Do what is right for the right reasons

When having civil discussions on divisive issues with some friends

I find on many occasions they go to their pat 'answer' when they 

actually do not have convincing constructive arguments to support

their positions.  Usually they are partisan liberals, but I also find

this pattern among some conservatives as well.

They will frequently rely on two words, "What if.." this happens
when they are confronted with an issue they believe is too complex
to seek solutions to or address directly.  

"What if" allows them to drift away from substance to the hypothetical!

"What if" came to mind when I learned today President Trump will 

officially move our Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

For those who have not followed this thirty year issue which has Arab

states, the United Nations and even the Vatican in a flux, our last three 

presidents, Clinton, GW Bush and Obama all campaigned on doing so, 

yet not one did what President Trump will do today.

Why is it only Trump is keeping this campaign promise?

I have concluded his predecessors were surrounded by people that

suffer from the "what if" malady, ferreting out any danger to advance
forward on key issues. Trump is doing what its primary ally in the
most volatile region in the world have desired, Israel. 

A four thousand year old history is on President Trump's side,

not a bundle of "what ifs" by people equally afraid of their own

shadows. 

Each of us should remember what President Trump will do today,

when confronted with the "what if" crowd.

Do what is right for the right reasons.

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