Written by: Scott Cooper
My eye’s popped open this morning at
3:50 AM. When I went to sleep last
night, I was already reflecting on the 68th anniversary of D-Day, which
is this morning. It is the first thing
on my mind today.
Before I comment on where we are
today, I hope you will take time to listen to two brief speeches from that day:
For me, the most striking element of
these brief speeches by our leaders at the time, a mere 68 years ago, was their
reliance upon Providence, their willingness to beseech Almighty God and to
boldly proclaim the righteousness of the cause the Allied Forces were embarking
on. President Roosevelt asks our people “to
devote themselves in a continuance of prayer, invoking thy (God’s) help to our
efforts.”
The total military dead from WWII range
from 22 – 25 million and civilian dead estimate about 40 million. Over 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or
wounded in the Normandy invasion. An
extremely heavy price was paid for the liberty that was won for France, for
Europe and indeed the entire world a mere 68 years ago.
According to Wikipedia, the length of
a generation has risen, being somewhere between 25 and 30 years. If we use 30 years, we are barely two complete
generations removed from the day that 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of
Normandy to reclaim a continent from tyranny.
Two generations removed, and we hardly remember that day or reflect on what
transpired there and contrast those events to current trends.
I believe this is a day that we
should be teaching all children of the western world about, especially here in
America. The reality is most youth do
not know very much about it, nor will they reflect on this day and the
sacrifices their great grand-parents’ generation made for the cause of liberty
and freedom. We should never forget, yet
I fear for the most part as a nation, and the West as a whole, we have already
forgotten.
This year (less than 2 months ago) in
France, democratic elections took place where an individual
whose philosophy and worldview is diametrically opposed to the ideals we fought
and died for 68 years ago was elected. Socialist Francois Hollande was
elected President. What is starker is
that it was the socialist partnership with the Muslim
population of France that put Mr. Hollande over the top. Close to 2 million Muslims voted in the
election, and 85 - 93 % voted for Mr. Hollande.
Without that vote, the socialist party would not have won. It is also worthy of noting that as a group, atheists
supported Holland.
I mention those
two groups because the West is in a conflict of worldviews that no one in
political leadership wants to talk about.
Our leadership 68 years ago understood the conflict. Just 30 years ago, Ronald Reagan in his “Evil
Empire Speech” on June 8, 1982 understood it and could articulate it, against
the wishes of “his handlers.”
This is not about
individuals within a belief system it is about understanding how belief systems
behave as blocks of power. While there
is a partnership right now between the socialists, atheists and Muslims, as we
are witnessing in Europe, that coalition will only last until they conquer
Western Civilization as it has been known in the 20th century, and then they will turn on one another. Take a look at this picture taken Election
Day in France:
There is only one
French Flag, I think, in this picture.
They are not unified except in their desire to destroy the belief system
which has led to the most productive and prosperous century in human history. The belief system they are fighting against
is the system our grandparents generation fought and died for.
The relevance of our
history is rapidly being lost.
It is my prayer to visit the beaches
of Normandy one day, and see the graves of the men who died there, in a heroic effort
to save France and a continent from Tyranny.
Scott thank you for this and reminding us of a time not unlike today when we were fighting for the very simple idea of freedom for all. And thank you for reminding us that there was a time when our greatest leader, the President, prayed openly for the support of the mission ahead. We all need to remember and take heed at the cause of the current deprivation if His divine mercy on us as a Nation and repent and be saved .
ReplyDeleteWe must all pray for our Nation as was done on that day!