The last sentence is the money line.
1Sa 8:5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
1Sa 8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1Sa 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Goes along the lines of an earlier post...
IMO, it is fundamentally a spiritual issue. Many have turned from God. Instead of faith in God which is the mainstay for freedom and bravery, they have turned to faith in man and the federal government which is the road to serfdom and tyranny.
To sustain bravery, one must have faith in God IMO because with faith in God, one is not controlled by the fear of death in opposing tyranny.
To once again be the land of the free, we must once again be the home of the brave.