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To: IronJack

Strongly held religious convictions to the point of war is a similarity. They are part of the mix in Iraq and in Ireland. I agree that the US does not see this as a religious conquest.


84 posted on 11/14/2006 4:59:54 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
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To: xzins
I agree that the US does not see this as a religious conquest.

And Cromwell did.

I don't mean to discount your comparison; religion is the subtext in everything that happens in the Middle East. I just don't think the West has the religious critical mass (pardon the pun) to mount a crusade again. And I don't think Islam has the cohesion. So it's a matter of apathy versus chaos.

At least at the religious level ...

Whatever the West is fighting for, it isn't Christianity.

85 posted on 11/14/2006 6:30:39 PM PST by IronJack
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