An old, time-honored adage says, “Never start a fight you cannot win.” President Trump and his MAGA-aligned Cabinet started a war they could not win militarily. Since November 4, 1979, no American president other than Donald J. Trump has initiated a hot war with Iran. The obvious question is why President Trump acted so recklessly. On November 4th, 1979, militant Iranian students seized the U. S. Embassy in Tehran for 444 days holding 52 American diplomats’ hostage. Therefore, every American President from James Earl Carter (1976) to President Joseph R. Biden (2024); whether Democrat or Republican, never initiated a hot war with Iran. The obvious question is why didn’t they go to war? Moreover, what did they know that President Trump did not know or did not desire to know.
The obvious answer is that they were not fool hearty, because they all knew that: “Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favour” (Proverbs 14: 9). President Trump and his MAGA-Cult make a mockery of everything related to multi-cultural democracy, because their desire is White Privilege Autocracy. Of course, President Trump’s parental heritage fled Hitler’s Germany, because at that time, even some Whites were not White enough! America, lest we spiritually forget racism drives individuals insane. Therefore, once again, we should always remember that fools make a mockery of sin, but among the righteous there is favor.
The Iranian War has become President Trump’s Water-
loo, and he is now trying to contain the crisis he created. On July 14, 2015, the Obama Administration and an inter- national coalition negotiated a nuclear accord with Iran. President Trump recklessly dismantled that agreement
on May 8, 2018, driven, in the author’s view, by resentment of President Obama’s popularity and global respect as America’s first Black president. This was an ungodly and shameful disgrace. The world community recognizes that President Obama continues to occupy President Trump’s thoughts in deeply racial and negative ways. President Obama remains widely respected for his intellectual integrity and moral character. God-fearing people under- stand that an ideology cannot be destroyed by dropping bombs on innocent children and adults; a harmful political ideology must be replaced with a better one.
President Trump’s reckless White Privilege Authoritarianism has pushed the world community into an international quagmire. Nation-states build alliances because they understand the need to collaborate and form coalitions in world affairs. Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto, and the Cisco Kid had Pancho; no individual is an island. Sadly, the Western democratic world—especially NATO—now knows it can- not rely on America for principled moral leadership in international affairs. Therefore, the Trump Administration poses a serious moral leadership challenge for American democ- racy, because: “The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness…Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith” (Proverbs 15:16-17). America, the way of the righteous is never easy. Yet, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). America, get right with God before it is too late.
