The first letter, RPG Jesus and the Last Crusade, deserves far wider dissemination than it can get in a local paper. A local letter writer discusses a conversation with a "Christian" about the war in Iraq. The response is eye-opening and scary, even to the most cynical. Let me just give you a few tidbits to encourage you to click down-
this war is 'a war for Christ.'
What did WMD stand for, "Whack Muslims for Deus?"
we know that it is all about the conversion of the Iraqis to Christ."
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Enjoy.
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
PLEASE follow the link and read the whole letter. There is just no way I can do it justice.
RPG Jesus and the Last Crusade
I believe the folks with the Ohio Reformation/Restoration etc., have good intentions, but are unfortunately misguided by the hierarchy of their churches. ... One such conversation was capped with a chilling statement concerning the illegal Iraqi war. Example: "President Bush, [with a wink and an elbow], talks about the fight for 'freedom' of the Iraqi people, but in reality this war is 'a war for Christ.' President Bush cannot, of course, come out and say that, but we know that it is all about the conversion of the Iraqis to Christ."
(What did WMD stand for, "Whack Muslims for Deus?")
Stunned, I asked if he really believed that, since the teachings of Christ do not immediately conger up "Jesus killing," as He hurls RPG's. He was actually taken back, but had no comment. Still another member mentioned that typical Geneva Convention rules against torture need not apply; citing this is "a different kind of war." (H-m-m, a different kind of war? RPG Jesus?) ...
"Christ is Love," has been forgotten.
- Robert A. Muckensturm
Lancaster
Journal and Gazette Times Courier
Just another litany of Republican failure. Every day I think about an old Doonesbury cartoon, during the Nixon years, where one Congressman says to another, "maybe if he robbed a bank..." and the other says "by God, THEN we'd have him." Just how dishonest AND incompetent must Bush be before people start to care?
Republicans continue to blame others
Will someone please stand up?
Like I said before, the Republicans cannot admit any fault. ...
Oh yeah, the big Kahuna Bush has been running around telling everyone what a great guy he is while in his path he's cut 141 Medicare services, school funds, and service to the unfortunate.
But he services the rich by saying how lucky the middle class are because he gave the elite such a big tax cut. ...
Isn't it about time we impeach this administration and replace it with the graduation class of any high school?
Because trust me, they will have more credibility than anyone in the Bush Administration, Congress or Senate.
TERRENCE McGUIRE
Stewardson
Manassas Journal Messenger
This objection to the UAE port deal is premised upon al Qaeda's description of the present "War on Terror" as a "religious war." Accept that premise, he says, and act accordingly. I don't agree, but I most certainly do revel in the fact that after spending five years encouraging general hate against anything Arab, it's coming back to bite Bush on the backside.
If it looks like a duck ...
Are we hell-bent on committing a slow motion national suicide? The recent arguments to permit a UAE company to assume port operations in the United States show an appalling lack of common sense. This action just ain't smart. ...
... I am sorry if I offend anyone, but Al Qaeda has defined this "War on Terror" as a religious war. Whether we agree is simply not relevant. What is relevant is that they have, in the name of a higher Islamic calling, sworn to kill us. Al Qaeda is an Islamic Hitler. ...
Moderate Islam must step up and start reigning in their bad boys.
Until they do, they should not be permitted to openly expand into our nation. Certainly not to operate our port lifelines. It is crazy on the surface.
Ray White, Dumfries
The Town Talk
Is the video of Bush's briefing BEFORE Katrina the final straw? Unfortunately, I don't think so. Too much of the country prefers propaganda to news, and will never even hear about it, except in the "it's the Governor's fault and they said 'topped,' not 'breached,' so never mind" context. On the other hand, maybe Bush wasn't listening at all (not one of my best- the ear-piece wire really doesn't stand out enough):
More credibility problems for Bush
One more shocking revelation for the Bush administration. The news reported that videotapes and transcripts confirm allegations made by Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, that President Bush had some knowledge of Hurricane Katrina earlier than reported. The videotapes and transcripts seem to indicate that he was informed by the head of the weather service on Aug. 28, 2005, the day before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. ...
Note: This country was once ready to impeach the last president, Bill Clinton, for a "moral indiscretion" and the "lie" that followed.
This administration's alleged "indiscretions" have been of a more serious nature. Every week there seems to be another shocking headline coming out of the White House, such as: the questionable practices of a lobbyist; the wire-tappings; the vice president's shooting incident and how it was reported; and the most recent headline, "The Dubai Deal." The fact that the United Arab Emirates was and may be still going to operate several of our country's largest ports, and the fact that the Department of Homeland Security, Congress and the White House had very little knowledge, if any, of this questionable decision at this time, while we are at war with Iraq, is amazing.
What will next week's headlines read?
Frankie Gordon, Pineville
The Town Talk
The newest Republican talking is that we aren't losing in Iraq, but if we are it's the "liberal media's" fault. That should be a harder argument to make, when the people criticizing the war aren't liberals.
Can't blame a `liberal media'
Count on it. Any time one of our wars is not going well, certain people will trot out the same old line: The "liberal media" are to blame for it, undermining the war effort with treasonous criticism, etc. This is what Carlton Vance has done in his Feb. 27 letter to The Town Talk.
Here, for example, are a couple of recent statements from a prominent journalist that will probably get some blood boiling: "One can't doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. ... Different plans have to be made. And the kernel here is the acknowledgment of defeat."
No doubt some will conclude that the bad old liberal media are at it again, undermining the war effort by talking defeatism. Alas, the above quotes do not originate anywhere in the realm of "the liberal media" but in the flagship journal of conservatism itself, the National Review, on Feb. 24. And the writer of these words was William F. Buckley, kingpin of conservative journalism. ...
And it wasn't the liberal media that failed to account for the sectarian tensions in Iraq that have left the country on the verge of civil war, with American troops caught in the middle. This was all a result of the policies of the Bush administration, something Bill Buckley now understands, even if Carlton Vance doesn't.
Jeff Reeves, Woodworth