Theocracy @ MindSay 
“The War in Iraq”
Over 50 million people lost their lives in WWII. Nearly 20 million of them were from one country: the Soviet Union. A fact history seems to have forgot. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of communism but the Jews (for whom I have up-most respect) were not the only victims of this terrible war. Among the dead were also 500,000 Americans who sacrificed everything for what our country stands for and is called to defend.
In my view America won this war because it had to. There simply was no other choice. It may have cost us the lives of more than a half million of our children, parents and siblings but the alternative would have been far worse than the sacrifices these individuals had to make. In such circumstances committing our nation to war may appear like a simple choice but, as we all may know, can be an often difficult road to wander.
The war in Iraq is far more than what it seems. Many people do not realize the consequences of losing this war. It could easily set the stage for a Muslim country to become a world power which we simply can not allow. These people kill in the name of God as if they were martyrs. They are far from that. They are murderers who will execute a man for not being a Muslim or even for not being the “right” kind of Muslim. Can you imagine living in a country where you have to pretend to follow a particular religion to avoid being persecuted, oppressed and deprived of your basic rights?
The thing a lot of people don’t seem to understand is that Islam does not believe in the separation of church and state. The religion goes so far as to promote theocracy as the only legitimate form of government which is exactly the point I want to make. The conflict we’re in is really about which form of government should prevail. The choices being what democracy has to offer versus what theocracy threatens to impose on our children. Communism never was and never will be as great a threat as theocracy is and will continue to be if something is not done to prevent the inevitable from occurring. These people want to rule the world according to Islam. They are willing to do whatever it takes to overcome the evil Americans and force their way of life on everyone else. I can think of no worse fate for the world than that.
I predict that America will leave Iraq to the wolves and go on it’s merry way. Meanwhile the villains will continue on their mission to establish a world power that can confront the existing ones. Global warming will contribute to the problem and set the stage for a world war that will be far worse than anyone can imagine. It will take between 50 to 100 years to play out. I believe the death toll will far surpass that of WWII and may reach into the billions and billions.
Eventually, peace will return to the Earth. Since most people will be dead there will be little or no reason to
provoke future wars. People will live here and there in pockets and be more in tune with their survival than fighting is worth. The world will live in (relative) peace for as long as it takes the human race to recover which (if you believe in the Bible) should take about a thousand years or circa that figure.
Having said this I would like to suggest that the war in Iraq is worth winning (and can be won). Although I don’t agree with the presidents motives for starting this war, it has nothing to do with the situation we’re in now. It makes no sense to pull our troops out of Iraq when the fate of the world is (quite possibly) at hand. We must be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to win this war or reap the consequences theocracy most certainly has in store.
There's a dangerous movement in this country today. A movement so insidious that otherwise intelligent people are getting sucked into it without their knowing it's even happening.
It began somewhere after 9/11, when this country was gripped in fear that planes would be flown into more buildings and maybe even some pretty large bridges. For days we had NO airplanes in the air at all over our airspace. [Well, perhaps some military jets.]
Many of us sat outside, staring up at the clouds and marveling about the lack of planes 'up there'. But we 'understood'. We understood why people were stranded all over this country--no, all over the world.
Because we were afraid. And understandably so.
Then, because it seemed the right thing to do, we got angry. We got angry because Americans do NOT take kindly to being attacked on their home shores.
To show the solidarity of our anger, we flew flags from our front porches and our flagpoles. We put them on our cars and our trucks and our backpacks and our jackets. We were AMERICANS and we were damn well going to hunt down and bring to justice those who had the NERVE to plan and carry out this attack against us.
And in the days following 9/11, we identified these attackers. And we identified their religion. Because it seemed as though it was their religion that brought them to the place where they could sacrifice their own lives in the passion to terrify ours.
And terrify us it did. Because the kind of attacks perpetrated upon us were alien to us. We couldn't understand how someone could sacrifice their lives in a suicide attack upon us.
We had never known such hatred towards us, and we didn't like it. We didn't like it at all.
The trouble was, there were so many Americans who failed to discover that it wasn't the entire religion of the men flying the planes who were at fault here. We just lumped all of them under the same umbrella because that was the easiest thing to do.
Slowly, but surely, the hatred was settling in inside our hearts and wasn't feeling strange to us anymore. It felt 'safe' to hate these people. After all, look what THEY had done to us!
Secretly we enjoyed the fear we spread upon the people who proclaimed this 'alien religion' as theirs. It didn't matter if they were also Americans. What mattered now was what religion they were proclaiming as their own.
How funny that we forgot that the first settlers came here because they were seeking religious freedom.
They didn't want to worship the way a King told them they must. They felt they had a right to observe any religion they wished to, and worship God how they chose to. And in order to do so, they had to leave the countries of their birth and came here, to this land, America.
But for us, this is all grade school stuff. We started learning about this back in first grade, if not kindergarten. It's an old, old story to us now.
But in the 18th century, it was of such prime importance to the men who came together to form what would become the United States of America that they put it into the Bill of Rights. Because they felt that no one should ever be told that they couldn't go to whatever church or house of worship they wanted to. And that included the fact that if someone didn't want to worship at all, that was all right, too.
And they decided that it was also of prime importance that The State [meaning the government] and The Church [various houses of worship] be separated because they understood full well what happened to people when they were not. Had not the early settlers showed that?
Today, in this great country, there is a push on that we [The People] should declare this a Christian country. By God, that will keep those plane-flying suicidal jerks from getting a leg up on us again, won't it?
But you see, there's a couple of problems with that. And one is that there is not ONE Christian religion. There are many. And which one are we going to declare ourselves to be? I'm sure the Catholics would want it to be them, and surely the Methodists want it to be them, and then you have the Presbyterians and the Baptists, and... Well, I think you get the idea, don't you?
And what about those people that don't want to be Christian? Well, let's just FORCE them to convert, shall we? Won't THAT make us safe?
And what about those that don't want to believe in a God at all? Well, they MUST! Because if they don't, then they are obviously our enemies, and let's make them leave!
In fact, if ANYONE doesn't believe exactly the way we do, they are also enemies!
There. Doesn't that feel BETTER?
Doesn't that make you less FEARFUL?
Doesn't that help you sleep at night?
Well, if it does, it just means that you don't understand the situation.
Because what it means is that our Government is undermining our religious freedoms as spelled out in our Constitution and we are in seriously DEEP SHIT.
Already our President has suspended Habeus Corpus. This means that even though it was meant to help us 'get the bad guys' [heh], they can also arbitrarily call one of us a 'bad guy' and they can put us in a jail somewhere and when your lawyer calls and says, "What are the charges against my client?" THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO TELL THEM. And they can keep you locked up as long as they want.
And you know why? Because the Government will probably make something up just so they can keep you off the streets and then WE CAN ALL FEEL SAFER.
But you trust the Government you say?
How can you, when it's been proven that our Government KNEW there were NO 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' in Iraq, but told us that anyway so they could go over there and 'get' Saddam Hussein? [We won't even get into that whole mess. Suffice to remember the LIES that took us there.]
And aren't our Government employees just the BEST? I'm not going to name names here; you can Google and find out what our representatives and our senators have been up to and some are still serving! [Seemingly only the worst are gone. And if you believe THAT, I have a bridge to sell you. Those are only the ones who have had the misfortune to be CAUGHT.]
All over this world, there are people still being persecuted for their beliefs. There are young girls being killed by their own families for talking to boys of other SECTS. [Same religion, some different beliefs.]
What do you think they would say to you from their graves if they could?
Wouldn't they tell you that religious freedom is one of the most important things we have here in the United States of America? That we can STILL be a shining beacon to a dark world. Not because of what religion we are, but because we are big enough to embrace ALL religions.
And we ARE big enough and we ARE People enough to keep it out of the hands of our Government so that America can still shine as a beacon to the world.
Because I, as an American who believes in God, believe that I have an inalienable right to worship my God however I choose. And I believe my neighbor has that same right, although he might believe that his God lives in trees. And I believe that my other neighbor has a right to believe that Science is God.
Because it is NOT our religions [or lack thereof] that makes us Americans.
It is our right to HAVE our own religions that we so cherish.
Do not fear those other religions.
Fear the people who would have those other religions taken away. THEY are the enemy.
And we elected them.
Remember, the Separation of Church and State is vitally important to America.
Don't forget.
And although I am just one tiny voice in the blogosphere, there are others out there who are saying this same thing, and probably saying it much better than I can.
Please visit http://blogagainsttheocracy.blogspot.com/ to read more about this subject.
To learn more about the issues of Church and State, please visit http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/.
And after those, reread the Constitution of the United States and reread the Declaration of Independence.
They will make you proud to be an American all over again.
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Did any of check out any of the websites I listed? They were created for the release of the Nine Inch Nails album called "Year Zero". It is a concept album set 15 years in the future where the willingness to give up our liberty has caught up with us. Kind of a musical version of "1984". This message appears on the back of the CD:
USBM WARNING:
Consuming or spreading this material may be deemed subversive by the United States Bureau Of Morality. If you or someone you know has engaged in subversive acts or thoughts, call:
1-866-445-6580
BE A PATRIOT - BE AN INFORMER!
You will actually get a message if you call this number. There is also a place on one of the websites to enter your phone number to join the resistance. However, you will receive a call from the USBM. Great album and great concept. Let's hope Trent Reznor is not a prophet!
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Tuesday 19 April 2005
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.- Bob Dylan, 'With God on Our Side'
Ten years ago today, an anti-government extremist named Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck filled with fertilizer and fuel oil in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. At 9:02 in the morning, the truck exploded and carved out the guts of that building like a gourd. 168 people, including 19 children, died in the blast. It remains today the most devastating act of domestic terrorism in American history.
McVeigh was birthed from a movement that became all too prominent during the 1990s. The militia people, they of the Black Government Helicopters and the theory that the United Nations was getting ready to take over the world, made up the far-right flank of Newt Gingrich's GOP back in the day. After Oklahoma City, however, the militias petered out and faded into the backwoods background from whence they came.
That breed of extremist was on the outside looking in at the time. They have been replaced today by an extremist movement of surpassing menace. Like the militias before them, this new breed likewise represents the far-right flank of the GOP. Unlike their predecessors, however, this new breed enjoys unprecedented insider status. They are represented vigorously in Congress and the White House, and are calling many of the shots.
Read the rest:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/041905Y.shtml