[RightOnline]

""Missionary, Missionary, leave us alone - we've got a God of our own" -- a Sioux song"

Rather freakin' tasteless. You just weren't raised right.

[CedarDave]

My prayers are with those injured and I send condolences to the families of those killed.

But, at the risk of starting a flame war, I am not sure that this is the right time for Christian missionaries to be in country. We are trying to pacify a country with a history of violence and a suspicion of westerners, especially westerners who might be challenging their religious tradition of Islam. Now I believe that Islam is NOT equivalent in any way, shape or form to Christianity, and is certainly not the "Religion of Peace". However, in the current climate missionaries serve as a focus for insurgents within the local population. They then target American soldiers and civilians who are trying to disarm the country so as to allow a fledgling democracy to take root.