Posted on 01/15/2002 5:29:24 AM PST by truthandlife
They're making a list,
checking it twice,
gonna find out who's gonna be food for the mice
Delta Force is coming to town...
Maybe DFU can help finish this off...
It's true, it's just that most of the kidnapees are Filipino christians. These Abu Sayyef thugs get off on blowing up churches and terrorizing civilians. There's a filipino nurse that the islamothugs took hostage also, but she's overshadowed by the Burnhams because she's not american. Whether or not this is a matter for the Phillipines to handle, well, you have to consider what our enemies are doing....are they placing such restrictions on themselves? Do a google search on "Abu Sayyef" and you should be well on your way. Do one on "Sudanese Christians" too...you'll see a pattern developing.
"The missionaries decided to risk their lives to convert Catholics to Baptists, and they knew the danger and accepted that risk. Converting Catholics to Baptists is not in our national interest, has nothing to do with the defense of our country."
I see what you're saying, but is that necessarily the focus of their presence there? Or are they just trying to be good samaritans and help those less fortunate? If we start attacking the islamist nazis where they breed, it's going to send a clear message to them that terrorist actions are going to come with a higher price in the future...
Their departure had been the result of a decision by the Philippine Senate not to renew the leases on the bases, and
led to a cooling of bilateral ties.
I'd like to redirect the thread with a little truth here.
The article indicates that the Philippine Senate caused
the US to leave the Philippines but it was the eruption of
Mt. Pinatubo and the resultant inundation by volcanic
ash that caused our military to give up our presence
there. The decision by the Philippine Senate was after
that to save face about loosing all of the support to
their economy that the US had been.
From the link:
But as we cautiously emerged from our shelters Sunday
morning and looked in awe on the gray devastation all
around us, we knew things were never going to get back
to normal. Buried in ash several inches deep, with
hundreds of buildings collapsed, Clark, Subic, San
Miguel and Cubi Point were no longer able to support us.
Roads were blocked by mud, tree limbs, and abandoned
vehicles; the power was still out and there wasn't much
food and water.
It's true, it's just that most of the kidnapees are Filipino christians.
Fair enough, which would explain why they don't show up on my daily news searches. I'll take your word for it and try the search for Abu Sayyef you suggested in the morning. I do keep up with the enslaved and persecuted Christians in the Sudan and the war on Christians in Indonesia (not to mention the US backing of Islamic fundamentalists in former Yugoslavia against Christians). Thank you kindly for your help and suggestions!
Or are they just trying to be good samaritans and help those less fortunate?
Perhaps you are right, and I withhold judgment on that (even though the four Baptist missionary families I met bound for the Philippines had no other goal in mind but to convert Catholics to Baptists). Even if they went for the most wonderful and altruistic reasons, despite State Dept. warnings...still they ignored those warnings and went on their own despite them, and no reason to send our boys in to rescue them.
If we start attacking the islamist nazis where they breed, it's going to send a clear message to them that terrorist actions are going to come with a higher price in the future...
Yes, if it's in our national interest, for the defense of our nation, then, yes, of course! That's what our boys signed up for. Just don't let us pretend it is for the sake of some missionaries. Sets a bad precedent.
Sorry for my slow and bad typing...I have a broken arm. Best regards, wonders
Wagner High Online Alumni you have my love, pride and respect
for all you went through and for all that you appear to have become!
Wow! Thank you for your question and concern! No, I no longer live there (was there 14 months 1992-1993). I went from Cambodia to former Yugoslavia (until 1998), then returned to the US, but still receive precious letters from my Cambodian friends through a World Vision nurse who returns home to Chicago each Christmas, Bless her dear heart.
Again, thank you for the story of your wonderful friend. It has given me hope and a great example to try to follow.
Ditto. Cambodia, eh? Me too.
Like the guy from Spokane who feasted at the local Botulism Mary restaurant, predictably succumbed to dysentary, and required 5 liters of IV glucose by the time I got him to the emergency room three days later.
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