Advise and Consent

In ancient history, there was a Persian king, Cyrus, who conquered the Babylonians; Cyrus was sucseeded by Darius. During the reign of Darius, a Hebrew prophet, Daniel, provided good counsel, which was later included in the prophetic books of that ancient book, the Bible. In my Bible, I find, in the book of Daniel. . . history, prophecy and wisdom that was relevant to the events of that time, but also, in a larger sense, human events as they unfold in all ages, including this modern age in which we live and move and have our being.

In the 11th chapter of Daniel, we find these words: "the king will do as he pleases, and will exalt and magnify himself. . .he will show no regard for the gods of his fathers. . .but instead, he will honor a god of forces. Rumors from the east and from the north will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many." So. . . that was the prophetic observation of an ancient prophet about historical events that happened long, long ago in a kingdom far, far away. But I can't help but notice a similarity between that ancient self-obsessed king and the present occupant of our oval office, a president who has no respect for - perhaps no awareness - of our American Constitution and our historic Rule of Law; donald trump's recent missile attacks directed at the people of (Persia)Iran may be a weird, ironic coincidence - an odd instance of history repeating itself, but in reverse! But we Americans have a Constitution - and a Congress - that promulgates aggression against foreign enemies; trump has no authority to declare war against Iran; he has no authority to take it upon himself against the Iranian people. So, here is what our our former president, Bill Clinton, said about trump's unauthorized, illegal missile attacks on Iran: "So here's what I'm asking of every American. . .I'm asking you to pay a attention. I'm asking Congress - both parties - to assert its Constitutional role. Not next month. Now. . . I'm asking the administration to present a plan - not a social media post - a plan, for what comes after the bombs stop falling. I'm asking all of us to remember that democracy is not a spectator sport. It requires every single one of us to remember; stay engaged; s stay informed, and hold our leaders to the highest standard, especially when the stakes are life and death.We've been through hard times before; we've made mistakes before; But America, at its best, has always found a way to correct course, not because our leaders are perfect, but because our people demand better. That's the thing about this country. The power was never really in the oval office. It was always with you. God bless the men and women in uniform; God bless the people of Iran who want to be free." As for me and my blog. . . just sayin', as a citizen of these United States, I agree with President Clinton. With trump's abuse of power, We the People should endorse out Congress to remove trump from the oval, because of his presumptuous, unauthorized murder of Iranian citizens. Impeach trump now: get it done! Glass half-Full