Do we deserve our military?

[DesertFox]

Jack Kelly

Radical Islamists are driving Christians from the Middle East, said Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute.

"From Morocco to the Persian Gulf, we are seeing the rapid erosion of Christian populations, thought to now number no more than 15 million," Ms. Shea wrote in National Review. "The extinction of these ancient church communities will lead to ever more extremism within the region and polarization from the non-Muslim world." There's one Middle Eastern country where the reverse is happening. Thousands of people attended Christmas services in Baghdad this year. Most of the worshippers were, of course, Christians. But in the pews with them were prominent Muslim clerics, both Sunni and Shia.

Hadi al Jazail, a Shiite, was among the roughly 2,000 people who crammed into the Mar Eliya church is eastern Baghdad.

"May Iraq be safe every year, and may our Christian brothers be safe every year," Mr. al Jazail told AP Television News. "We came to celebrate with them and to reassure them."

More (http://jewishworldreview.com/1207/jkelly.php3)

[MSGT]

As a country, NO.

[DesertFox]

Shux. They some decent Izzies after all. Dang.

[MSGT]

/confused
//Going to read article again

[DesertFox]

Thousands of people attended Christmas services in Baghdad this year. Most of the worshippers were, of course, Christians. But in the pews with them were prominent Muslim clerics, both Sunni and Shia.

Hadi al Jazail, a Shiite, was among the roughly 2,000 people who crammed into the Mar Eliya church is eastern Baghdad.

"May Iraq be safe every year, and may our Christian brothers be safe every year," Mr. al Jazail told AP Television News. "We came to celebrate with them and to reassure them." This is the part that matters. We keep hearing on this board that there are no moderate Izzies. There are, as I've said all along. They are in the majority, as I've said all along. They didn't dare speak up because the lunatics among them would've wiped them out along with their families, and in grisly fashion.

Given half a chance, decent people will triumph in the end. These just needed some help to get the fascist boot off their necks.

[sunsettommy]

This is the part that matters. We keep hearing on this board that there are no moderate Izzies. There are, as I've said all along. They are in the majority, as I've said all along. They didn't dare speak up because the lunatics among them would've wiped them out along with their families, and in grisly fashion.

Given half a chance, decent people will triumph in the end. These just needed some help to get the fascist boot off their necks.

I hope you are right because we and the world need that stabilizing majority to come out and squelch the fanatics.

[THEBIRD]

My wife grew up in Papaue New Guniea as an MK. Her parents are still in the Wycliffe organization.

We continually hear about massive revivals in China, Iran, Iraq and Israel.

I tend to think along the lines of Joel Rosenberg that this is happening because we are living close to the last days.

[The_Elucidator]

I tend to think along the lines of Joel Rosenberg that this is happening because we are living close to the last days.

I actually hope that we are in the end days as I don't see much hope for this old world changing for the better!

As to the topic of the thread; I do believe that some people don't deserve the blanket of freedom that the US Military provides, both here and around the world. Too much unappreciated bloodshed, even on our own soil.

[Beowulf]

Hm...I think no blue states deserve protection from the military since they've pretty much turned their backs on them.

When you Southerners rise up and re-start the Civil War, be sure to spare me and some other scattered Conservatives. We'll be more than happy to help.

[Neil Peart]

This is the part that matters. We keep hearing on this board that there are no moderate Izzies. There are, as I've said all along. They are in the majority, as I've said all along. They didn't dare speak up because the lunatics among them would've wiped them out along with their families, and in grisly fashion.One analyst said it best, "There are moderate Muslims, but Islam is not a moderate religion."