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grandma wrote:
I do know this: there is a book with 100% fullfilment of its prophecies. One of them states that if you aren't aligned with Israel you are in trouble.
Is it really an either/or proposition? Is there any room for neutrality?
Switzerland is neutral on the issue and they don't seem to besuffering much trouble for their decision to NOT align themselves with Israel. Their aircraft are relatively safe to fly on and their tall buildings are relatively safe to conduct business in. They don't have suicide bombers blowing themselves up in their shopping malls and they are not having to constantly look over their shoulders and wonder if a car bomb is going toblow theminto the next world. They don't seem overly preoccupied with worry about suitcase nukes nordo theyhave color codedthreat warning systems to proda fearfulpopulace into buying plasticsheetsandduct tape. If they had a color coded threatwarningsystem they would have included the color blue for the expectation of peace.
Israel may be God's chosen people, but they also make mistakes. One of those mistakes cost them 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.
Our loyalty to our government,our church, our family, our neighbors,and our friends should not be blind loyalty, but loyalty based on truth, principles, and purpose. That means, at times, our paths maydiverge. Since so much of the U.S. activity in the Mideast has been based on lies versus truth, you know where I stand on that issue.
What really muddies the water on this issue is the convergence of politics and religion not only over there but here in this country as well. They don't really mix well,in my opinion.
I realize this can be a sensitive issue for some and my intentionisn't to be offensive. Isimply believe there has to be a better way to interact with our neighbors than pre-emptively taking them out because we hear them whispering in the corner.
I know some are convinced Iraq has or did haveWMD. Whether they did or didn't is not an issue with me. I'm more worried about those who not only have WMD butalso have a documented history ofactually using them against civilian populations (Hiroshima/Nagasaki) in the past. I'm not sure the U.S. can hold itself up as a righteousexample to the world when it comes to the subject of WMD.The U.S.actions in Japan meet the popular definition of terrorism.
One way to avoid getting sucked into such foolishness is to avoid pacts and alliances with our neighbors. Therefore, if our neighbors do something really stupid we haven't commited ourselves to awrong course of action based onblind loyalty. And, if our neighborsaren't relying on our blind loyalty to rescuethem from their stupid decisions maybe they will learn to be a littlemore responsible andthoughtful in their interactions with their fellow man.
We have to ask ourselves if our continual meddling in the affairs of others is contributing to peace or conflict in the world. If we seem to have more conflict, maybe it is time for another approach.
