New Citizens Report on Iraq Makes Case for Victory

Pray for President Bush - Day 2322 - 2.6.07
Posted by Convert to ohioWfan
On News/Activism 02/06/2007 11:01:42 PM PST · 26 of 30

Lorica for USA Military Troops and Our President
Eternal Father
I pray for all of the troops of the United States of America
I pray for the President of the United States of America
I pray for all who are friends to them
In battle and in our government
Preserve them, protect them, strengthen them

May they arise today through a Mighty Strength
The invocation of the Trinity
I pray through a belief in the Threeness
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of Creation

Your Strength
To pilot them
Your Might
To uphold them
Your Wisdom
To guide them
Your eye to look before them
Your ear to hear them
Your Word to speak for them
Your hand to guard them
Your way to lie before them
Your shield to protect them
Your hosts to secure them
From the snares of the the devil
From temptation of vices
From everyone who desires them ill
Afar and anear
Alone and in multitude
Put Your angels and Your Grace
Your Glory and Your Might
and all Your Creation
Between them
and all evil
Against every cruel merciless power
That opposes their bodies and souls
Against incantations of false prophets
Against black laws of pagandom
Against false laws of error
Against craft of idolatry
Against spells of witches and wizards and anyone
Against every knowledge that corrupts body and soul
Jesus Christ shield them today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, Against wounding
So that they may receive abundant reward

Christ be with them
Before them
Behind them
In them
Beneath them
Above them
Christ on their right
Christ on their left
Christ when they lie down
Christ when they sit down
Christ when they arise
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of them
Christ in mouth of everyone who speaks of them
Christ in the eye that sees them
Christ in the ear that hears them

Holy Spirit to give them
Swift victory
Honorable, merciful, charitable victory
In every battle in which they are engaged
Holy Spirit to grant
With each victory
Peace founded on Your Mercy and Your Law

May they arise today through a mighty strength
The invocation of the Trinity
I pray through a belief in the Threeness
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation
Based on the Lorica of St. Patrick

I would like to direct your attention to two more authoritative works.
Victory Is Not an Option
The Mission Can't Be Accomplished -- It's Time for a New Strategy
By William E. Odom, a retired Army lieutenant general, was head of Army intelligence and director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan, member National Security Council staff under Jimmy Carter, West Point graduate with a PhD from Columbia, teaches at Yale, a fellow of the Hudson Institute.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020901917.html

The second is:
'For the first time, a real blueprint for peace in Iraq'
By Ali Allawi, former Iraqi Defense Minister
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2125419.ece

Published: 05 January 2007

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