(Military Times) Op-Ed: Messiah Deficit Disorder

Messiah Deficit Disorder
(convicted felon) Oliver North | October 23, 2008

On Wednesday this week, I was an unwilling eyewitness to a dramatic political event and it made me wonder where we are headed as a nation. More on that in a moment. First, a little background.

There is no doubt that leadership matters. The study of human history provides evidence that empires – even entire civilizations – rise and fall on the ideas, virtues and skills of great leaders. From Mesopotamia to the European continent, those who chronicled the triumphs and failures of great leaders in the Western world measured success based on military prowess and territory conquered. Herodotus detailed how the Persian Empire, built by Darius, eventually succumbed to Alexander the Great in the 5th Century B.C. That vision of leadership began to change in what is now Israel.

Old Testament prophets described a Messiah – a leader – a savior who would deliver the Jewish people from their travails. For more than two millennia, Christians have believed that the Messiah is Jesus of Nazareth and that at the appointed time he will come again in triumph. Unfortunately, in the modern era there have many other leaders who perceived that they had messianic qualities that only they could provide.

Napoleon, in the aftermath of the bloody French Revolution, described himself as "essential" to the future of France – and was appointed dictator. The aftermath was a disaster for his countrymen and much of Europe.

Adolf Hitler was elected by the German people and then given absolute power because he claimed that only he could "preserve the Aryan race." The result was a global conflagration that resulted in the death of more than 25 million.


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at first pissed off that Oliver North would get DU time....but the "discussion" is hysterical!

This man exhibits the most morally depraved intellect in modern history.

He starts from a false premise and builds his pile of shit from there. They don't understand leadership that is not self-centered, so they automatically convert Obama's quote from the first person plural to the first-person singular, because it is the only way they know how to narrate a story.



So they can pretend that he presents himself, and that we see him, as a messiah.