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Apr 14, 2004
War, What is it good for? Long live "The Boss." As it was previously mentioned in my blog, the whole war thing has me annoyed. Not because I agree or disagree with it, but more because of the coverage and many of the reactions I have heard about it. It's an incredibly complex issue. There are lots of compelling reasons to agree with the decision. There are a lot of compelling reason to disagree. This being an election year, the issue has become quite politicized. John Kerry. Voted for the war. Is now against it. Now, I'm one to believe a person can struggle with an issue and change his mind. I've done that a few times myself. With Kerry, I don't buy it. It just seems obvious that he changes his mind to whatever makes political sense. I suppose he has to do that to get elected. It still disturbs me. That's one thing I do like about Bush . . . he stands by his convictions. That doesn't mean he's always right though. Which takes me to another issue: why do evangelical christians have to blindly follow every Republican initiative? Back to the war. The media coverage is annoying. You have the Fox news crowd and the talk radio people talking about how unpatriotic it is to disagree with the president on any issue involving security and the war and so on. Then you have the liberal media trying to use it to bring the president down. It's all making me sick. With all that said, what I think bothers me most is how people fail to see the complexity of the issue. They get stuck on one side of the issue and don't even look at the other. It bothers me when I'm told to be a true christian or a true american that I have to be on a certain side of the issue. A part of me is against the war. Loss of life is always a terrible thing, even if circumstances are justified. We should always seek peace. Part of me is for the war. One thing I've learned reading through the Old Testament is that we are to take up for the guy who is being opressed. And Iraqis were being slaughtered by Hussien. So where do I stand. I don't know. Really, this is something I have agonized over. Sometimes, it seems that there is not a right answer. posted
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