If you are willing to watch a mugger rob and murder for the sake of making peace with him at the expense of his victim, then begone. If you are willing to condemn those who seek liberty for the sake of those who do not, begone.
Those who are willing to sacrifice their liberty for the sake of safety (theirs or others) deserve neither liberty nor safety, and shall have neither.
And those who pray for peace at all costs always pray a two-faced prayer. For the victims of good-intentioned Utopians by far outnumber the victims of liberators.
As for prayer, it is sufficient to pray only that God's will be done in the battles ahead, be they diplomatic or military, and then do your best as a soldier or leader, trusting Him to deliver.
And that, my friend, is not a two-faced prayer.
I am continually astounded by those who preach peace because of the possibility that some few may fall to American bombs, but care not a whit about millions starved to death, hacked to death, tortured to death, gassed to death, burned to death, worked to death, buried alive, mutilated, deprived of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, enslaved, deprived of property, prosperity and opportunity, deprived of heritage and history, reeducated, intimidated, extorted, threatened, libelled, ... and now they want us to look away so that those who do these things can get their hands on nuclear weapons too, and threaten to do all this to even more people?
No one cares.
Certainly not the people who cry out against war now.
They want all these things to continue indefinitely, worldwide, and don't care if eventually these things are imported to this country because we failed to stop it while we could. We have seen their type before. We see that type every time we see someone look the other way when a crime is going down.
No one cares, least of all those whose wisdom is no more than parrotted lines from tenured marxist professors.
No one cares except some "warmongering" Americans, a few gallant Brits, and some others who know such tyranny first-hand, as do our friends in Eastern Europe.
Pacifist activism is a murder-suicide pact for the benefit of tyrants, perpetuated by people who do not understand what it is to be without liberty or hope.
Thanks for letting me know, by word number 9, that we probably shouldn't take you too seriously.
... are we prepared to watch them suffer for the leader's sake, that he may build temples unto himself and defy God...
So, you're saying that God has given you the special mission of seeing to it that Hussein stops defying God? Seems a bit presumptive to me.
... to live in a land that has children's prisons that even UN inspectors fear to describe lest the description incite people to war...
If Hussein really is the Son of Satan as you have described him here, then it seems to me that the UN inspectors have a duty to speak up in order that Hussein's people will be incited to war. If it's anyone's responsibility to get rid of the guy, it's that of the people he's apparently so brutally repressing, don't you think?
Be sure and let us all know when you've been issued a gun and when you're shipping out to bring liberty to the good people of Iraq. Or are you one of those who is all in favor of liberty for the oppressed, so long as it's someone else who does the dirtywork?
As for prayer, it is sufficient to pray only that God's will be done in the battles ahead, be they diplomatic or military, and then do your best as a soldier or leader, trusting Him to deliver.
I believe that the commandment "thou shalt not murder" can be overridden by God on occasion, but I'm unaware of His having done so recently. Has He, in your opinion, released us from that standard of behavior? If so, I'd like to be made aware of when the announcement happened.
If you're so willing to trust in God to deliver, why aren't you willing to go all the way, letting God handle it in His own way and in His own good time, instead of insisting on adopting the title of Deliverer yourself? Or is God just not taking action fast enough for you?
And that, my friend, is not a two-faced prayer.
Personally, I believe that "the judgments of God will overtake the wicked; and it is by the wicked that the wicked are punished; for it is the wicked that stir up the hearts of the children of men unto bloodshed". I'm not so anxious to join that crowd, myself. It is one thing to fight a defensive war, and another thing entirely to go on the offensive. If you're anxious for God to bring down His judgments on this nation, then by all means, let's go on the offensive and see what follows.
I am continually astounded by those who preach peace because of the possibility that some few may fall to American bombs, but care not a whit about millions...
And I am continaully astounded by those who proclaim faith in God, but who can't seem to wait to take God's power of life and death into their own hands.
No one cares except some "warmongering" Americans, a few gallant Brits, and some others who know such tyranny first-hand, as do our friends in Eastern Europe.
Yeah, I'm sure that France and Germany know absolutely nothing of tyranny first-hand. That's why they're such pacifists in this matter. Just chalk it up to ignorance, right?
Pacifist activism is a murder-suicide pact for the benefit of tyrants, perpetuated by people who do not understand what it is to be without liberty or hope.
Luke 14:28-30:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
Count the cost. Are you really sure that you have?