If you don't have an opponent, you will never go to war. The first step to create war -- if that is what you want -- is to divide, to create two sides, to create enmity, hatred and vitroilic fervor between the two.
I will tell you this, there is about as much hatred and blaming between the Democrats and Republicans now, October 2013, as has been seen in decades and decades. It has reached a peak. Calls for civility and putting aside partisanship have gone unheeded. And, as the government shuts down, the impass is glaringly apparent.
That we are not on the verge of physical war gives me no comfort. What is it that makes us think that to have hatred for each other, like this, is such a good thing? Love your neighbor, but hate all Democrats. Love even the stranger, but despise those dirty Republicans. Such is the reality of the way the Second Great Commandment is practiced in this Christian nation.
I fear the government shutdown is a signature moment for who we have become.
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