[ET(end tyranny)]

Perhaps you're right. God probably would prefer that the US leave Saddam alone so that Saddam can continue to exterminate Kurds. God would surely side with tyrannts like Saddam that kill people because they don't follow their sect of islam. God would definately support Iraq over Israel.

God would want Iraq to continue their production of WMD. And God would surely be proud of Iraq for using its monies towards WMD and elaborate palaces INSTEAD of medicines and foods for the civilians.

God would surely side with a nation dtermined to destroy Israel, be it through scud missiles or support of terrorists.

It's all perfectly clear now.

NOT!!!

[Quix]

YOU SEEM TO ENJOY PUTTING WORDS IN MY FINGERS.

NOT AT ALL WHAT YOU SATIRICALLY SUGGESTED.

It's complex and who am I to dare figure out the mind of God in all this.

But I have some guesses. Iraq seems to have some real heavy duty demonic forces connected with it through the ages--and certainly driving Saddam. Certainly God is set against Saddam and his tyranny; his hostility to Israel and his hostility and evil violence to his own peoples not to mention the region and the world.

There's even the possibility that God is determined to USE THE U.S. to deal somewhat with Iraq forcefully--AND USE OUR INVOLVING OUR ARROGANCE IN HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT to also teach us some humility and a return to dependence on and loyalty to The Only Almighty God. God is certainly big enough to do multiple things with one situation.

It is quite reasonable to me that our agreeing to the silliness of setting up a Palistinian state at the jugular of Israel's throat will be a key to how much God disciplines us in the coming hostilities . . . as well as the timing of said hostilities and how much grace we have to prepare our hearts, lives and country for the hostilities and the evidently dreadful things to follow.

We are seriously hypocritical with Israel--not a wise thing to do before Almighty God regarding HIS thanks to Abraham for Abraham's friendship with God. We expect and demand the right to pursue and obliterate all terrorism wherever we find it and whatever state we find it in--though I doubt we'll try it with China or Russia or even Cuba or Indonesia for that matter. But we expect Israel to bend over and enjoy it no matter how often or how brutally Arafart scr*ws them over. That double standard is not likely pleasing to God.