A lot of them think we can just pull out of Iraq and it makes no difference just like we did in Viet Nam...just yank ourselves out no matter what the consequences.

Besides everything else, we will have another huge humanitarian problem on our hands if Baghdad collapses.

The problem today is that the United States does not have an endless well of 'national credit' to draw from to magically 'fix' the problems that it creates.

It has spent billions in Iraq with financed money, the cost of gas is flying through the roof, environmentalists back home in places like Alaska have retarded the production of domestic oil, the enemy has gotten inside the gates, our domestic economy is stalling, the world is about to go through a cataclysmic convulsion due to global warming and overpopulation, people are starving to death and running out of fresh water and are faced with flooding by salt water all over the world...and the American people want to retreat on Iraq and complain about the rising cost of fuel.

Maybe too much beer, too many football games and too many SUVs parked in the driveway, huh?

I don't want to sound like 'Chicken Little'; but, the SKY IS FALLING!

Ref:
Lu:17:24: For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. (This event started small thirty-four years ago and is prophesied to be a huge event at the end...this is a life in progress.)
M't:12:43: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
M't:12:44: Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.(transpired)
M't:12:45: Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Lu:17:37: And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Lu:17:25: But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Lu:17:26: And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Lu:17:27: They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

Remember what else Jesus said: "Heaven and Earth would pass away, but my words abideth forever!..."

The Democratic candidates have preyed upon the delusions of the American people who are partially in ignorance, partially in denial and the result is that they harbor a false hope against reality.

Gone are the days when America can afford to spend billions of dollars with no expectation of return.

America has to succeed in Iraq or it is finished. That's what most Americans don't understand and they need to wake up to that fact before it's too late.

As much as I hated the invasion of Iraq in the first place, at least I understand that the situation for the nation is very grave and we can't just afford 'to pull out' as many of the folks back home want.

It's not as simple as that anymore.

Retreat is not an option.

Besides moving forward, we've also got to 'clean up our act'.

The times are now, the hour is short!

And, what's more - "The Writing is On the Wall"!

Luke 17:24 and Luke 17:25 have already transpired in this generation. (God;s kingdom does not come with observation! It is within us. It's already 'coming'. It's coming...and woe unto the inhabitants of the earth...because of 'wickedness' and the state that Man is in.)

I don't like to sound like a prophet of doom, especially on a political blog; but, I love my country; I love my fellow Americans and they must heed what I say or the judgment that is coming will be unbearable for the Nation and for all our people. The times are so critical that I don't even have the words to express how important it is that we elect John McCain and ignore the Democratic candidates for what they are and what they represent.

May God help us all!

Jim Carder