[Donning flak vest...]

I'm going to call a spade a spade here ...as I see it. I hope all here will forgive my "sermonizing". For those who don't believe in the very personal God of the Bible, this will likely be meaningless.

Eagle, Mosby, J. Croft, Leonidas, djarhead, Sniper_762x51, others here, and I are all pretty angry about freedom being corralled into an ever smaller space. Sniper_762x51, while we're all angry (Eph. 4:26 - "Be ye angry, and sin not"), I am troubled by your willingness to go beyond killing and commit murder as a form of vengeance. I am also concerned by your disparaging and divisive remarks about fellow patriots for nothing more egregious than seeing things differently than you. (Mt. 5:22 - "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.")

The sixth commandment is not, "Thou shalt not kill," but "Thou shall not commit murder."

And then there are these two:
Ro. 12:19 - Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Mt. 5:42-47 - “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?"

On Islam's willingness to commit murder, I don't see that as an advantage. It can only be seen as an advantage by those who do not believe in and trust the God of the Bible. If one thinks of Islam's willingness to commit murder as an advantage, one might be tempted to follow suit, seeking the same "advantage" or to neutralize the opponent's advantage. Is this not following a false god? Islam is not gaining converts or territory because of their willingness to commit murder; it's because Muslims are being persecuted. By our government. Their terror tactics, however, have caused large numbers of people to turn against them; witness the rapidly growing anti-immigration politics throughout Europe aimed specifically at Muslims. It's a PR nightmare for milquetoast Muslims.

I disagree that it's acceptable to target family members of an enemy.
1Jn. 3:15 - ...you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

And the ends never justify the means.
Mark 8:36 - For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Signs of the Times
I used to think that Yeshua's reference to "Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth" in Revelation 17 referred to Europe. But I now think it refers to the United States, particularly in light of Rev. 18. Whether or not that's correct, this country is well overdue for judgment.

By turning our backs on God and His ways, we as a nation have embraced that which is not of God. We have done so with gusto. We have rejoiced in our enlightened "freedom" from the shackles of antiquated morality. Our society revels with superiority in claiming that we are descended from lowly apes and, lower yet, pond scum. America's government and corporate elites have paid much fiat money, much of that ours, to support and propagate these lies, lies to which we readily enslave ourselves. We have replaced God with gov, and gov answers to a higher (lower) authority.

In our preparations and our planning, perhaps we should consider the need to recognize the signs of our time. Perhaps we should prepare and plan for us and our families in light of this. America needs to fall, but it needs to fall by the hand of God, not by your or my hand, just as King Saul needed to fall by God's hand, not David's. We need to be careful that our efforts do not work at cross purposes to God's will.

In the end, God wins, and there is no American flag hanging in God's throne room. God refers to our hearts as a throne for Him, but is there an American flag hanging there instead?

Peace.