The war we don't want to win (or so it seems)

Oh, sure, there are some protests and howls of political rhetoric by anti-war interests. Some of the countries that are supposed to be allies of the USA are grousing and being unsupportive of the war on terrorism, but the folks at home don't seem to be focused on the war, nor is it affecting their daily lives to any great extent. The restaurants are full. The movie houses are full. The sports stadiums, race tracks, concert venues, and other entertainment activities are going full bore. Construction and development is booming. Business is generally very good.

There is no widespread sense of sacrifice or self-denial by the general populace, as was seen in WWI or WWII. Certainly, the thousands of families whose lives have been affected feel the pain of having loved ones in harm's way, or of having lost loved ones killed in action. But for most people, it is business as usual, with no personal involvement in the war effort other than wincing at the daily headlines.

On the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq, United States troops are stretched thin. They have been given the task of winning the hearts and minds of the citizens of the occupied countries; citizens who, by their own violent actions, have shown that they don't even like each other, much less the occupying army.

These are countries so sharply divided by sectarian and ethnic hatred that some sacrifice their own lives in suicide bombings just to kill their fellow countrymen with whom they disagree. The only thing that is understood or respected in those societies is total victory. If any power is shared or relinquished by the victor, it only encourages resistance and insurgency.

But, the combatants obviously want to win, right? One would think so. Political and military leaders in the US state vehemently that we will be victorious. Yet, their actions speak much louder than their words. Some believe the US is simply not doing what it will take to vanquish the enemy and to impose democratic forms of government on such a fractious, divided society. While the US has the power and might to win, does it have the national will or united purpose required to do it?

As long as the war is being conducted on the basis of trying to appease and accommodate all the political and religious factions that make up Afghanistan and Iraq, it is obvious that it is a war we can't really win.

We have a very different example of the returning Jesus Christ in Revelation 19:11-16, "Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war ...And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him.... Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."

Notice, the returning Christ is not a babe in a manger, as so often pictured, but the King of kings, returning in power to crush the opposition and establish His government on the earth.

As Christians, we cannot solve the problems resulting in the wars we see occurring around the world, now. But, when Christ returns, He will have total victory in that final war. God speed that day!

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