My freedom's fine; yours, not so much
We have to believe that written into human hearts, hardwired into human heads, is the desire to be free. Nobody wants to live with a boot to the neck.
Other people's necks, though, are another story.
Consider the case of Abdul Rahman, a Christian who faced the death penalty in the newly liberated Afghanistan for saying, "No thanks'' to Mohammed and "Yes, please'' to Jesus.
Our brave soldiers, our sons and daughters, who have bled and died to liberate that place, are now in a position of having to defend a country which, in a heady burst of freedom, has elected to turn itself into "Taliban Lite,'' more than willing to execute someone who converts from one religion to another.
On the plus side, it looks like Rahman will not be executed, but rather get the bum's rush out of the country by the skin of his teeth. But before we go condemning a billion Moslems, let us try to remember that Christians have, in their time, whacked people who would not see the light. Does the Spanish Inquisition ring a bell?
Still, it is disappointing to see the fruits of our military labor so quickly ripen and rot in a hard and faraway place.
Other people's necks, though, are another story.
Consider the case of Abdul Rahman, a Christian who faced the death penalty in the newly liberated Afghanistan for saying, "No thanks'' to Mohammed and "Yes, please'' to Jesus.
Our brave soldiers, our sons and daughters, who have bled and died to liberate that place, are now in a position of having to defend a country which, in a heady burst of freedom, has elected to turn itself into "Taliban Lite,'' more than willing to execute someone who converts from one religion to another.
On the plus side, it looks like Rahman will not be executed, but rather get the bum's rush out of the country by the skin of his teeth. But before we go condemning a billion Moslems, let us try to remember that Christians have, in their time, whacked people who would not see the light. Does the Spanish Inquisition ring a bell?
Still, it is disappointing to see the fruits of our military labor so quickly ripen and rot in a hard and faraway place.
posted by Michael Riley at 1:07 PM
2 Comments:
Didn't the USA join the UN in supporting Muslims killing Christians during the Kosovo-Serbia war?
We sent our military to destroy the stronghold which the Taliban had in Afghanistan so that the Taliban would not be a safe harbor for Al-Quaeda. Any pretenses along the way about making Afghanistan a freedom-loving nation, were just window-dressing. It plays in Peoria, but not in Kabul.
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