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At this risk of getting this all out of order (since you edited rather than replying).. The west is RUN by militant christians (and militant jews and militant
by milfot 14y ago
At this risk of getting this all out of order (since you edited rather than replying)..
The west is RUN by militant christians (and militant jews and militant atheists etc). They use armies to inflict their particular brand of extremism. They killed about a million iraquis. They murder people in cold blood by dropping missiles from drones from 50,000 ft up. Pretty fucking extreme if you ask me.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoCould you please show us the militant Jews and atheists running the West?
- milfot 14y agoYeah, you got me there, I actually have no idea.. I just assumed there would be some people with other beliefs in the armed forces in US, UK, Israel, Australia (ie. the west).
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoI'd bet the UK and Australia have atheists in their armed forces, but they don't run the world. I've met militant Jews in Israel's armed forces, but they don't run the world either. The United States runs the world, but has a heavily Protestant tilt.
- milfot 14y agoFair cop.. I was just trying to be inclusive ;) Point I was trying to make is the militancy is an end in itself and the belief structures are simply bent to serve it.. in refutation of the idea that militancy in the muslim world is peculiarly religious. They find religious justifications for operational killings in order not to abandon their religion, not because their religion demands it. US forces just abandon religion when it suits them and call themselves a secular nation. The British made themselves a whole new religion answerable to the head of state. These are all just ways of twisting religion to serve power.
- kenbot 14y agoThis is a commonly made argument, but it's silly. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were declared by the secular government of a secular state for geopolitical reasons. Most of the individuals are Christian, but the war and tactics have nothing whatsoever to do with Christian doctrine or motivations. The "Muslim militants" under discussion launch attacks for specifically Muslim motives, with carefully constructed justifications cross-referenced to precise verses from the Koran and Hadiths.
- Evbn 14y agoRead up on the neo-conservative philosophy on Israel and its support from Armageddon Christians.