find for ourselves a new and peaceful way forward? Or are we destined to war for this generation?
Let us shift our prayers now to the great work that lies ahead of us, with President Trump at the helm.
Some of us will be of best use more locally, finding solutions for our town or cities many troubles: at our schools, with our hurting families, for the poor, rehabilitating prisoners, teaching our young people and convincing them to truth and hope again! Other's among us are called to our state capitals and state courts, to fix what we have learned, over the past few years, is broken and without a resolution. Even fewer among us are destined to Washington DC and out to the nations of the world. But we all must find what is our God-given destiny - for therein lies not only our purpose but our joy and fulfillment, shining for the world to see the splendor and beauty of the gift that God put inside of us - before the foundations of the world were laid.
Destiny calls. President Trump answered, others around him have answered destiny's call and are performing brilliantly! But the work that lies before us demands a multitude, thousands of us willing to lay down our lives for God's great purpose. And seeking out our God and Father, we will find our way, our path thru the parting of the Jordan and into our own, proverbial, Land of Promise! There has never been a better time, wherein all things are suddenly (once again) possible! Believe brothers and sisters, our prayers have been answered.
We could each join the effort and live to see the Brightest Golden Era, ever in American history! We have our champion leading the way. Let's draft in behind him and even make a way for others, out of the wilderness and into that land - flowing with milk and honey!
We have been hoping and believing that The Best is still yet to come...
Our God and Father hasn't let us down...
He heard our prayers from heaven
And gave us the miracle.
Now is our time
It's time to cross the Jordan and to enter into His Best!!
God bless you brothers and sisters...
"His reward is with Him and His work is before Him."
Amen.
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