By: Dale Weckbacher
Psalm 4:8
I will both lie down
in peace, and sleep;
For You alone, O
LORD, make me dwell in safety.
NKJV
People spend thousands, maybe even millions of dollars each
year on security systems for their homes and businesses. This is because we live in a dark and
dangerous world where many believe they have a right to steal possessions,
or inflict harm on others. While these
security systems act as a deterrent to crime they are not perfect and can be,
and often are, breached. In Psalm 4:8,
David reminds us that it is the Lord that provides the ultimate in security and
that when we place our faith in Him, we can lie down in peace each
evening.
Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution gives the President of
the United States the duty of securing the nation. With this being an election year and with the
current President’s second term expiring, the voters in the United States will
be electing a new President this election.
In the dangerous world in which we currently live, we must determine who
is most qualified and able to fulfill the duty of securing the nation.
With the election now coming down to two presumptive
nominees, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, we must take a moment to examine
the qualifications of both of these candidates to fulfill the security duties
of the Presidency.
1)
Hillary Clinton – Mrs. Clinton has held the
positions of First Lady, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of State. During her tenure as Secretary of State, she
was responsible for securing national interests abroad as well as the security
of U.S. embassies and consulates. This
is why her failure to secure the consulate in Benghazi is something voters must
consider in this election. Despite the
numerous calls for additional security by Ambassador Stevens, (1) the ambassador in
charge of the Benghazi consulate, she chose to ignore them and instead blame a
U-Tube video for the attack killing the ambassador and three others. (2) Many believe the reason for this deflection
of blame and choice to ignore pleas for security when intelligence showed an
attack was eminent was because President Obama, Hillary’s boss at the time was
in the middle of a hotly contest election where he was touting he had ended the
threat of terrorism by killing Osama Bin Laden.
(3)
This demonstrates to voters that where national security is concerned she is
willing to abandon national security in favor of protecting her political
position. Is this someone in whom we as
voters want to entrust our national security?
2)
Donald Trump – Mr. Trump has never held
political office so we do not have the holding of a political office to turn to
in order to determine his qualifications to secure the nation as
President. Instead, all we have to go on
is his promises to secure the nation and its borders, something he has promised
to do since announcing his candidacy for President. However, as someone that has numerous real
estate holdings in the United States and throughout the world, we can examine
his commitment to security at these facilities.
After searching Google using the search term “Security issues at Trump
facilities” I found no matches. I find
it difficult to believe that in this hotly contested election year, someone
would not have discovered some security breach at a Trump facility and written
extensively about it. I believe that it
is therefore safe to assume that Donald Trump takes security at the facilities
under his control seriously. Therefore,
the question facing voters is will Donald Trump have the same commitment to
national security as he has for his own facilities. One way of demonstrating this commitment, in
my opinion, would be to announce his intention of appointing a person with
experience and a strong commitment to security as his head of Homeland
Security.
Between the two presumptive nominees for the Office of
President, one of which will be the next President of the United States, the
voters have the choice of Clinton, someone with a record of placing political
interests above the security of the nation, and an unknown who has a record of
securing properties under his control.
For me, the decision is simple, Donald Trump for even though he has no
experience in national security, he has a record of securing properties under
his control.
Like David, as a Christian my primary source of security is
the Lord. However, I also believe every
Christian has the responsibility to vote insuring the security of the nation
for those that do not believe in Christ so they can have that opportunity to
become believers should they choose. We
therefore as Christians have a duty to be an electoral light to the nation by
voting for someone who will secure the nation which in my opinion in this
election is Donald Trump.
Please feel free to comment to this posting with your
opinion whether you agree or not.
1. Pamela K. Browne, Catherine Herridge.
Ambassador Sought Security Staffing Before Benghazi Attack, Cable Shows. www.foxnews.com.
[Online] Fox News, October 19, 2015. [Cited: May 7, 2016.]
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/19/ambassador-sought-security-staffing-before-benghazi-attack-email-shows.html.
2. Hoft, Jim.
Flachback Video=> Hillary blames "Awful Internet Video" for
Benghazi Massacre in Front of Families (Video). www.thegatewaypundit.com. [Online]
The Gateway Pundit, January 14, 2016. [Cited: May 7, 2016.]
3. Horsey, David.
'GM is Alive, Osama is Dead' is Obama's Answer to Republicans. articles.latimes.com.
[Online] The Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2012. [Cited: May 7, 2016.]
articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/05/nation/la-na-tt-obamas-answer-20120905.
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