Terrorism ... What Problem?

You know the first step in solving a problem.  Identifying the problem.  That is what President Trump attempted to start with his recent overseas trip - getting Muslims to acknowledge and own the problem.  Unfortunately, all he could get was the Sunni to blame Iran. Shocker. The recent cut of Qatar being one outcome.

Putting pressure on Iran and their Islamic sect is not even half the problem.  The fundamental Whabbi Muslim clerics that pull the puppet strings in Saudi Arabia are behind terror and violent jihad in the Middle East, Europe, the USA, and Africa just as much as Iran, their enemy.

The only ones who can solve the problem of terror is Muslim's themselves. All the West can do is try to either imprison or kill the terrorists before they kill us.  That may stave off a terrorist incident, but it does not alter the source of the ideology. And until that happens it will take the lives of many more Muslims in the middle east than anyone.

But at least now we have a President who gets it.  The "Liberal" in the cartoon below could just as well been Barack Hussein Obama.  His apple there never fell far from the tree, or his original preacher. And we all know how well his "apology tour" worked!

The Madness

AN OBSERVATION ...

Trump has infected the brains of Progressives/Liberals and is driving them mad. Seriously - there must be a legitimate medical term for the damaged mental state people are in.  I guarantee you that literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of American Liberals took personal pleasure in seeing Kathy Griffen's mock photo of Trump's severed bloody head.  I have NO doubt that as many view the possibility of his assassination as a positive thing, and only withdraw from the notion of it being a valid solution for removing Trump because Pence would take over. And it would not shock me whatsoever to find thousands who are like Jim Carey, and privately fantasize about killing him themselves.

There is a very large segment of America who are emotionally tormented by Trump. People who can't imagine a way forward for America with him as our President. And who pray or wish everyday that there was a way to end the nightmare they feel our country and they are living.  People for whom Impeachment feels like their best hope for coping with a trauma that they can not handle for 3.5 more years.  The mere thought that he could win another 4 years is literally too frightening to even imagine.

I bet there are those who know my observation is correct, and my observation fits them, and they nearly want to say so, but are afraid to admit it.

And then there is Hillary Clinton, whose life is a special kind of mental and emotional hell.  Karma is serving justice on Hillary.

But KNOW THIS!  The media is making a living feeding into this, from both sides. That IS their financial formula. But it is short sighted, and it is no way for a country to function. The media is NOT solving the problem, they are creating it. The media is how President Trump got elected.  CNN did NOT destroy Trump, they helped him get elected, and the more biased and despicable they act toward him, the more they expand his base of support. The more they and other elites contribute to the hate, torment, and tumult in America, the more they damage their own credibility and reputation in the end. Such is the demise of Kathy Griffen.

In case you think I am taking personal satisfaction in others torment, let me tell you NO, I am NOT.  Well, that is not entirely honest ... because I do when it comes to Hillary. Or, for that matter, anyone who is wishing evil and terrible things to happen to others.  But for good hearted people who are troubled, I only wish for a resolution that relieves their stress.  As for me, LOL, my prescription has names - Charlotte and Henry, and Mary. God bless our loved ones. And God bless America.

All For One - Praying for the President

The world is about to get a lot hotter, but it won't be because President Trump pulls out of the Paris Agreement.  The Paris Climate Agreement won't change the climate in a meaningful way. (Click here for an explanation on that.) But NOT signing the Embassy Waiver will rock the world and heat up USA and Muslim tensions around the World!

To sign, or not to sign?  That is the question!
Paris Climate Agreement - That's a tough one for political and business reasons, but NOT for climate reasons!
Jerusalem Embassy Waiver - That's a rough one.

It is the 6 month deadline for the required waiver to stave off the automatic move of the USA Embassy back to Jerusalem.  What remarkable timing of events.  Because it is also Shavuot, the religious holiday when Jews celebrate the anniversary of the gift/acceptance of the Ten Commandments/the Torah.  So, on Shavuot, President Trump has a very big decision to make! To sign, or not to sign?

What would the great King David do?
King David was born and died on Shavuot. To King David there would be no question that Jerusalem is the heart center, the capital of Israel.  The great Temple in question would stand in all it's glory as a testament to that historical fact. Is it just a coincidence that the decision to sign the "6 month waiver" to keep the USA Embassy from moving back to Jerusalem falls on Shavuot?  Is it just a coincidence that the President's daughter and closest council, Ivanka is a convert, like Ruth? (Jews read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot.)

IT all must be Bershert!
Beshert means "inevitable" or "preordained." Is there Divine providence with the Embassy Move?  It sure seems to me that there are the finger prints.

But the Rabbi's teach us that there can be more than one beshert, from the choices and actions we take. That is why we must pray for and ask for wisdom to know, and the conviction to make the right choices.  That is also why I for one am praying for our President.

I am not praying for the President to sign OR not sign the waiver.  I am not praying for him to stay in the Paris Agreement, or to pull out.  I am praying for him to receive the wisdom of King Solomon and the courage of King David to make the right decisions.  I am praying for our President to succeed!   We need our President to succeed.  Wishing for President Trump to fail is wishing for America to fail.  NO political Party should wish for that!

There are those trying to bring down the President.  They are doing it every day in every way.  Many are people with an audience, in the news and entertainment.  I can not support that.  I did not want Obama to fail.  And I prayer that Trump does not fail. Israel depends on America's strength.  As does the world.
So we all need to pray for Trump!  All for one, one for all.

You Can Beat the Odds, But You can NOT Bring Back the Dead

Democrats never accepted the outcome of the election. Like a death, they have gone through the psychological phases of grief. For some Liberal Jews that even included sitting Shiva, as Jews do just after a funeral, or in this case, the Electoral College decision and Hillary's concession speech.  Then they went into denial with "not me president." Then they moved to anger, which is where we are to today.

That anger is being channeled into fighting. They are looking for anyway possible to turn the tables - to bring back the dead.  But you can't cheat death, and the election will not be reversed. Hopes for evidence that will impeach Trump is wishful thinking.

Once the newly appointed special counsel does his investigation and can not find evidence of either a Russian conspiracy or obstruction of justice, the only question will be whether the Democrats are ready to move on to the next phase -> acceptance.

But let's not fool ourselves. That will never happen.  Democrats will never accept the death of the Clinton's political rein, Hillary's failed run for the presidency, or their chance to retake the Senate in 2018!  So they are doubling down on Russia.  But here is the thing about doubling down . . . You can win big, but you can also lose big!  Democrats like their odds.  Just like they did going into the election!

If Trump has showed us one thing it is this -> Do not bet against Trump!  He loves a good fight - his motto is never quit.  And he is nothing if he is not one to beat the odds!

Trump went to Washington against all the odds.  And he LOVES a good fight, especially against the left media.  And the more the left all gang up on him, the more it will mobilize his base.

Ultimately, the Republicans and Conservatives will come to the obvious reality, that they will lose everything they've worked so hard to win if they don't circle the wagons and rally behind Trump.  That is the next chapter in the circus that is Washington DC.

For now, with a special counsel appointed for the Russian conspiracy investigation it sure would be nice to let him do his job, the investigation, while Congress gets back to our countries real problems: An uncompetitive tax structure, a broken and unsustainable health care system, failing infrastructure, unfair trade deals, national security and threats from North Korea, Iran, and Radical Islam, a worldwide refugee crisis, slow growth -- ALL THE ISSUES TRUMP RAN ON AND WAS SENT TO WASHINGTON DC TO ADDRESS!

The Democrats will continue to try to bring back the dead with their double down impeachment bet.  And once the Republicans and Conservatives consider want they stand to lose, they will "call" the Democrats double down bet against Trump. That translates into the Republicans and Conservatives regrouping and refocusing their efforts to move their legislative agenda through congress while they have the majority.

With the renewed conviction that will come to the Right, in response to the Democrats efforts to resurrect the dead by killing the POTUS, Trump will again defy the odds.  Trump will show again why you do not bet against Trump.  Trump went to Washington to serve a purpose -- now is the time to get that purpose done.

THE TRUMP IS ABOUT TO TRUMPET

OF COURSE!!!  GET READY!!  TRUMP IS ABOUT ROCK THE WORLD . . . THE TRUMP IS ABOUT TO TRUMPET.

           《《《《《《《  MARK MY WORDS  》》》》》》》

On Thursday last week Trump announced his first foreign trip as President of the United States. He is going to Saudi Arabia, then Israel, and finally Rome. Dates were not specified, but it has been reported that the trip will take place during the week of May 21.

Trump singled out the first visit to Saudi Arabia, where he will begin his trip, as especially significant. The president noted it was the custodian of the two holiest Islamic sites. His next stop is sure to be Jerusalem. That is where the Trump will Trumpet!

The symbolism of the stops is in itself significant.  They represent spiritual centers of three major Middle East religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.  I believe Trump chose to focus on Saudi Arabia first in order to emphasize Islam's two most holy sites: the Masjib al-Haram mosque in Mecca, and the al-Masjib an-Nabawi "Mosque of the Prophet" located in Medina.

Trump's attempt to show respect to Saudi Arabia may play well with Sunni Muslims.  But it won't do the trick for Shia Muslims when Trump's next leg on his journey stops in Jerusalem where the al Aqsa, "the Farthest Mosque" is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. Keep in mind that the Old City was united with East Jerusalem as a result of the Six-Day War!

Trump's final stop in Rome and the Vatican is playing to his personal beliefs, and Catholics around the world. His ridiculous comment during the announcement last week about "his Cardinals" was a poorly worded phrase, but it was still an obvious reference to Catholicism. Of course, Jerusalem has more significance to Christianity at large than the Vatican, and so I think Trump's decision to visit Rome as his final stop is as important to Trump personally as it is to Catholics as a major sub-group of Christians.

The BIGGEST SYMBOLIC FEATURE of his trip that is built into President Trump's announcement last Thursday, WITHOUT EVEN A MERE MENTION, will be what ROCKS THE WORLD!

Yom Yerushalayim begins at sundown on Tue, 23 May 2017. Jerusalem Day (Hebrew: יום ירושלים, Yom Yerushalayim). It is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in June 1967. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to thank God for victory in the Six-Day War and for answering the 2,000-year-old prayer of "Next Year in Jerusalem".

This is what I expect Trump to Trumpet.  On Yom Yerushalayim, or perhaps the day before, President Trump will announce that he is NOT signing the NECESSARY waiver to keep the USA Embassy from moving back to Jerusalem through an act of Congress in 1995!! By not signing the "waiver" the President is defacto moving the USA Embassy back to Jerusalem, where it was prior to the Six-Day War.  THAT IS THE DAY WHEN THE BATTLE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL BEGINS.

The President's FUTURE EMBASSY RELOCATION announcement will cause all ALL HELL TO BREAKOUT AT THE DOME OF THE ROCK, the place that most of the Muslim world regards as the third most holy sight, built on top of the Israelite Temple ruins in the Old City section of Jerusalem. Predictably, violent protests will erupt on the Temple Mount and in the West Bank. In all likelihood crazy attacks on Israel will be launched from Gaza by Hamas and Lebanon by Hezbollah.

Trump HOPES his diplomacy in Saudi Arabia will keep them out of the fray. It very well may.  With the aid of his son-in-law Jared Kushner even before Rex Tillerson's confirmation, Trump has been making major efforts to neutralize Saudi Arabia since taking office. Most recently in April with the Royal family's visit and private talks at the Whitehouse.  What's in it for the Saudis, one might wonder. I think the answer is what the President's trip will mean for Iran!!

The price to Iran will be delivered by ISRAEL'S Defense Forces when they use Yom Yerushalyim as a great rallying call to put down the massive Shia uprising which I expect will result from President Trump's announcement. It is quite possible that Israel will also make a strike on Iran's ballistic missile sites and other key targets that are a threat to Israel at this time too. This may happen even if Iran does not provoke Israel, but will almost surely happen if Iran lends any support, even verbal, to the Shia attackers/protesters. It is hard to imagine that Iran will stay out of it.  Inevitable verbal threats against Israel, as well as calls for worldwide Jihad are to bound to be preached by the Ayatollahs and Clerics.

Unlike the Six-Day War that Yom Yerushalayim marks, during which Israel overcame attacks from all sides and multiple Arab nations, this time I pray, the conflict will isolate Iran, and it's proxy Lebanon, and more specifically Hezbollah!

Rhetoric coming out of leaders in Israel indicate that in the next conflict, Israel is going to be taking off the gloves with Hezbollah as well as Hamas in Gaza and the West back. Israeli police and military could be far more aggressive than we have seen in several decades.  I can imagine Bibi saying "this is for you Yonatan" in his prayers.  (My Jewish friends should recognize the double meaning of my remark.)

Trump and Israel have laid a lot diplomatic track down the last "100 Days" in order to provide Israel the ability to focus it's defense forces and plan it's strategies & tactics.  I even think that North Korea, along with other prominent stories in media, have helped to draw attention away from what is being planned behind the scenes -- the heavy diplomatic and military maneuvering that is going on to set the stage for what is about to happen.  For example, Israel has been equipped and trained to fly the USA's newest F35 strike fighter. They even battle tested them (during Purim) in preemptive raids on Syrian weapons depots and the supply chain for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel also tested their new Iron Dome missile defense system

Syria posses little threat at this time. Several pre-emptive military strikes by Israel over the last two months have gone unanswered. Plus, years of civil war leave Syria in no position to take military action against Israel. In fact, many of those wounded in Syria are being treated in Israeli hospitals.

Even before the Election, Trump has been signaling Putin that Russia's relations with the USA need to improve.  Once in office and as soon Trump could his top diplomat confirmed, active diplomacy began with Secretary of State Tillerson taking a major trip to Russia, which he just wrapped up. Israel is on excellent terms with Putin and Russia. The two countries have very strong diplomatic and economic ties.  Russia has no desire to pick a fight with Israel.  And I don't see it helping it's ally Iran.

With respect to Jordan, I have to believe Trump sought and received assurances to "Stand Down" from Jordan's King last month, during his trip to the White House.

Egypt probably has the best diplomatic and economic relations with Israel, so do not expect them to get involved. They will be dealing with their own internal anti-Israel anti-Sunni protesters when all this happens! And, probably taking the opportunity to use events as a distraction for some brutal force against Shia Iran supporters.

Like during the Six-Day War, the United States has Israel's back. Recent military actions and displays send a strong signal to anyone needing it, that the arm of the US Military reaches around the world.  Examples include 59 Tomahawk cruise missile attack on the Syrian airbase, the MOAB dropped on ISIS caves in Afghanistan, and the two successful long-range Minute-Man Ballistic missile tests.

Yes, I think the Trump is about to Trumpet, THIS YEAR IN JERUSALEM!

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This is a topic I have said much about previously.  Here are some of my previous related blog posts:

Time for the Gallows

This May Make the Arab Spring Look Like Nothing

Countdown to Purim

Trump Has Gone Radio Silent

Radical Departure From Radical Islam

The Far Sides Increasing the Divide

Great move by President Trump not to be at the White House Correspondents Dinner. What a terrific juxtaposition in images.

In one image you have the President with middle class Americans and middle America blue collar workers celebrating his actions and plans for making America greater, safer and more prosperous. And in the OTHER image you have smug jokesters and vengeful biased media, dressed in tuxedos and jewels at a highbrow dinner in the heart of the D.C. swamp with an agenda to discredit and mock that very effort.  Sadly, those two images tell you everything you need to know about Washington today.

In America there is the majority Party sent to Washington, as well as the vast majority of State Capitals, to lead.  And, then there is the other Party that is determined to undermine that leadership.

It is incumbent on both of parties to seek some basis for compromise.  On the other hand, if the party in leadership continues to be treated the way that the minority party and the media are acting, then Leadership must act to fulfill it's promise to those who put them in power. That is just the way it works, for better or worse.

It is not in the LONG term interests for a country to be unable to address large problems that require LONG term vision and policies, to be changing course again and again.

Such is the damaging effects of partisanship, which George Washington warned us of. That is what is happening, and so we will continue to get this whipsaw pendulum political atmosphere in which the far sides of policy and politics increases the divide in America.

People continue to move to the far side of their respective parties.  It is becoming harder and harder to move to the middle, especially with the media and celebrities being so predominately far left and continuing to fan the flames as they did at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Also, there is nearly fascist treatment by far left faculty on college campuses that continue to block free speech from the right and in turn are motivating the rise of young Republican and conservative student audiences.  With such fascist like behavior, one can be shocked but should not surprised by the rise in violence.

The Democrats would do well to recall George Washington's advice to Alexander Hamilton who found himself in the minority in Congress. Essentially, Washington told Hamilton to work it out - to compromise.  And so should the Republicans the next time they find themselves in a minority.

Or, have we become so philosophically divided that we are unable recognize shared underlying values?  That truly would threaten the great American experiment our Founding Fathers started.

I am an optimist.  But I have evidence that America can withstand this test, because we withstood an even greater test, under a Republican President no less, named Abraham.  If America will remember the Judea-Christian values we were founded under we will survive.  If we forget, then we truly are lost!

First 100 Days

In ONLY 100 days ...

- Moscow is ready to cooperate with the United States on settling the Syrian crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.

- China is cooperating and putting the screws on North Korea.

- The UN Secretary and Euro countries are getting UN Ambassador Haley and Trumps message loud and clear about unfair treatment of Israel. And relations with Israel have never been better!

- The glory days of Hamas, Hezbollah, and ISIS are OVER!  And Israel and USA security are much better for it.  Europe has gotten the message on the costs of radical Islam in their midst - and the world has started to realize that the only way to solve the refugee crisis is for the refugees to be able to go home to start rebuilding their countries!

- NATO countries have agreed they need to step up to their fair share on defense.

- Unfair trade deals and treaties are being renegotiated. And American manufacturing is coming back.

- Our absurd tax rates and structure is being overhauled. We will go from being one of the least competitive countries to one of the more.

- The unsustainable giant entitlement ACA is near repeal, while better designs for lowering health care costs are being re imagined.

- Plans to raise our failing infrastructure are around the corner.

- The gigantic volume of over regulation which was put in place over the last eight years is being evaluated and unraveled, causing historic leaps in business and consumer confidence and markets.  Big increases in business investment and GDP are inevitable.

- Rather than damaging our energy self-sufficiency options and potential, America is on it's way toward greater energy self-sufficiency and massive export revenues, and the benefits of national security that comes with greater energy independence!

- Trump has welcomed many international leaders to the Whitehouse with positive results.

- We are starting to see wage growth and less UNDER employment.

- We are going to stop forcing people who have a moral or religious belief against abortion to contribute their Federal tax dollars to fund them.

More is to come, and I could go on with the progress in the first 100 day, but it won't matter TO THE LEFT!  Because to the haters, Trump has done nothing or worse, and no matter what he does they will hate him for it. Fortunately, both Houses and the majority of governors know why they were elected, and it surely was not the agenda of the past 8 years!

Obama promised hope and change. Trump is delivering on his promises, and as a result we are getting LONG overdue changes to be hopeful about.

The Left answers with Russian conspiracy theories, obsession with Trump's tax return even after one year's illegally leaked release showed Trump paid more than most Presidents, and violent efforts to restrain free speech and united obstruction in Congress.

While Trump IS making America greater, the Left is looking for him to fail.  The Left would rather for America to be in a disastrous situation than for Trump to succeed. Their mantra is as UN-American as it can get -> "Not My President."