Over
the past several months we have been hearing that Iran is working at break-neck
speed to develop nuclear warheads and delivery systems. The President has been less than enthusiastic
in his support for Israel and their need to protect themselves given the powder
keg that exist in that region. During
the past two or three weeks we have been told that North Korea's regime has
declared war on the United States, moved nuclear-armed missiles to their
Eastern border and are now warning foreign diplomats to vacate South Korea
because apparently a strike seems imminent.
Regarding
Iran, the Administration seems adamant in holding the course of sanctions
against Iran hoping it will weaken their resolve. It seems unlikely that will be sufficient
since the Iranian regime continues to receive support and aid from other
countries around the world, including Russia.
Regarding North Korea, the Administration has ramped up some missile
defense around Guam and Japan. There has
been some show of force in the area through the presence of a few airships and
Navy presence. One wonders if it is enough
to change the North Korean Leader's mind about an attack.
With
this backdrop of activity in some of the most explosive parts of the world we
would expect the Commander-in-Chief to be meeting several times daily with
chief advisors including the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense with
planning sessions in the White House Situation room. Perhaps some of those things are happening;
but for public consumption we are seeing something different.
We
continue to see the President engaging in political activities to strengthen
his position to ban guns in America. He
continues to push his agenda to take the guns away from citizens and weaken the
strength of the Second Amendment rights of Americans to own guns. If for no other reason than the timing of
this situation alone, wouldn't it be more prudent for the President to
"buckle down" and focus on the issues that loom as dangerous threats
against America and her allies in the regions around Iran and North Korea? Isn't that much more a priority to disarm the
nuclear weapons of countries that have avowed to wipe Israel and the United
States off the world map, than to focus on an issue of disarming the private
citizens of America? A person with
political neutrality could presumably observe this situation and wonder what
the Administration's motives are to focus on disarming the citizens of America
of guns while at the same time virtually ignoring the movements of war
preparation in countries whose major desire is to destroy America.
Jim Killebrew
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