tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post7210848580834571343..comments2022-10-10T13:38:58.389-05:00Comments on The Virtual Nun: The Faces of Protest - then and nowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post-57893505703464802682007-10-19T06:47:00.000-05:002007-10-19T06:47:00.000-05:00While I can't say I agree with everything you say ...While I can't say I agree with everything you say I understand how you feel. For myself, and the standpoint of Buddhist Nun, who is also Christian, all life is precious. For me, and my path to God, I will quote the Angel in the Movie "prophecy" who says simple, "Sometimes you just have to obey"Sr.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525134884733387827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31406038.post-24792609978654225772007-10-03T20:32:00.000-05:002007-10-03T20:32:00.000-05:00Hi Julie! I've posted on your blog a few times. Yo...Hi Julie! I've posted on your blog a few times. You know me believe it or not (hint: I recently asked you a lot of questions about Buddhist beliefs regarding reincarnation). <BR/><BR/>Speaking as a man who spent some time in the U.S. Army with many uncles, great uncles, cousins, and father who were also soldiers at some point, I would just like to share my take on Iraq and Afghanistan.<BR/><BR/>Should we have gone into Aghanistan? Definitely! I firmly believe that there'd have been more planes flown into buildings if we hadn't. Should we have gone into Iraq? No.<BR/><BR/>I firmly believe that, now that we ARE in Afghanistan and Iraq, we are obligated to stay as long as we have to in order to fix our mess. We've destabilized the region. Iraq is fully incapable of governing itself right now- if we pull out without leaving a strong government behind, there will be civil war with no bounds, ten times worse than it is now! I've heard a few people say that Iran would fill the gap if we left, but I don't think Iran would even be able to fix things.<BR/><BR/>As ugly as it is, we must stay until our mistakes are rectified. The last hundred years has proven that us Americans learned our lesson on September 1, 1939. We learned then that we cannot destroy an enemy and then leave them to rot. We will only fight them again later. We rebuilt Germany, we rebuilt Japan, we rebuilt Korea. <BR/><BR/>Better 4,000 or even 40,000 of our soldiers, trained and paid to fight and die, than 400,000 more Iraqi civilians if nobody is there to keep the peace.Dan in Txhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426186628678881296noreply@blogger.com