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There was a comment this morning from a gentleman which I take exception to. Being anti-war is not anti-American. It was a ridiculous thing to say.
Americans are not warmongers, at least most of us. We do not or at least until the last eight years have not ever invaded any other country without having been either provoked by an attack on our soil or asked for help from another country.
The invasion of Iraq was wrong. While I certainly do not agree with the tyrannical rule of Saddam, I know as does the entire world Iraq never attacked us. We were the aggressors in this war, and other than getting Saddam out what have we done other than open the country up to daily and continuous attacks by terrorists which before our invasion they never had.
I am proud of our troops, I stand in salute to the flag and love the country of my birth. I support the troops, I am saddened by so many deaths, that should have have happened. I am an American, and I live by the code of justice and peace and the love of God. War has noting to do with love.
•Sara Heitz,
Orem
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| lucid_green
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Jul 23 2008 17:47:21
That explains it.
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| unaffiliated_person
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Jul 23 2008 19:35:53
lucid_green wrote:
I'm LDS and I'm against the war. I'm also a veteran who served in Afghanistan. I guess that totally hoses your stereo-type.
As for party affiliation, I only registered Democrat so I could vote against Hillary in the primaries, though it would seem there were enough people out there who were scared enough of her to do the same.
In reality, I don't like to affiliate with either party. I think parties and the rhetoric behind them is hurting our nation today. Call me naive, but I'm starting to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without them.
And FYI, I recall the First Presidency of the LDS Church expressing some concern over the Iraq War at about the time of its onset. It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? That's the whole reason I began to look into the motives behind it and followed a lot of what was being said. I think that means that supporters of the war really can't hide behind the LDS faith.
Here is a speech by the former pres hinckley regarding the war:
http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,49-1-353-27,00.html
Here is his conversation with Larry King:
We're also showing you military scenes around the world celebrating the Christmas season. I would imagine there are members of your faith in Iraq.
HINCKLEY: There are.
KING: How does that affect you, that whole war? Is it hard to deal with - a man of peace - in this war?
HINCKLEY: Of course it is. We believe in peace. We work for peace. We pray for peace.
But we are all citizens of the nation. And we meet our responsibility, as that responsibility is defined by our leadership in the nation.
KING: What if you disagree with the leadership?
HINCKLEY: Well, we can disagree, but we still have an obligation, a responsibility.
KING: Have you spoken to men or women who have gone over to Iraq?
HINCKLEY: Oh, yes. I've spoken to some, yes.
KING: Have you ever had to deal with them? Have you lost anyone yet?
HINCKLEY: We've lost some here, yes. Not right here. But, yes. It's a tragedy. It's a terrible tragedy.
I pray every night that this thing may come to a peaceful conclusion, that we can get along together without carrying on war endlessly over there.
KING: Billy Graham - a friend of yours and mine - told me once that, basically, he thought his mission had failed in that, with all the preaching and all the talk, we still have war. We still have prejudice. We still have people hating people.
HINCKLEY: Meanness. So much meanness.
KING: Why?
HINCKLEY: Well, God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.
But with that freedom comes responsibility and accountability. And we shall have to answer for that which we do.
No good ever comes from war unless it is in defense of your lives (home family, etc.)
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| ThomasK
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Jul 23 2008 23:34:03
lucid_green wrote:
I'm LDS and I'm against the war. I'm also a veteran who served in Afghanistan. I guess that totally hoses your stereo-type.
As for party affiliation, I only registered Democrat so I could vote against Hillary in the primaries, though it would seem there were enough people out there who were scared enough of her to do the same.
In reality, I don't like to affiliate with either party. I think parties and the rhetoric behind them is hurting our nation today. Call me naive, but I'm starting to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without them.
And FYI, I recall the First Presidency of the LDS Church expressing some concern over the Iraq War at about the time of its onset. It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? That's the whole reason I began to look into the motives behind it and followed a lot of what was being said. I think that means that supporters of the war really can't hide behind the LDS faith.
Thank you for your service.
As far being against the war, are you talking about Afghanistan and/or Iraq?
I don't understand your last sentence. What do you mean?
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| unaffiliated_person
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Jul 24 2008 16:58:40
ThomasK wrote:
lucid_green wrote:
I'm LDS and I'm against the war. I'm also a veteran who served in Afghanistan. I guess that totally hoses your stereo-type.
As for party affiliation, I only registered Democrat so I could vote against Hillary in the primaries, though it would seem there were enough people out there who were scared enough of her to do the same.
In reality, I don't like to affiliate with either party. I think parties and the rhetoric behind them is hurting our nation today. Call me naive, but I'm starting to wonder if we wouldn't be better off without them.
And FYI, I recall the First Presidency of the LDS Church expressing some concern over the Iraq War at about the time of its onset. It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? That's the whole reason I began to look into the motives behind it and followed a lot of what was being said. I think that means that supporters of the war really can't hide behind the LDS faith.
Thank you for your service.
As far being against the war, are you talking about Afghanistan and/or Iraq?
I don't understand your last sentence. What do you mean?
Based upon their previous posts, I think against the Iraq war. I have a difficult time finding people against the Afghan war.
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