LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR!

     There are consequences. There are always consequences. They cannot be avoided, no matter how much one says so or denies them. And now we have it. We have the consequences and if we do not do something to stop this in its path, then we have cried havoc and unleashed the dogs of war. Right here in the good old USA.
     I have often felt akin to Cassandra, the prophet of doom and disaster in Troy, condemned to know the truth yet have no one believe her. She knew the Greeks would trash her city, decimate its population, yet could not make believers of her audience. And here we are.
     Trump, the Demented One , is a man filled with hate, spewing out of every orifice in his body. He reeks of hate. He reeks of contempt for all who do not choose to follow his ugly path, to support him in his nefarious plans. He rails against those who differ with him, who call him out on his calls for violence, on his use of words that bait the lowest of the low into shouting back his memes - lock people up, hurt them at rallies, praising those who use violence to shut down the media and where does it end, where would it end people wondered.
     And now we have the answer, do we not? It ends in violence. It ends in the tactics of the countries around the world that are engulfed in civil wars. It ends with deaths - the death of people, the death of democracy, the death of life as we know it. And I cannot understand the obtuseness of those who continue to excuse this man, this Demented One and his demented mouth, his demented brain, who continuously calls for hatred and violence and now we have it. Yes, we certainly do.
    Yesterday he puts his wife on to decry the violence, this women who has sold her body and soul for her clothing, who has cut the line with her parents visas, and then she turns off into opioid discussion. Huh!!! Weird indeed and then worse than that, the Demented One gets to the mic and states the same words but like the elephant in the room does not condemn the fact that these are all his political enemies, that these targets have been the constant targets of his foul mouth, that the CNN was targeted to and of that he made no mention! And then he continues to rant yesterday and condemns the media as the cause of this!!!!! And he too goes off to the opioid crisis. Where is that good old vaudeville hook to rake the unwanted off the stage? Surely we need it now!
    This is the take of that Demented One - "The media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. Have to do it,"...
     And here is the take of people with functioning brains.
     "Trump unleashed the dogs of hatred in this country from the day he declared he was running for president, and they've been snarling and barking at each other ever since," ….. "It's just inevitable there are going to be acts of violence that grow out of that."
      And not long after, Trump asks his audience, "See how nice I am behaving?"
     Well, he is not and he has brought about the first open steps of civil war, the same war that I have been warning of, the same ripping of society that more and more essayists, political analysts and thinking people have been warning of. 
     The man is erratic, a definite understatement. He denies science. He does not speak for the little guy, but instead for the ridiculously wealthy. He disregards warnings that his phones are being tapped by Russians and Chinese and goes ahead and discusses what all!
    So now what? Do we wait for the men with face masks to come and pick up all those who oppose this Demented One and those who support him? Do we watch as our society is diminished as more and more groups are rounded up? Disenfranchised? Do we sit and watch mutely as he violates the Constitution and brings up the standing army to the border and shoots down the thousands of migrants? And then who is next?
    Truly, people, we have come to a crossroads and perhaps even chosen one path already. I am frightened to the marrow of my bones. So should you.
     VOTE and VOTE and VOTE and make sure your neighbors do and make sure there is no chicanery about the questioning of registrants, particularly black and Latino. Remember who we are. We are the citizens of the United States of America - even if our President does not behave as such. Do the right thing and let us stop this violence. No more bombs. No more hatred and please, no more of Trump power. It is almost too late already.