1. It's bad form to change the subject just because you've been shown to be wrong.
2. Accusations of self-righteousness are always spiritually dangerous to those who deal in them, because they insidiously invite the one who offers them into the role of Accuser.
3. No it isn't. Don Juan defended Europe from an unprovoked aggressor.
The subject was, originally, that the Rosary is a great help to our troops in the field, including my younger brother. You changed the subject to imply that our troops pray only as some kind of winning talisman without any attention to the spiritual aspects of warfare.
Accusations of self-righteousness are always spiritually dangerous to those who deal in them, because they insidiously invite the one who offers them into the role of Accuser.
A tautologous statement. You implied that you alone have sufficient discernment to understand the full scope of the prayer to St. Michael.
No it isn't. Don Juan defended Europe from an unprovoked aggressor.
And the US is defending Iraq from an unprovoked aggressor - unless it is your opinion that this Zarqawi character has some kind of justifiable grievance against our troops.
Let's brush up on the details of Lepanto - the Turk felt that he was provoked into war by the aggressive and disrespectful activities of the Venetians.
I'll add that Lepanto is right off the coast of Aetolia and was therefore well within the Turk's territory - taking the fight to the Turk in his own waters looks suspiciously like a preemptive act of aggression.