Dying Dogs

THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF ISIS died like a dog, whimpering and screaming like a coward, not like a brave man, the president assures us. Granted, President Trump is the expert on cowardice. As for dogs, if the president were more trustworthy and loyal to worthy causes, he would be their equal. To hide one's taxes from legitimate public scrutiny is not the behavior of a courageous person, nor of an honorable one. Public scrutiny of taxes is a legitimate public concern when you are [resident of the United States and you are involved in a vast array of questionable financial investments which may well pose a conflict of interest, and a violation of the emoluments clause, which, inconvenient to Trump, he calls "the phony emoluments clause" the president does not believe in the constitution, does not believe in obeying whatever part of it presents a threat to his financial or political power, and has said so. the president is a self proclaimed sexual predator, again, by his own proud proclamation. The president is currently refusing to accept the rule of law, by refusing to comply with countless legitimate subpoenas. the president, in a word, is terrified of the prospect of being forced to confront transparent justice within the legal system. That, inarguably, is cowardice. The leader of ISIS, Mr. Baghdadi, fanatically embraced a religion which most Americans, being Christians find repugnant. So fanatic was he that he attempted to carve out of the middle east an Islamic theocracy, with absolute Islamic legal hegemony. it failed, but he died fighting for what he believed in, preferring to die at his own hand to surrendering to his despised enemies. Comparable was the establishment of the nation of Israel, carved out of land owned by others, successful only because it enjoyed the support of several superpowers who forced its creation. The American evangelical community, which staunchly supports Trump and condemns Islam and ISIS, has long made it clear that it seeks to inject as much of the Christian religion into the American government as possible, in essence to turn the United States into a "Christian nation", which most of them falsely claim it was intended by its founders to be. The conservative evangelical community essentially seeks to turn the United States into a Christian theocracy. All religions seek to expand their membership. The Christian religion has sought world domination more aggressively than any other religion. so aggressively, that millions of indigenous people have been slaughtered for their resistance to Christian indoctrination. The FBI formally considers white supremacy, a movement within the evangelical community, to be a greater threat than ISIS. Thus Baghdadi, a murderous terrorist, died trying to do what Christian zealots themselves want to do, with varying degrees of success. Baghdadi was hunted down and killed by people whose national interests they considered antithetical to his. It could reasonably be argued that he showed more courage than the president who ordered his death. Leaders are easy to replace; the ISIS leader's death accomplishes little, despite Trump's mocking manner of describing his death, and vainly, falsely taking credit for it. In dying for what he truly believed in, he showed far greater courage than the president who refused military service under false pretenses, and who hasn't the courage to confront those whose investigations of his questionable behavior are perfectly legitimate. When Trump dies, he may or may not die "like a dog", but he will have lived his life far less honorably and bravely than the most common cur.