[.cnI redruM]

George S. Patton used to proclaim he was Hannibal reincarnated and stated that God put him on Earth to win WW II. His genuinely eccentric, no flat-out whacked religious views, in no way inhibited his ability to organize and lead soldiers to victory. With no personal disrespect intended, I heartily disagree with your eloquently stated point of view.

[KellyAdmirer]

Patton came darn close to losing his job to the PC police, too, in Sicily. Thank goodness he survived that particular battle.

[Rockitz]

That's the stark difference between political leaders, such as the general, and religious leaders and other idealogues. While a politician's private thoughts may be quite different than what he says, he must speak for all and in his nation's best interests on the world stage. A religious leader, on the other hand, can and should speak from his most deep-seated convictions.

I am a born-again Christian, yet I realize that this distinction is necessary to operate in the real world. Pragmatism is not a sell out of principle, rather it is the ultimate use of our God-given wisdom.

[ImpBill]

I'm with you. I am not by any means a religious person, so zealotry is not my aim, but the sooner we get this war accurately defined, as the General puts it, the sooner and with less casualites we are going to win it.

This is not a religious war, but it is a war between the fanatical and insidious philosphy of Islam at its fundamental core and the rest of the civilized world.

Until our leadership both recognizes that and places total victory as our goal we will fight the thing piecemeal and take un-necessary casualties.