Iranians chant, "Death to America!" Iran, despite years away from being able to construct a nuclear bomb, stirs hostility and chaos in the Middle East.

But they are in the neighborhood where there are those who know how to deliver such a destructive weapon:  Russia, China, N. Korea--no friends to the Western World.

President Donald Trump has envisioned for nigh 10 years the end to nuclear warfare in the hands of those who would destroy democracy and Western culture.

Is he the one who assure that reason and the rule of law shall be guiding principles of existence by taking the radical military weaponry out of the hands of those who could engineer the termination of life on this Earth!

May such leaders of prominence in our modern world be imbued with courage to stand for justice and freedom to heed the call and lead us into an epoch of lasting peace for centuries to come!

I pray for a lasting peace in the world.  May our leaders establish such a peace; and instill a calmness in the hearts of us who long for it.