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the politic of war: 

i was talking with a pastor friend the other day who supports the war effort and the coming war on iraq.  in our conversation he tried hard to get me to say war was all right, or at least this war was all right.  i tried to explain to him that i did not care about the politics of the war - or the patriotic nature of the war - i only cared about the christian response to war - and it should be that no war is allowed.

i am tired of all the politics surrounding this war - all, every single politician - everyone without a single exception - is pulling politics and drawing party lines.  for me, as an evolving punk monkey, i am not impressed with usamerican politics - and as an "exlab rat turned u.s. senator" let me say that all they want is what serves them, and no one else.  i know that some will say, "hey, punk monkey that's a bit harsh lumping all politician in one bad pool."  well, maybe it is, but i have never seen a single politician strive for anything except a sound bite, a photo-op, or a fat bill for a road named after themselves.  now we might be going to war so grown human males - and females - can show how much testosterone they have flowing in their veins.

every time i speak with evangelical minister who see war as a "requirement of the faith" i find it hard to look past them without seeing their desire to please the politics of the land.  as they shout that iraq is in "material breach" of a un sanction, i am reminded of all the "pat robertson's" of this world who shouted that the un was a "anti-biblical" creation and that the usamerica should not be part of it.  as they cry to rid the world of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, i am reminded of the cries to increase the weapon spending in usamerica and to develop "starwar" style tech.  the cry for war is drowning out the weeping for peace.

as we get ready, i for one will never support a war, to kill innocent humans, let us keep in mind those who have done nothing to us - nothing - that pastor friend i mentioned in the beginning of this story told me that he felt that there were no "innocent" people - that they all supported the iraq government and at best, if not fully supported them, they allowed it to happen - kind of like people in usamerican being harmed because of usamerican policy - go figure.

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