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Islam vs. Christianity: The Final Showdown
By mentor24 | June 4, 2008
Earlier this year, Army Spc. Jeremy Hall filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense, claiming that the U.S. Military has become a Christian organization and that it violated his rights to religious freedom. In fact, he said that he received so much hostility from his fellow troops that it nearly cost him his life.
This lawsuit shouldn’t come as a surprise, and I doubt it does to most Americans. It isn’t top on our list of debate subjects, but it’s clear that our country, and in particular the political elite have moved very strongly to identify patriotism with the Christian religion. And it’s also obvious that the military has recruited the ranks disproportionately from the poorer and more rural parts of the country where identification with the Christian religion tends to be stronger. Though it may not be stated as public policy, our military, power elite, and a very large segment of our population do view our War on Terrorism as a fundamentally religious war.
And there’s no doubt that our enemies see it that way, too.
So I think it’s fair to say that a Holy War is not some abstract possibility in the future. It’s happening now.
So how does it end? What if we finally get our energy production online and actually become energy independent? Will that solve the problem?
No. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Right now, we send billions of dollars a year to various countries in the middle east who really hate the U.S. But for the most part, the power elites there tolerate us because we are their best customer.  They may not like us, but they like our money, so they are motivated to keep hostilities at a minimum.  And though most of the money stays at the top, there is some trickle down effect. So in many middle eastern countries the population is prosperous and fairly happy.
You see, we see the massive exchange of oil as a source of conflict, but in reality, it’s a buffer.
What’s going to happen when we cut off that vital connection between our people, especially if we do it with a spiteful attitude? “You’ve been screwing us for years and now you can take your oil and just suck on it!” There goes the single most compelling reason for their leaders to keep a check on their more hostile citizens.  And how are their people going to react when the money stops flowing in and their economies start collapsing? Is that going to improve their attitude about us, or make them hate us more? (That was a rhetorical question.)
We have to be prepared for the probability that when we cut off the flow of money to the middle east we will experience a whole new level of hate for our country. And of course those middle eastern countries will have to turn to someone to sell their oil to. So they will strengthen their ties to China, keep making plenty of money–and have absolutely no use for us. Terrorist attacks will increase and the power elite of the moderate middle eastern countries will have little interest in tamping it down.
And the U.S., after getting whacked on 9/11, then drained in Iraq, constantly mocked by a still-free Osama bin Laden, and then suffering a prolonged recession/depression, is going to be in the mood for some satisfaction at long last. Now feeling newly powerful with our fantastic new sources of energy, we will be so ready to strike back at the first significant terrorist attack on our soil. This time there won’t be any 120,000 troops deployed. We’re going to pull out the big guns.
Of course China and Russia can’t stand idly by for that.
Well, you know where it goes from there….
Or maybe cooler heads will prevail in the U.S. as these events unfold. But if the past is any indication, I wouldn’t count on it.
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bhudism, christianity, hinduism, holy war, islam, jihad, holy war[/tags]
Topics: Religion & Spirituality, War & Terrorism |