Is another "Red Dawn" just over the horizon?

If you have not seen the movie "Red Dawn," I strongly suggest that you see it, and see it quickly.

(There were two versions of this movie: one made in the 1980s, and another more recently.)

Why do I write this?  Because if you haven't been sticking your head in the sand, like an ostrich, then you must know what is going on in our country.  I'll bring your attention to just one, recent event that occurred within the last couple of days, and this event is truly unbelievable and frightening to any freedom-loving American.  I am talking about a duly elected congressional representative, Maxine Waters, calling for, and advocating assault against anyone who supports our president, Trump, and his cabinet, or other supporters.

Recently, various members of his cabinet have been verbally, and nearly physically, harassed and driven out of places of business simply because they are part of the Trump administration.  Complicit in this unheard of attack on American citizens freely exercising their right to move and enjoy the benefits of our hard-fought freedoms, is the ultra-liberal media and their lackeys.

Almost every day, this is occurring.

As you can see, we are not being attacked from a formal enemy army from without --at least not right now --, but we are definitely being attacked from within from the "deep state," and their minions.

One way they have been executing this massive attack, is by flooding our porous borders with illegal aliens to such an extent, that we will be unable to stop the tsunami without outright positioning our Army to stop this invasion dead in its tracks.

This is not the only way we are under siege, but also by the radical left calling for our right to bear arms -- the Second Amendment -- to be destroyed, and anyone who dares to defend that right, will be labeled a terrorist.   In fact, we are NOW being labeled terrorists!  Keep in mind, that "deplorable" Americans, and that includes you and I, especially veterans, pro-life and pro-family, God-fearing citizens have been included in that group, and must be annihilated first, in their sick, warped minds.

These radical, leftists enemies are traitors to our country.

All this just might be a distraction for the real threat from outside forces, and it is not, in my opinion, Russia, but China.  In the long run the Chinese Communists would love to enslave our country, not only for political gain, but also for economic dominance.

I do have a warning for the anarchists and haters of our God-given natural rights: if you study history, you should know that some of those very same instigators of the French Revolution, themselves, lost their heads under the guillotine, as a rabid dog turns on its master, and needs to be put down.

When I joined the military so many years ago, I took an oath to defend my country and our Constitution.

We know that there are times that we renew our Baptismal vows as a reminder of who we are -- practicing Catholics.  But now, I renew my oath that I took to defend and protect my homeland regardless of the consequences.  Remember, it is Church teaching that it is a good and noble act to fight and die for one's country.  This is not my opinion, but CHURCH TEACHING!

In closing, I would acknowledge that our nation has got to end the anti-life culture, and embrace LIFE, not only within our own shores, but also change our foreign policies toward other sovereign countries that leads to death and mayhem.  This will take time.  But I also realize that we are a generous nation, feeding a good percentage of the world's population.  Still, there is much work to be done to redeem ourselves from our most grievous faults.

In the end, we must, as a people, call upon God Almighty for His generous grace, and beg for strength for what might be coming; to be steadfast in our faith; to be vigilant, and be prepared to sacrifice for our families and our country.

Gene DeLalla