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Many touching and personal details are in the full article, including the fact that some of these volunteers had been selflessly serving the poor in this region for decades, had raised their families in Kabul, and --- surprising, perhaps, to some --- did no specifically Christian missionizing.

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1 posted on 08/09/2010 6:29:23 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Sometimes, people choose to bring God’s wrath down upon themselves and their children — and it’s best to let them have that which they have chosen.


2 posted on 08/09/2010 6:31:48 AM PDT by RJR_fan (Christians need to reclaim and excel in the genre of science fiction.)
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To: little jeremiah; NYer; Salvation; don-o

Your thoughts?


3 posted on 08/09/2010 6:31:48 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Show me one who loves: he knows what I mean." St. Augustine)
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but we don't understand the Taliban
4 posted on 08/09/2010 6:31:59 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Maybe, they were killed BECAUSE they were NOT Muslim! Period.


5 posted on 08/09/2010 6:34:52 AM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
the religion of peace and tolerance?
6 posted on 08/09/2010 6:36:25 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Saving lives is definitely against the muslim tradition.


7 posted on 08/09/2010 6:36:25 AM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
... friends and family bitterly rejected Taliban claims the group had tried to convert Afghans to Christianity.

Sadly, This statement seems to suggest that if the group had tried to convert Afghans to Christianity then the killing would have been justified....

9 posted on 08/09/2010 6:38:38 AM PDT by TaxPayer2000 (The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government,)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

As Jesus said, “By their fruit, you will know them.”
Christians bring help and life to others. Muslims bring vicious death. Both will have their reward.


10 posted on 08/09/2010 6:38:50 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Wow! I used to live in the Albany, NY area and used to attend Loudonville.

“Vengeance is mine” says the Lord. “I will repay.”


11 posted on 08/09/2010 6:39:40 AM PDT by sauropod (The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I thought Obama’s tribute to these brave souls was particularly touching. /s


12 posted on 08/09/2010 6:39:47 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Truman authorized two drops and was prepared for two or three more to bring an out of control, insanely idealistic nation to ... not it's knees ... but to do what rational men want in an irrational condition ...


Stop it ... immediately ... by whatever means.


There's not a one of us ... not you nor me ... that has not experienced something in life where we wished it would just stop .. immediately.


Develope the will to kill .. or be killed.

13 posted on 08/09/2010 6:41:19 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

...just another example of Muslims contributing to the world of peace and science....ain’t that right Odumbo.


15 posted on 08/09/2010 6:42:58 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Mrs. Don-o

It is tragic, yet despite it all - God knows what He’s doing. He will take what was meant for evil & use it for good.

I do understand the Taliban murderers - they serve their father - the devil. And the devil always comes to steal and to kill...and he uses his followers to exact his agenda.

Yes, I do believe these people weren’t “missionizing” as you say. As believers, they knew they could simply live-out the love of Christ, pray for the lost, and deliver healing in the region. They also knew what Muslims don’t know - that individuals cannot “convert” anyone to Christianity. They knew that it is only the Father Who can draw men to Himself.


18 posted on 08/09/2010 6:46:21 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Like the Grizzly Man but with medical degrees. Some people learn the hard way that you can’t change the nature of savages.


19 posted on 08/09/2010 6:48:05 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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they don't need to specifically evangelize.

It is often said, and Scripturally accurate, that others will know the Gospel by the life you live.

They lived the Gospel of love and service which made them an enemy of the Koran's followers..

21 posted on 08/09/2010 6:53:03 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Until the woman, oppressed by the taliban, poison and slit the throats of these cruel in their sleep, there will be no freedom for them or their children.

I believe it is up to the WOMEN of the muslim world to save it from radical islam.


28 posted on 08/09/2010 7:00:23 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

GET ALL OUR FOLKS THE HELL OUT!!

No matter how many more lives we waste or how much more treasure we piss away over there, when the last Westerner leaves, these folks will revert to their eons old tribal/sectarian murdering and NOTHING will have changed.

NOTICE TO ALL FOREIGN CITIZENS and THEIR GOVERNMENTS!
(EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY)

1. As a sovereign nation, you have the same rights to govern your nation as we have. Whether freely elected or despotic tyranny, how you run your government and DOMESTIC affairs is between you and your leaders. If you people don’t like how your government is behaving, we suggest you read some American history for the period between, say, 1774 and 1789. The world is awash in various sorts of small arms and other weapons. Getting enough to turn out your tyrant-du-jour ought not be a problem. Yes, many people will die (just as they did HERE in the late 1700s). It’s the price of freedom. But — and this is important to us — our SOLDIERS will not be among the dead. And even MORE importantly, MY kids and grandkids won’t be there. And trust us when we tell you that the casualties of your revolution will pale compared to those you will suffer should we be forced to invoke Clause 3!

2. Please pay SPECIAL attention to the word “domestic” in number 1.

3. The MINUTE we become privy to firm, corroborated intelligence that you have plans to harm the United States or one of our recognized allies — or, worst case — DO, in fact carry out such an operation, the United States and any such allies who wish to assist will come to you and request that you cease and desist. If you refuse to do so, we will TURN MOST OF YOUR LAND INTO A SMOKING RUIN. If you’ve never seen RUBBLE BOUNCE, it’s quite a sight. Just as the Japanese saw that in 1945, we saw a good bit of that on 9/11 – and will never forget it. The Japanese never forgot it – and neither will those of you who survive! We include in this list of threats AIDING, ABETTING, HARBORING, TRAINING OR SUPPLYING THOSE WHO, ALTHOUGH NOT CITIZENS OF YOUR NATION, MAKE PLANS TO HARM US OR AN ALLY.

We wish to live and have peaceful, honest and fair trade with all peoples — BUT harm us or injure/kill American/allied citizens AND YOUR WORLD AS YOU HAVE KNOWN IT WILL SIMPLY GO AWAY — FOREVER. No more PC “Nation Building” crap. Our military will be employed ONLY for those tasks for which they have been traditionally trained throughout history: TO KILL ENEMY TROOPS AND DESTROY ENOUGH OF THE ENEMY’S “STUFF” TO CAUSE THEM TO QUIT THE FIGHT. If some of you think we need “Nation Builders,” send in the UN — from which America will have withdrawn and “off-shored” to somewhere in Europe. (and good luck with these clowns).

(If you have never seen it, slide on down to Blockbuster and rent “The Day the Earth Stood Still” with Arabic/Farsi subtitles, of course. REREAD 3 AND THINK “GORT.”)

And also remember that, since we have pulled our guys out of other nations and closed those bases – horribly costly activities with which we are no longer burdened — we have devoted those diverted resources to new, more effective human intelligence gathering methods using many of YOUR citizens as paid snitches (no more stupid Church Amendment!) so we WILL KNOW when you’re up to no good. And don’t forget that those freed up resources will allow development of more devastating weapons should we need them. Trust us when we tell you that they’re really cool.

4. And speaking of “cool,” once those smoking ruins have sufficiently cooled – and the radiation levels have fallen — we will put boots on the ground, clear any remaining resistance and seize your former property for the benefit of those who participated in the neutralization of the threat you posed. Casualties among our troops should be very limited because, as we think you have seen, the weapons possessed by the United States will leave very few to resist. REREAD 4 AND THINK 51st STATE!

Call us with any QUESTIONS. Or visit our web site at www.bendoverandkissyourassgoodbye.gov

Thank you for your support in this vital matter.
The SANE People of the United States of America (all 30 of us).

Until this becomes our policy, we continue to honor those who have paid the ultimate price for the freedoms so many of us now take for granted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDrbbtaO0E
A photo was recently posted on the web showing a white board in a Marine barracks in Iraq on which one trooper had written the following:
“America is NOT at war. The United States military is at war. America is at the MALL!”

Indeed!

PS: Once we rid ourselves of Obama and his thugs, we’re going to tap our OWN natural resources so we won’t be needing all that petroleum from the Middle East. You folks over there might want to accelerate your program to convert sand and oil into something edible. Later, dudes!!


32 posted on 08/09/2010 7:13:38 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (The upcoming election is the most important in our lifetimes!!! BE THERE!!!!!!!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

If we say, “The Muslims”, speaking in general how are we different than the murderers who say “The Christians”. It is better to say “Certain Muslims”, or “those Muslims”. Prejudice generates hatred. “Those Muslims who slaughtered those innocent people committed a grave atrocity. My neighbors who are Muslims are righteous people who are likewise appalled and offended.”


33 posted on 08/09/2010 7:16:37 AM PDT by JTWildfeather (Russia, China, Military, Arms, Race, Oil)
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May God Bless them all and may they all have given their lives to the greatest means of turning the Afghan people to the greater good that America and the coalition of others are trying to do...so that the war there speeds up to end IN OUR FAVOR.

This was senseless and shows the Talibans' true colors.

34 posted on 08/09/2010 7:18:29 AM PDT by NordP (COMMON SENSE CONSERVATIVES - Love of Country, Less Govt, Stop Spending, No Govt Run Health Care!!!)
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“Their mission was humanitarian, and they went there to help people,” said Nedam...

Something the tallyban doesn’t seem to have as their creed. So just visualize a society intent on furthering the tenets of Islam at the expense of nations, peoples, governments, and world religious and secular history. Humanitarian is a word not contained in the Islamic dictionary, IMHO!

Not a pretty visualization death and destruction come to mind beginning with the many many documented terror attacks on peoples world wide in this and the last century, by what can only be called the fruits of Islam. All puns intended.


35 posted on 08/09/2010 7:20:09 AM PDT by wita
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