The Pentagon vs America

earnric

5-8-2008 1:26 PM

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This requires good people to serve, even if the conditions of their service are not ideal. Do I want to have an intelligent, morally grounded soldier on the front line in Iraq, making the decisions about the use of force in the framework of an illegal and unjust occupation, or do I want to relinquish that job to a former felon lacking even a high school diploma? Do I want the troops of today led by Bible-wielding zealots or Constitution-wielding patriots? While we struggle to re-establish the bond between citizen and soldier, we have an absolute requirement to ensure we continue to field a military composed of citizen soldiers. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0EEA01C6-E0E2-48EC-B631-828633882B3A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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earnric says:

Scott Ritter makes some astute observations regarding the military and its relationship with the citizens - and the constitution - it is sworn to protect.

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5-8-2008 9:53 PM

blueridge

Actually, real "Bible wielding zealots" would see that it is an unjust war per biblical principles, and would have condemned the wars from the start as contrary to Christian principles and being more like "feet that make haste to shed innocent blood". Neither the Iraqis not Afghans attacked America, or threatened to.

The problem is not a Christian problem at all, but one led by Christian-feigning leaders who are hypocrites (grk. actors) in the true sense of the word, for political purposes. There has been a very large increase in Christian dissent among conservatives (traditional, not neoconservatives), about the neocon wars.

5-9-2008 12:27 PM

earnric

Unfortunately the loudest Christian group is composed of the bible-thumpers who think America should be a Christian nation...

They have the vast majority of the money and are the ones influencing the government. The "quiet Christians" aren't the ones I'm worried about.

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