Soap Box

When a team falls behind in the fourth quarter of a football game, it changes the game plan and the strategy, as they throw caution to the wind and take chances they ordinarily wouldn't take in an all out effort to erase the deficit before the final whistle blows.

As any good coach will tell you, the trick is not to get into this situation, not to be trailing in the waning minutes of the game and be forced to put the kind of pressure on your offense where any small mistake, an interception or ill-timed penalty could cost you the whole game.

No matter how outstanding an offense you have, if your defense is sub par, you're going to lose most of your games.

The same is true of a nation. You can have the best of everything, but if you don't have the means to protect it, somebody stronger is going to come along and take it away from you.

I have never understood the president's vision of what America should be.

It seems he leans toward a monolithic, central government with easy to claim entitlements and "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" domestic policies with little or no respect for states rights.

There is no teeth or cohesiveness in his foreign policy, as his actions seem to consist of, vacillation, backing down or just pretending that the situation isn't critical, i.e. �red lines,� �JV team� and "tell Vladimir" which tipped off his rookie status and naivety to an old-line KGB thug who knew Obama would fold his hand at the sight of the first ace.

When you are the "leader" of the free world, you have to stand up to the bullies on the block or they're going to steal all your marbles and send you home to Mommy, or in this case Valerie Jarrett, with a black eye.

Every time I mention Obama basically ignoring Russian planes buzzing our war ships or some other incident of not so passive aggression, I get posts from people accusing me of wanting to start another war and nothing could be farther from the truth.

The truth is I want to see us be so strong that nobody would dare provoke us and this Russian provocation is just the beginning of acts that will test the mettle of whoever is in the Oval Office until someone with the cojones (pardon me, Ms. Clinton) says enough is enough and rebuilds our military, intelligence agencies and economy to the point of being undoubtedly the strongest on the planet.

Someone who can say "Radical Islamic Terrorist" without throwing up.

Someone who will build the missile defense system over America.

Someone who will revitalize NATO by regaining trust and confidence.

Someone who will recognize Israel as the only true ally we have in the Middle East and treat them as such.

Someone who will take the steps to, not reduce, but eliminate America's dependence on foreign oil.

Someone who will recreate a favorable business atmosphere in America and regain our lost industries.

Someone who will surround themselves with experienced advisors instead of ideological eggheads.

Someone who will take the bull by the horns and begin retiring the national debt before it eats us alive.

Someone with the guts to tackle the entitlement fiasco.

Someone who won't run out of the kitchen when the heat goes up.

We need a leader.

Lord, please send us one.

What do you think?

Pray for our troops and the peace of Jerusalem.

God Bless America

� Charlie Daniels

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