Wednesday, September 13, 2006
A Response to 2 Wise Men
In response to comments by Justin and Jon, I am obligated to further simplify the facts so everyone understands our situation. First of all, Justin and Jon both seem like very intelligent and Godly men, both of who are worthy of respect. However, it seems as if they are both not completely educated on our situation in the Middle East. I however, spend a great deal of time with Middle Eastern politics and am therefore compelled to correct these misunderstandings. No hard feelings, the politics of the Jihadists is very complex.
First of all Justin, You said that agree that Iran should not have nukes. This means you promote the United States prohibiting Iran from formulating a nuclear program. Yet, you say that we should not take military action. The only other resort is to try and negotiate with Iran, which we have tried to do. However, Iran refuses to discuss this issue with us and furthermore refuses to stop enriching Uranium. This is a problem. Listen, I agree that as Christians we have no need to fear Radical Islam or Death. I do not fear death and I know you and Jon don’t either, praise God for this. However, I was not at all saying that we should destroy Iran to stay safe and keep our peace of mind. The leadership of our country has a major obligation to protect and defend the American people. So, when faced with the decision to protect the Nation or to roll over and die, I want leadership who will protect its people. I am not afraid to die, but I do fear for the innocent children and people not yet reconciled to God. I believe God’s plan is to reconcile all people to Him, but if millions of them are killed because the leadership He appointed did not protect them, then what? There is a difference between bombing another Nation because we fear or dislike them, and bombing them because it is our LAST line of defense. That was the exact point; I don’t think the Democrats would protect us if they had to. I don’t think they would use their last line of defense. They just want to talk, even though that has already failed.
Also, I did not say that an Iranian Nuclear missile program would lead to the conversion of the entire world to Muslim. I did say that if Radical Islam had major nuclear capabilities they could and probably would terminate our entire country. Don’t forget, to men like Bin Laden and Ahmedinejad, world domination is the plan. They believe Ala wants them to spread Islam and wipe out all the “infidel”.
I also, realize that there are many brave men and women who put their lives in danger to spread the love of God, and I deeply admire them for doing this. However, these are grown adults who choose to put their life in harms way because God calls them to. That is much different than millions of innocent people who could die for absolutely no good reason.
Lastly, I agree there is more Christians can worry about. But we should not be ignorant of the world’s issues and run away from politics like so many Christians do. Why should we worry? Nobody’s worrying; we are just aware of our surroundings and prepared for the worst, but hopeful of the best. And that is the dream, to make peace with our enemies and not have Nuclear capabilities even be an issue. Thank you so much for response Justin. As for you Jon, I love you man, but I am disappointed with your cliché overly hopeful comment. However, I will see you tomorrow in class and will correct there. You are so much smarter than me, I expected more out of you. Isn’t this fun?
First of all Justin, You said that agree that Iran should not have nukes. This means you promote the United States prohibiting Iran from formulating a nuclear program. Yet, you say that we should not take military action. The only other resort is to try and negotiate with Iran, which we have tried to do. However, Iran refuses to discuss this issue with us and furthermore refuses to stop enriching Uranium. This is a problem. Listen, I agree that as Christians we have no need to fear Radical Islam or Death. I do not fear death and I know you and Jon don’t either, praise God for this. However, I was not at all saying that we should destroy Iran to stay safe and keep our peace of mind. The leadership of our country has a major obligation to protect and defend the American people. So, when faced with the decision to protect the Nation or to roll over and die, I want leadership who will protect its people. I am not afraid to die, but I do fear for the innocent children and people not yet reconciled to God. I believe God’s plan is to reconcile all people to Him, but if millions of them are killed because the leadership He appointed did not protect them, then what? There is a difference between bombing another Nation because we fear or dislike them, and bombing them because it is our LAST line of defense. That was the exact point; I don’t think the Democrats would protect us if they had to. I don’t think they would use their last line of defense. They just want to talk, even though that has already failed.
Also, I did not say that an Iranian Nuclear missile program would lead to the conversion of the entire world to Muslim. I did say that if Radical Islam had major nuclear capabilities they could and probably would terminate our entire country. Don’t forget, to men like Bin Laden and Ahmedinejad, world domination is the plan. They believe Ala wants them to spread Islam and wipe out all the “infidel”.
I also, realize that there are many brave men and women who put their lives in danger to spread the love of God, and I deeply admire them for doing this. However, these are grown adults who choose to put their life in harms way because God calls them to. That is much different than millions of innocent people who could die for absolutely no good reason.
Lastly, I agree there is more Christians can worry about. But we should not be ignorant of the world’s issues and run away from politics like so many Christians do. Why should we worry? Nobody’s worrying; we are just aware of our surroundings and prepared for the worst, but hopeful of the best. And that is the dream, to make peace with our enemies and not have Nuclear capabilities even be an issue. Thank you so much for response Justin. As for you Jon, I love you man, but I am disappointed with your cliché overly hopeful comment. However, I will see you tomorrow in class and will correct there. You are so much smarter than me, I expected more out of you. Isn’t this fun?
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yeah...i guess it's just the whole "graduating soon, world at my finger tips, amazing life ahead" type of attitude that gets me thinking that the world can be changed for the better.
oh wait. nevermind. that was jesus that did that.
oh wait. nevermind. that was jesus that did that.
I didn't say that we should rule out military action, but that securing the borders and should be a much higher priority. If we have no choice but to take military action, then we have to go in. I would, however, much rather Israel strike Iran's Uranium enrichment facilities.
Now while I understand that we may have to take military action, I am losing faith in our military's resolve to win. Given the fact that our military commanders have become so politically correct that they refuse to kill terrorists because they're attending a funeral, I think we really need to reassess the military commanders' resolve to win the war. I'm no pacifist, but if our military has been this corrupted by PC thinking, then I seriously doubt our resolve to win a war against Iran. Like in Vietnam, we may have the military might to win, but if we're not willing to do what it takes to win, then we'll just end up retreating, and ending in a worse situation than we were before.
Again, if we have no other choice, then we should go in. But I would warn that it may end up being a longer, harder, and more complex conflict than Iraq, even more so because of the politically correct thinking of these incompetent commanders.
Like I said before, I would prefer that Israel send planes over to Iran and take out their Uranium enrichment facilities. That will buy some time, hopefully enough to fix our military (assuming that the pentagon realizes that there are incompetent people running the show over there), increase our border security, and increase the scope and technology of our missile defense system. I doubt that we'll have the political resolve do any of it even if Israel does the airstrikes, but that's what needs to be done to secure this country.
Now while I understand that we may have to take military action, I am losing faith in our military's resolve to win. Given the fact that our military commanders have become so politically correct that they refuse to kill terrorists because they're attending a funeral, I think we really need to reassess the military commanders' resolve to win the war. I'm no pacifist, but if our military has been this corrupted by PC thinking, then I seriously doubt our resolve to win a war against Iran. Like in Vietnam, we may have the military might to win, but if we're not willing to do what it takes to win, then we'll just end up retreating, and ending in a worse situation than we were before.
Again, if we have no other choice, then we should go in. But I would warn that it may end up being a longer, harder, and more complex conflict than Iraq, even more so because of the politically correct thinking of these incompetent commanders.
Like I said before, I would prefer that Israel send planes over to Iran and take out their Uranium enrichment facilities. That will buy some time, hopefully enough to fix our military (assuming that the pentagon realizes that there are incompetent people running the show over there), increase our border security, and increase the scope and technology of our missile defense system. I doubt that we'll have the political resolve do any of it even if Israel does the airstrikes, but that's what needs to be done to secure this country.
"Lastly, I agree there is more Christians can worry about. But we should not be ignorant of the world’s issues and run away from politics like so many Christians do."
I can wholeheartedly agree with the second sentence. But as Christians, we should realize that the best way to impact politics for the better is not to take over the government by getting elected, but by helping to bring more people to Christ. The more people we preach the gospel to, the more people will accept Christ, and the more voters we'll have in America under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
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I can wholeheartedly agree with the second sentence. But as Christians, we should realize that the best way to impact politics for the better is not to take over the government by getting elected, but by helping to bring more people to Christ. The more people we preach the gospel to, the more people will accept Christ, and the more voters we'll have in America under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
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