A Strategy for Defeat.

Now I am a Christian, but when it comes to spiritual warfare I realize that it is a battle of souls, minds and hearts. Key elements for victory in a War Of Ideas are to have resolve and courage and to believe in your cause to the point of standing up for it and fighting for it even if it costs you something.

That said their are three great illustrations of how certain people have acted in a the war of spirit and ideas that illustrate failure.

1. The first is President Bush's failure to leave a Republican legacy behind. In large part, the failure was planted with the new tone. In a war of ideas toning it down does not work. You can respectfully address your opponents but the stand you take on your ideals and principles must be firm and uncompromising. You must act to win. Letting your opponent help make policy, not being small government in practice and not using the bully pulpit to take on you opponents directly is a mistake because it gives your opponents a weakness to exploit. As Much as Bush had a realization that to fight terror we needed to get on a war footing, I wish he would have realized to get his agenda passed and the American people behind it he need to realize he was at war ideologically with the Democrats -- "What fellowship does light have with darkness" If only Chaney had been like he is now while in office.

2. The Republican failure to win in 2008 is accented by this same idea only from the leadership of the party -- lets be more like our opponents -- Why? If your trying to win something you have to accent your differences and not play the game by the other team's rules. Be different stand out and stand for the right thing. McCain got my vote, but he hadn't won my heart. And in the case of many others that was enough not to bother getting up to vote in the first place. The opponents successfully demonized the GOP, but all they did is take it and didn't fight back. Result -- they looked weak and not different at all -- Hail is Majesty -- Obama.

3. Now its Obama's turn -- His approach to diplomacy followed the same strategy of defeat. Talk nice to our enemies and dictator thugs, try to be liked and be the nice guy. Apologize for America (don't remember an apology for 9/11) and be better as a person. Result -- dictators now know Obama's real color -- yellow. And they are now flaunting it in his face -- two missile launches and a nuke test later and nothing. By taking us off a war footing and trying to be the nice ,we are going to ultimately reap it. Our enemies are going to take advantage of our foolishness naive policy and get away with oppressing us and others.

As a Christian, I am not going to be necessarily a nice guy. Jesus was not a nice guy at times and love is a tough thing not always flowers. Niceness without real resolve is a strategy for defeat. Something the above three examples should warn us of.