My thoughts / prayer for the war with ISIS

[Nuclear Unicorn]

If this is to be done let it be done swiftly and decisively. Let us set aside partisan opportunism and wish those who must carry this burden victory and a safe return to their loved ones.

We ask them to conduct themselves with honor first and skill always. Watch over each other.

May the President approach this with equal measures of clarity of purpose, sobriety of judgment and humility. Then return our troops to their families and take nothing except the knowledge we stood for what was right.

[grahamhgreen]

1. You know the ISIS guys pray too?

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. A meaningless point.

[grahamhgreen]

6. Who does God listen to? My guess is she doesn't want us killing eachother.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. "My guess is she doesn't want us killing each other."

My guess is God wouldn't want us to watch mass slaughter from a safe distance with feigned airs of superiority, either.

[grahamhgreen]

12. You're talking about how ISIS views American force projection? God wants peace. Always.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

14. "God wants peace. Always."

And when those who refuse to live in Peace show themselves for what they are, then what?

[grahamhgreen]

15. At some point, I agree use of force may be justified. I doubt God sees it that way.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

16. The world is full of things God doesn't want. Traditionally it's called "sin."

[TheNutcracker]

3. My thoughts are HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT? Will Boner tell us?

Or will we hear about this shit later....no money, blah blah...no for school books, no for Soc. Sec. and turn it into a Wall Street shit fund? Voucherize Medicare?????

HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR IT???? Those are my thoughts. I've called the latest cheerleaders to ask...Sen Nelson and Rubio.

[grahamhgreen]

13. (Crickets)

[morningfog]

4. The first sentence of your prayer has already been deep sixed.

[Autumn]

5. Two sides pray. Which one gets answered?

I would hope God would say fuck that, I'm not getting involved. That's what I would say if I were God.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. You prefer a good with a blithe and dismissive opinion on mass murder? nt

[Autumn]

10. I prefer not to pray for death and destruction on another human being. I

would see that as harming my "soul". I also don't see prayers as opinions. But whatever gets you through it.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

11. How would you see mass-murder stopped?

[CJCRANE]

20. Did you support the intervention in Libya?

(FWIW I think it's a thoughtful prayer).

[Autumn]

21. Does your prayer stop mass murder for either side?

Does mass murder really stop mass murder? Keep praying if it makes you feel better.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Support our Cannon-Fodder in another useless war?

Or, we could zip our collective pants and stay out of the various pissing contests now in progress.

[TwilightGardener]

17. Agree. Very nicely said.

[J_J_]

18. God doesn't support people who kill, sorry

I will let Martin Luther King Jr explain it...

Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with judgment, and it seems that I can hear God saying to America, "You're too arrogant! And if you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I'll place it in the hands of a nation that doesn't even know my name. Be still and know that I'm God." "

[Autumn]

22. You should make that an OP. It's a wonderful timely reminder

of what a man of God believed.

[femmocrat]

19. K & R

I think your prayer is beautifully and carefully worded and I appreciate it, Nuclear Unicorn.

May those who do not agree keep their negativity to themselves.