Ask God to give our leaders wisdom in responding to the evil in the world. Pray for Sean Spicer, a fellow believer in Christ, to be directed by God in carrying out his duties.

The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction. (Pr. 16:21)

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“It’s time to applaud and thank President Trump and his administration – Spicer included – for taking decisive action in Syria to save Arab life. . . .

Hitler is the godfather of all modern genocides and all those who attempt the extermination of an ethnic group are Hitler’s ideological stepchildren. . . . Spicer is right to point out Assad’s relationship with Hitler since the Syrian butcher is attempting a genocide of Sunni Muslims in Syria carried out by Alawite militias, Shia Iran, and Hezbollah, which is also Shia. All of this has been aided and abetted by Russia and its President, Vladimir Putin. Spicer is correct to point out that the use of nerve agents against one’s own people is a unique form of evil from which Assad can now never escape.

Assad should be removed because no man who gasses his people must ever be allowed to stay in power.

Where Spicer was absolutely wrong was when he said that Hitler had not used chemical gas against his own people, given that Hitler murdered something in the region of 200,000 German Jews during the Holocaust, not to mention the millions of others who were gassed at Birkenau, Belzec, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen and so many other camps. . . .

Spicer was wrong, though, because all of Europe was a battlefield during the war and the gas chambers where 1.5 million Jewish children met their end was history’s most horrible use ever of chemical agents in war.

Spicer apologized and, it seems, he did so sincerely, much regretting his mistake. He deserves to be forgiven and we should move on.

Those who wrote blogs calling Spicer an antisemite are guilty of character assassination and debasing the term. The Jews have real enemies in the world. Sean Spicer has used his pulpit at the White House to repeatedly defend the Jewish State and condemn genocidal Iran. He should be considered a friend of the Jewish people. . . .

President Donald Trump and his people may not have found all the right words in defending their attack on Assad. Spicer certainly did not. However, when it comes to combating genocide, words are trivial and action is everything. I am grateful to Sean Spicer and the members of the Trump team for taking action to give value to innocent Arab life. . . .

It’s time to applaud and thank President Trump and his administration – Spicer included – for taking decisive action in Syria to save Arab life. Because only action, and not words, are that which will ensure that Never Again means Never Again.” (Excerpted from The Jerusalem Post, commentary by Shmuley Boteach.)