A New And Courageous Leader?

Posted by Larry Miller on April 8, 2010 under How | Be the First to Comment

One of Barack Hussein Obama’s favorite terms for the good old USA is “arrogant”. He continually preaches that we have stuck our nose where it did not belong and it has damaged our position in the world community… most of which hates us anyway and they are jealous of the prosperity our freedom has provided. One would think that our president would be disinclined to interfere in the affairs of sovereign nations. As far as nations that value government power over the rights of their citizens, he is behaving as expected. However, when it comes to the nation of Israel, he treats it like one of the fifty seven states he visited during the campaign and wants to control it in the same way.

He believes that Israelis building in their own cities and annoying the Palestinians who don’t live there is detrimental to the “peace process”. He overlooks the fact that Israel is a sovereign nation, and the Palestinians are breaking the tenth commandment by coveting land that is not theirs and their ancestors could not hold on to when confronted by the rightful owners. He ignores the fact that at various points since modern Israel’s formation they have confronted hostile neighbors and pushed them back in defending their people and land, only to have “world opinion” force them back to boundaries the anti-Israeli world desired.

The resident of our White House has cozied up to those who would see us fail… those in Venezuela, those in Iran, those in Korea and anywhere else around the world where strong men are glorified and the people downtrodden. He believes we have been bad stewards of the vast power and prosperity our country had… but really did not deserve. He is redistributing power on an international scale in much the same way that he is attempting to redistribute wealth at home.

After the shameful way Benjamin Netanyahu was treated during his recent visit to Washington, it was hard to consider what more could be done to damage relations with our longtime friend and ally… our only friend in the middle east. With the recent denial of visas for Israeli nuclear engineers coming to the US for additional education this administration has taken one more step to shift the balance of power in the area. It was not enough for them to turn a blind eye to Iran’s nuclear program, now they are actually attempting to hinder the Israeli cause. As with almost every other step of the Obama administration, it is off in the opposite direction of the will of the American people.

With the inability of our own congress, courts and political parties to tell this “Yes We Can” campaigner, “No You Can’t!”, it is refreshing to see Prime Minister Netanyahu stand up to him and remind him that there are limits to his power and authority. Netanyahu has decided to stay home while our fearless leader is holding his nuclear summit dog and pony show. (Well he does show some fear of Sarah Palin.) Israel is sending a man of lesser stature to represent their interests, as certainly no one else will.

Benjamin Netanyahu faces tremendous challenges. His small nation is surrounded by peoples who would like his country to just go away. The pick at it, they snipe at it, but can never put together the force to destroy Israel. The Israelis are surrounded by their enemies. Now, with friends like the US, they don’t need any more enemies.

Some would have us believe that since they have not yet accepted His Messiah, God is finished with Israel. The facts, however, to not support this conclusion. The modern nation was formed with the miraculous intervention from above. The Six Day War was a repeat of supernatural intervention. Now the country’s enemies are pinning their hopes on Iran’s nuclear developments. Where they can’t find victory in conventional confrontation, they hope to blow the Jewish people from the face of the earth.

The president is siding with our enemies… and Israel’s enemies. This generally does not turn out well. The president is placing us in harms way by aligning us with those who will be defeated and destroyed. We have to let him know this is unacceptable… we need to let the nation of Israel know we are standing with her. Their leader is showing courage and leadership. He may well be the real leader of the free will since we have abdicated that position.

In any case, we need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and for leadership in our own country that is not “kicking against the goads”. Read the back of the book. We have to stop aligning ourselves with those who will be crushed… and not worry about being blessed by our creator… we just need to make sure we are on His side, and the rest will follow.