Every gun that it made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘war’
April 29, 2008
Circuit training…
I have not felt like blogging recently. Here are some highlights in this week’s curriculum vitae:
Friday, April 25: I went to hear Willard Swartley at the Parish Resource Center. The topic was “Teaching and Preaching on War and Peace.” He was very good. Dr. Bob Webber provided a response. Some good exchange. I need to [...]
March 28, 2008
How the World sees America…
I sat down to eat my lunch today and turned the TV on to C-SPAN2. Amar Bakshi was in the middle of a press conference speaking about his project- How the World sees America. This fascinating project took him on a 5-month trip to 11 countries around the world. Bakshi is a reporter for the [...]
November 20, 2007
Seek ye first…
Shane Claiborne, of the Simple Way community, was in Baghdad while American forces were carrying out the “shock and awe” attacks during March of 2003. When asked if he was a traitor, he responded with the following:
• “If this bloody, counterfeit liberation is American… I am proud to be Un-American.
• If depleted uranium is American… [...]
November 12, 2007
Veterans Day…
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,”dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were white like [...]
September 11, 2007
How to create a democracy?
From the Less With More Global Politics Cookbook:
Ingredients:
1 pre-emptive military strike…
1 prolonged occupation…
Mix together with de-stabilizing forces such as sectarian extremist groups…
Let bake ____ years
Instructions:
Don’t ask any questions about the recipe. Once you have begun this recipe, don’t try other recipes. When it looks like the recipe isn’t going to turn out, add another ingredient (surge).
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Here is an [...]
August 1, 2007
Rob Dreher on the Iraq War…
Here is the refreshingly honest re-evaluation of once held beliefs by Rob Dreher–the Crunchy Conservative.
Can we all agree that the most important issue in the 2008 presidential election in the United States is foreign policy and the ideology that is driving the war machine?
May 12, 2007
Cost of the Iraq War…
The cost of the Iraq War is staggering. I watched the last bit of a special by Bill Moyers on PBS last evening. I was sickened.
Can a leader ever admit a policy mistake while in office?
Mission accomplished?
Can the United States afford to spend 10 more years in Iraq?
15-month tours of duty…
The rhetoric of [...]
February 14, 2007
Worshipping the Slaughtered Lamb…
Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals; and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break the seals?” And no one in heaven [...]
