tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221601.post229991930866172527..comments2023-04-26T07:49:09.676-07:00Comments on An Acrobat's Search: CRAVEEric Wakelinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00409416768260345039noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221601.post-51564775186490160542007-02-08T17:52:00.000-08:002007-02-08T17:52:00.000-08:00Can I just say that I love the tension in all of t...Can I just say that I love the tension in all of this?Eric Wakelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409416768260345039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221601.post-40269709454487592122007-02-08T16:38:00.000-08:002007-02-08T16:38:00.000-08:00My apologies for jumping to hyper-debate in my las...My apologies for jumping to hyper-debate in my last comments and completely missing your point. Not good critical thinking skills on my part. Let’s see if I can add something worth thinking about…<BR/><BR/>I believe most Christians hold conservative views. I also believe conservative thinking is more apt to hold people and countries to a moral standard when more liberal thought sees that as judgmental. <BR/><BR/>On the subject of genocide and our response to it, I guess until the African conflicts begin to threaten the US in the same way as Iran, Iraq, N. Korea, etc., our government has chosen to use the arena of humanitarian aide and diplomacy instead of guns. I think we should applaud that, Christias and non-Christians alike. We’ve all read of many reasons for the killing going on there, religious conflict (i.e. Islamic oppression), retaliation for past massacres, tribal wars over land and power, etc. They are atrocities that have sadly gone on for centuries with no easy solutions, but don’t militarily threaten our country. So I would say when the US does something – anything – to help a struggling country, using less aggression, more diplomacy, something without a gun…don’t find fault. Aren’t peaceful solutions what we all want, Christian and non-Christian alike?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221601.post-50732284165493559792007-02-08T07:47:00.000-08:002007-02-08T07:47:00.000-08:00This is always tough because I totally value the l...This is always tough because I totally value the lives and sacrifices of American soldiers. I value them to the point of not putting them in harm's way for reasons that are potentially unclear. I put that list of reasons because those are many of the reasons listed for the war. <BR/><BR/>The central point of the post is that it's odd to me how a "Christian perspective" is to have less restrictions upon soldiers to help prevent civilian casualties. It's also odd to me that a "Christian perspective" is pro-war. Why does that have to be?<BR/><BR/>I think that the situations in Rwanda and Sudan have had equal if not greater reason for military forces to be used in massive force. These would be preventing mass genocides that are currently happening in Sudan at least. Iran and North Korea seem to be more of WMD threats than Iraq has ever been. I'm not calling myself an expert on which place a war should be fought, but I believe in challenging the notions that Christians somehow have to be pro-war, pro-gun rights, and pro-death penalty.Eric Wakelinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409416768260345039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19221601.post-70756762696753120572007-02-07T16:43:00.000-08:002007-02-07T16:43:00.000-08:00#1 Are you seriously asking why we are fighting in...#1 Are you seriously asking why we are fighting in Iraq. Really? You don’t have any idea? Try to think with your right brain, not your left. (sorry for the sarcasm – pun intended)<br />#2 What part of WWII did you think was just? Was the Pacific theater of the war “just” too? Or only the European part of it? How about Viet Nam? Panama? Spanish-American War? Civil War? Just trying to understand your view of justice.<br />#3 By “both Iraq wars” I assume you mean Afganistan and Iraq? Are they equal in your mind?<br />#4 What would be your top 3 “greater causes in the world today” where we should have troops fighting? Any of them NOT Islam-related? Just curious.<br />#5 God bless the families of all those soldiers, sailors and marines killed in the cause of freedom. <br /><br />P.S. During the battle for Baghdad, Evan personally heard the Iraqi ground commanders calling frantically over the radios for the use of the WWDs as they were being overrun by our forces. Funny how Saddam had his own officers convinced there where WWDs as well as the rest of the civilized world.<br /><br />Your Right-Brained Friend, LCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com