OPINION:
When the biblical prophet Daniel read the “writing on the wall” to the errant and profligate King Belshazzar, the ruler had only a few hours left until his own demise and the conquest and subjugation of his kingdom.
The same became true for Rome, when the well-organized and powerful barbarians invaded and sacked the city. This fate has been visited upon so many other empires that had become irreversibly corrupted.
Isn’t this exactly what’s happening in the U.S. today? Where are our strong families with mothers, fathers and happy children?
Where is our respect for life and each other? What on Earth are our schools teaching our vulnerable and impressionable kids?
Where is understanding of the value of our money and economy? Where are our “safe and protected” national borders?
Why have we allowed our so-called political leaders to make lucrative, cronyism-filled careers out of “service” positions originally intended by America’s founders to be temporary jobs?
Have we become so dumbed down by political propaganda that we cannot see the writing on America’s wall?
DAN WHITMAN
Tempe, Arizona
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