Posted on 03/15/2006 5:11:37 PM PST by RWR8189
ARLINGTON, VA. -- The death of "peace activist" Tom Fox, and the threatened execution of the three others held with him in Iraq, is doubly tragic.
It is tragic whenever an innocent person is murdered. It is also tragic because the likelihood that the presence of Mr. Fox and his colleagues would change the attitude or behavior of their captors was zero to none.
That the "peace activists" believed their brand of Christianity would trump the fanatical Muslims who regarded them as infidels and worthy of death meant that Mr. Fox and the others would either be used for propaganda purposes by the enemies of freedom or made to sacrifice their lives like animals on an ancient altar in the furtherance of the fanatics' dream of a theocratic state. In this instance, they were used for both.
The motive of the activists was exposed in a statement from Christian Peacemaker Teams, under whose auspices Mr. Fox and the others traveled to Iraq. Spokeswoman Jessica Phillips said, "We believe that the root cause of the abduction of our colleagues is the U.S.- and British-led invasion and occupation of Iraq."
Strange thing about these peace movements: They rarely mobilize to oppose the killing, torture and imprisonment practiced by dictators. It is only when their own country attempts to end the oppression that the activists become active against America, not the initiators of evil. Peace, like happiness, is a byproduct, not a goal that can be unilaterally attained. Peace happens when evil is vanquished
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When fools coddle up to maniacs, the fools die. This is hardly unexpected. Hopefully, over time, the naive and delusional will wake up to reality.
Strange thing about these peace movements: They rarely mobilize to oppose the killing, torture and imprisonment practiced by dictators.
Cal Thomas -- brilliant, as usual
Still, the Islamofascists would have considered him an infidel precisely because he was NOT a Christian.
Remember, they kill Christians and Jews while reciting entirely different Koranic verses than they use when killing Infidels.
The "Peace Activists" by encouraging the murdering thugs of Islam have caused the death of many, including US servicemen. I will not mourn the death of someone who is complicit in murder.
Reminds me of the guy and his girlfriend who were buddies with bears. Until they got eaten.
Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 7:22
"Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
Matthew 7:23
"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
(NKJV)
I think that about says it all. May God rest the soul of Tom Fox, and forgive him his idiocies.
I am still baffled as to why anyone, at least any patriotic American, would be at all saddened by Fox's death.
Were we saddened when Qusay and Uday were killed? Are we saddened when a US predator takes out a house full of terrorists? Are we saddened when a US sniper picks off an insurgent or someone harboring one?
Fox was a traitor to his nation. He aligned himself with terrorists. He provided media cover to the enemy and made it harder for US forces to operate in theater.
Why should I be in the least bit saddened by Fox's death? Why is anyone?
Christian peace activists occupy an unfortunate no-man's land. When they're killed, the right has no sympathy for them because they're peaceniks. And the left has no sympathy because they're Christians. The death of a Christian peace activist goes relatively unmourned.
I just hope no troops are killed trying to rescue the activists from their own Useful Idiocy.
LOL, that is hilarious!
I always knew being stupid could get you killed ...
Tom Fox: "I come in peace!"
Terorists: "Then go in pieces."
The irony of course is that they are neither for peace nor Christian. Their deeds encourage evil and cause further division and strife. The lack of mourning for their wasted lives is fitting. Let us save our respects for heroes who die for us, not fools who die for an alien ideology.
Well, he did find eternal peace, but he didn't have to go all the way over there to find it.
That would be Timothy "I would be honored to end up as bear scat" Treadwell.
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