[CS-FSLUG] PD: Robertson and Falwell final denounced by religious leaders

[Clawman]

Indeed,

>>Thank you Clawman for bringing up the point I was going to make: since
>>when has diplomacy EVER worked?  Reagan didn't win the Cold War because
>>of diplomacy he won the Cold War because he had the biggest gun.  There
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>.. and this biggest gun was?  With nuclear weapons, who really cares if you can
>blow up the entire planet 30 times or only 20?
>
>One plausible explanation to me would be that the Soviets were simply the first
>to run out of money.
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The Soviets traditionally attempted to counter what the US military was 
up to.
Ol Gorby saw a time coming real soon when US technology would so far 
surpass
their own that there was no possible way to catch up with the resources 
available.
In the face of Reagan's blank check to military research (see Tesla's 
Death Ray,
aka Starwars), they surrendered! Better to seek peace when the odds were 
even
than to seek peace at the hands of a superior foe.
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>>is no such thing as friendship in international politics.  It really is
>>amazing to me that people still think that there will be peace on earth.
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>.. yet somehow dropping bombs on people will bring peace?
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Perhaps you should check out the old testament law a bit. See how God 
handled
the apples rotting society. See how God handled a people who, unless 
they were
all killed, would haunt Israel even to this day. Take a minute to ponder 
this concept,
which comes from God Himself.
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>>I think as a group we need to be better about making our points but
>>backing them with scripture.  I try to do it whenever I can because
>>without a scriptural backing what do you have?  A smelly opinion.  :-P
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>Matthew 5: 43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your
>enemy.'  44But I tell you: Love your enemies    and pray for those who persecute
>you,
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Indeed, I would say send missionaries and aid organizations into these 
regions to help
them change their ways. If they'd stop blowing them up, we'd probably 
get somewhere.

>38"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'    
>39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the
>right cheek, turn to him the other also.  40And if someone wants to sue you and
>take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
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Indeed, with the common people this works and should be practiced by our 
soldiers as well
as the civilians stationed there. The leaders, on the other hand, the 
power mad satan puppets
who inspire "others" to Jihad and Martyrdom, those who initiate the 
great evils of the middle
east, they should be brought to justice (and sometimes that means war if 
they happen to be the
leader of a nation).