I'm 10-8 again. As you know, I've been silent for the last few weeks as I watch the cultural and political battles for the nation's soul from high atop these overlooking hills. And as the conflict continues, both sides scramble to maneuver into a better tactically advantageous position, all the while continually clashing. In a way, it's intellectually intriguing, yet horrifying at the same time.
Intellectually intriguing in that the issues presented by either side seem to miss the greater point. Horrifying in that no matter which side prevails, missing the point will bring us all down along with the country.
Consider: The tyrannical Marxist left's entire agenda is all about destruction. Its goal is the eradication of the greatest human accomplishment in known history; a self government of, by and for the people, along with the capitalistic culture that that idea has spawned and promulgated. The pro-liberty conservative right is anemic in its response to this attack on our more than 246 years as a shinning city upon the hill, as Reagan put it. The right absorbs itself in responding defensively to silly accusations spewed by the shrill left. The right allows the left to define the narrative, and wastes time and energy arguing against a false premise.
And that's nonsense. If you fight using the enemy's terms, you loose.
The greater point here is that there is a global effort to destroy nationalism, especially American nationalism. The left wants a return to tyranny; a feudal world, wherein all are serfs but those few elitists at the top, who, of course, enjoy the bounty that we the serfs produce. We will own nothing and be happy, yet they will own everything and be even happier. This is, of course, completely antithetical to the ideas behind the very founding of America. Compare "I am sovereign man, governed only by God and myself," to "I am a member of the greater collective who nurtures me."
That's a stark choice.
A recent conversation with my brother who lives in Texas brought this topic to light. The lack of comprehensive understanding - and by that I mean ignorance - by so many people on both sides of the political spectrum of the underlying divide is why there are so many issues with which to contend.
While it's true Americans are faced with a myriad number of crises, - the border invasion, the abortion nonsense, inflation, rampant crime, a real threat of nuclear war to name a few - and while these are real crises, they are only diversions arising from the implementation of the Cloven Piven Strategy, which creates an overload on government designed to achieve a desired result. That result is the collapse and destruction of the Western culture and capitalism at large, and a reemergence of feudalism as envisioned by the WEF and other globalists. Or as they call it, The Great Reset.
The good news is that there now emerges at least two great leaders who see through all the smoke and haze - the fog of war - and they have the support of the majority of the American people. They are (still) President Donald Trump, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
They see the battle for what it is, and they are ready, willing and able to engage the enemy on his own field.
And destroy him.