The Wars Within

Today America enjoys great internal peace. Foreign nations no longer occupy the soil, North and South have now been reunited for over a century and civil unrest is microscopic. However, while physical internal peace is realized new enemies have risen in the conflict vacuum. Now that peace has been accomplished people feel free to engage in other forms of warfare. Today there is an ideological war being waged amongst the general American populace and a power struggle of similar character taking place between branches of government.

Before the 60's most American's more or less held the same moral and ethical values. They believed in truth and right and wrong. Yet during the tumultuous 60's youths began to rebel against those long held principles. Black and white blurred into grey, all things were relative, peace and love was the motto. This time appears to be the mother of liberalism, especially the extreme left. As it has developed and "matured" the political spectrum has been stretched greatly. In the process innumerable variations and combinations of the two ideologies have been created between the extreme left and fundamental right. Consequently the gorge separating left from right, liberal from conservative, has grown into a cavernous valley, one side is barely visible from the other. Indeed France cannot be seen from New England's coast.

Unable to find much common ground the two sides have become increasingly opposed to one another. Israel and Judah though of the same father had little other resemblance in the days of Asa and Ahab. Little trace of amity in either word or action can be found any longer. Ergo American society has become alarmingly incongruous. In fact, the country has decidingly split between two camps, the Democratic and the Republican, the Liberal and the Conservative. The sea appears calm on the surface but beneath strong currents oppose one another. Ideological militancy is beginning to emerge and if nothing is done to alleviate the tension then physical conflict is a viable possibility. The volcano erupts when pressure becomes too great. Sufficient is history's testimony.

Let me here digress and address the issue of governmental conflict. Today I heard it said by several coworkers that the Bush administration is Monarchal in nature. Mulling over their comment a possible reason for their impression came to me. Bush is a steady president not fickle and wishy washy. Therefore he does not tolerate being treated as a puppet of the Legislative branch. It could appear then that the flexing of executive power is to a detrimental degree. Yet it is needed. For there is a very real power struggle between the two branches, especially when opposing parties occupy the separate branches. As with the American society, the branches of government are at odds with one another due to their radically different views. At every level this rift is apparent.

In conclusion superficial peace exists and must be dealt with in one way or another. There is little evidence though that the conflict will be reconciled peacefully. America is not even hinted at in end times prophecy so it must be deduced that a catastrophic event befalls this nation who is a world player and power. United we stand, divide we fall. Will America's end be at our own hands or by another nation's?