It's In Their Blood  

   A little history. President Johnson, a D, accelerated our war in Vietnam, but not so as to win or even strike enemy supplies across the North/South border. His leadership was so costly he did not run for reelection.

   We turned to once defeated Richard Nixon, an R. Soon we blockaded the harbor where Russian supplies had been offloading, and in time it ended, but in loss. 

   Nixon resigned for other reasons, and Gerald Ford, an R, finished his second term. Voters preferred Jimmy Carter, a D., over Ford. In 1979 Muslim college students in Iran took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. Before Ronald Reagan, an R, replaced Carter, the Iranians knew their fun was over, and on his first day in office our people came free. 

   It was Reagan who told the Russians to tear down the Berlin wall. 

   George H.W. Bush, an R, rode Reagan's coat tails into office and took military action to free Kuwait from Saddam Hussein. He had a 90 percent approval rating, until the Dems lured him into raising taxes. 

   Bill Clinton, a D, served two terms. He enjoyed a spell when Russia was wobbling and China was yet to emerge. 

   The 9/11 killers didn't fear the Bush son, another R. Anyway, after they all died in their hijacked planes, what nation could be blamed?

   We found where the blame lay, and Bush took out some dudes in Afghanistan. You know the rest of that story. He also finished in Iraq what his father started, but turning a Muslim nation into a Thomas Jefferson democracy is wishful thinking.

   Obama, a D, served two terms, allowing ISIS to rise in Syria. Donald Trump, an R, organized the demise of ISIS, if not completely, and bombed a terrorist hideout and a Syrian air base used for shelling civilians. 

   Afghan's Taliban had no interest in angering President Trump. Then the voters thought Joe Biden, a D (if the election was honest) was best. In seven short months the U.S. has lost some security, honor, respect, and possibly civilian lives and/or more hostages. 

   Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, both Ds, are looking better.

   Feel free to walk through this again. And remember whose blood is at stake next time you vote.

            Jimmy