{"id":7169,"date":"2026-06-30T21:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:30:41","slug":"statesmen-versus-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/?p=7169","title":{"rendered":"Statesmen Versus Politicians."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 19th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By: David Hoskins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is somewhat concerning when some of our national leaders back away from supporting Israel\u2019s right to protect themselves from Hezbollah.&nbsp; Israel desires to protect their nation from those who have vowed to destroy it, as should any sovereign nation.&nbsp; It is my opinion that the USA is hypocritical to expect that our allies should back us in the same style scenario when we vacillate in our support of Israel. &nbsp; Politicians will seldom hold a line the way those with conviction do.&nbsp; Double talk and equivocation are the politicians&#8217; MO.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My prayer is that the Lord will establish statesmen in our nation who are driven by conviction rather than interests.&nbsp; Our nation needs those who will govern righteously and who are willing to see the present through the lens of a better future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are big differences between politicians and statesmen. &nbsp; One is driven by interests and the other is driven by conviction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A politician focuses on winning elections, securing power, and serving party interests, often making short-term compromises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statesman prioritizes the long-term good of the country and future generations, acting with integrity and honor even at the cost of personal popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contrast between these two roles highlights key differences in their primary goals, focus, and public perception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 19th, 2026 By: David Hoskins It is somewhat concerning when some of our national leaders back away from supporting Israel\u2019s right to protect themselves from Hezbollah.&nbsp; Israel desires to protect their nation from those who have vowed to destroy it, as should any sovereign nation.&nbsp; It is my opinion that the USA is hypocritical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7171,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions\/7171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingdomadvancers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}