Liar Liar Pants On Fire

"And that guy's a liar,” Trump flamed regarding Cruz during the Houston debate.

Yet, some time later when Cruz challenged Trump's "more" than tacit support of anti-Gaddafi rebels during the 2011 overthrow of the Libyan dictator, Trump responded with a "I never discussed that subject" Liar Liar Pants On Fire "LIE":

"Now we should go in, we should stop this guy, which would be very easy and very quick. We could do it surgically, stop him from doing it, and save these lives. This is absolutely nuts. We don’t want to get involved and you’re gonna end up with something like you’ve never seen before" (from Trump’s 2011 video blog).

Trump's concern is to be commended. However, his approach is essentially that of the 2011 administration. Consequently, we have ended up with something like we’ve never seen before!

No,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly stated when asked on “Face the Nation” [MARCH 28, 2011] if the U.S. would intervene in Syria as in Libya. She defended her position by saying that the situations in Syria and Libya are respectively "unique." Unique, but not for reasons mentioned:

Syria's human rights record is among the worst according to Human Rights Watch. Syrian secret police detain, torture, and are suspect in the disappearance of an estimated 17,000 political prisoners. Libya's, by comparison, is hardly worth mentioning.

Syria, according to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), supports the following terrorist organizations: Hezbollah, the Iraqi insurgency, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Libya of course is culpable for Lockerbie, but even here, Gaddafi personal sanction on the matter is debatable.

Iran and Syria maintain a mutual defense agreement, while Iran and Libya are enemies with the former encouraging the West to arm their allies.

Syria possesses weapons of mass destruction (chemical and biological) and the capability to deliver them according to U.S.defense and intelligence reports. However, a 2007 Israeli air strike is generally credited with putting Syria's nuclear program on hold. Libya, in stark contrast, has complied with the "world community," and her reward, "decimation":

"[In] 2003, Libya announced it would dismantle its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs. Since then, U.S., British, and international officials have inspected and removed or destroyed key components of those programs, and Libya has provided valuable information, particularly about foreign suppliers. Libya’s WMD disarmament is a critical step towards reintegration into the world community.... "(Sharon A. Squassoni and Andrew Feickert, CRS Report for Congress, Disarming Libya: Weapons of Mass Destruction, September 22, 2006).

And as a consequence of removing the powers ordained of God we have ended up with something like we’ve never seen before.' e.g., Benghazi, ISIS, the Syrian refugee crisis,, and the list goes on.

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation" (Romans 13:1-2).

A Lion's Den

It is now evident that when Trump and Cruz walked onto stage for the Saturday debate they had unwittingly walked into a "lion's den"! A pit prepared for them by the Republican National Committee's pro-Bush/pro-Rubio allocation of debate tickets. During the event this "stacked deck" of unsated carnivores roared at every opportunity to eviscerate them. Meanwhile Rubio "purred" like a kitten.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki (Randhawa) Haley who used the GOP response to the State of the Union to slam Donald Trump and Cruz as "un-responsible," in recent days further extended her GOP complicity by distributing scores of tickets for the "Christians in the arena" event.

The GOP has "made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the hole which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate" (cf. Psalm 7:15-16).