Thanks for the information. Moderates usually end up in charge though (or the people who are in charge end up being called or being moderates).
Your statement (and whole post) is a reasonable assessment, but I am afraid I will differ from you in tone:
I care not for either/any party anymore, and tend to see only the push/pull between liberalism and conservatism, and with little exception to consider, conservatism has had few wins, and most of those have merely been holding actions. In the mean time, liberalism continues to make great strides forward. Even though Republicans have held power in some degree for a couple of decades, liberalism has still picked up speed, and at a greater rate than the time between Roosevelt and Reagan, while Republicans were in the wilderness, to be sure. Not a single liberal stronghold has been permanently knocked down, and more are established year by year.
Due to that broad observation, and because the incontinence of liberal ideology is being even yet proclaimed to a largely unsympathetic populace, I have come to the conclusion that the successes of liberalism on the battlefield are not due to any innate goodness held therein, but rather due to a lack of opposition offered up to withstand it - Namely, that the Republicans offer little more than lip service to their conservative platform and base, while by hook or by crook, by ignorance or acquiescence, by whatever the cause, they continually step aside from the fight and let the liberal forces rumble on through.
In fact, I find it to be more insidious than that - Perhaps I have taken to wearing the chinstrap on my tinfoil hat a notch too tight, but the evidence of decades seem to prove collusion more than ignorance. Therefore, I do not see these 'moderates' as being moderate at all, and the republican/democrat parties seem to be two legs of an unrelenting liberal leviathan striding ever forward toward our very near demise.
With that mindset to the fore, I must rise up against this folly of pragmatism - It is the bane of Conservatism. Screw the moderates, I say. We had better ante up and go all in, or we will be moderated into oblivion.
There are two forces at work in this world.
On the one hand, you have the forces of Darkness, of Evil, who have a relentless hatred for God, and who are committed to the enslavement of the people. Communism is on that side. As they are Atheistic to the core. And demon driven totally.
(Know yourself, and know the enemy, this is the key to winning any battle. Jesus Christ taught that the demonic realm exists, and America will continue losing to that enemy as long as it refuses to confront it, and to devise strategies to defeat it.)
On the other hand, you have the Forces of Light, of good, who have a relentless Love for God, and who are committed to the setting the people free. America is on that side, a nation built upon the Judeo-Christian heritage, a nation sponsored by God, for a purpose, of becoming both a beacon of physical freedom and spiritual freedom for the planet.
These two forces came head to head in the battle over the freedom of the South Vietnamese people. America on one side, the Communists on the other.
Populations driven by the hatred of the darkside, do not require prayer to win wars. The demonic forces have the power to project powerful momentums of hatred into those they are manipulating. They don't ask permission, they just do it.
Populations inspired by Love for the Light, DO require prayer to win wars. This is because the dark side of life is always trying to tear down the morale of the believers. To fight for liberty, you need a strong love for liberty, a love so strong, that it will overcome the downward pull of the darkside.
The Angels of God provide the support the people need to keep their inspiration level high, their determination level high. They have the power to block the darkside influence upon the people who are fighting for freedom. But these angels cannot intercede in the lives of the people without their persmission, as God is the respecter of freewill.
The demon realm is the domain of the slavemaster. They enslave people to the strong currents of hatred. And they don't ask for permission. This realm manipulates and control embodied humanity through the power of hatred.
The heavenly realm is the domain of the liberator. The Angels associated with that, have the power to set the people free from the dark side manipulation and control, giving them the will to perservere through great hardship to win battles for the victory of freedom. This is the story of the American Revolution. This is the story of World War II.
Ever since the institution of school prayer was abolished, the Angels of God were not authorized to help in this important area, they could not block the waves of hatred that drove the forces of communism relentlessly forward, and they could not block the energies of the darkside from destroying the will of the American people to fight.
This explains it, and it explains why are are losing in Afghanistan today against a third world insurgency. The Angels of God are not authorized now, since America has been completely cut off from the resources of Divine Providence, to block the relentless waves of hatred that drive the Taliban forward towards the goal of re-enslaving the Afghan people. And neither can the Angels of God intercede to shore up the morale of our forces, who stand by helplessly watching all the gains made by their brothers-in-arms being flushed down the toilet by a leadership that has totally lost hope, and begs the enemy for a negotiated settlement, even while we run for the exit. It is a really sick situation.
This explains completely why the atmosphere in Afghanistan has deteriorated in the most drastic manner ever since the American people elected Barrack Obama, and ever since the American people allowed the inclusion of homosexuals into the military, which makes of the military a propaganda machine for the spirit of rebellion against the laws of God.
At the psychological/spiritual level where wars are won and lost, the forces of freedom, who require massive amounts of Divine Intercession to drive back the darkness to win any war, have zero help in that area now.
Soldiers can still pray of course, and God will answer the prayer to the extent that the freewill of the American people will allow.
But the American people have turned a cold shoulder to God, they have made their military into a global propaganda machine that celebrates the virtue of rebellion against God. No intercession can be given that will help America win a victory in that war, or any other war.
There is no possibility that the Lord God will allow America to hold up a trophy, and say, "look we can rebel against God, and still win. We don't need God." That is never going to happen.
Therefore, America is at its weakest point now, in the nation's history. While America still has substantial power, the dark side forces note the lack of Divine Intercession. They note America's ever increasingly vulnerability to the energies of demoralization. This is a state of profound weakness that will invite more attacks upon our interests worldwide, and upon our homeland.
Remember, the hatred of the demonic realm, which is committed to destroy God's Dream for the freedom of His people, has nothing to hold it back. This is a very very dangerous time for America.
And the election of Mitt Romney, as Romney stands for Rebellion Against God, will make the Divine Providence situation worse. America has no access to Divine Providence in its national affairs today. But this could be turned around if the people turn around. The question is, how fast can this situation be turned around? In day, a week, a month, a year? The election of Mitt Romney would add an additional delay factor, prolonging America's suffering at the hands of its enemies.