Iraq War=Task That is From God

September 4, 2008 SoItGoes 7 comments

New reports have popped up that McCain’s running mate as recently as last June spoke to ministry students at her church telling them that the Iraq war was a “Task that is from God”

Oh my. Really? Did she really go there? I don’t give a shit if you deep down in your heart believe that as a public leader you must adhere to separation of church and state. Above that the terrorist and extremist in the middle east do their best to paint our occupation of any territory there as the second coming of the Crusades. Because people over there still don’t think too highly of those Holy Wars that were waged years ago. This adds fuel to their fire. This is what they want and one of the ways they recruit.

She was also quoted as saying:

“God’s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that,”

I love it. how the hell does she know it is gods will to build an Alaskan Pipeline?

Please check out the full story here for many more wonderful quotes.

I’ll be honest i was pretty excited about this election because i felt like Obama and McCain were fairly close and each had good and bad ideas. Palin though smacks of just about everything I can’t stand about the Republican party as a whole.

When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he’s not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?
……bright eyes

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Written by Mindbomb1973 on September 4, 2008.

So It Goes I could not agree more. There are 3 articles I read yesterday and wow, she takes the cake (not in a nice way)…seems like she believes in the rights of Americans as long as they are the rights she believes in, if not…oh well

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/03/sarah-palin-wouldbe.html
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2366/sarah-palin-vp-nominee/
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837918,00.html

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Written by Chadinator on September 4, 2008.

I agree that it is scary when people start talking about what God is telling them to do and such. However, I do not think she blindly follows what she considers God’s will. There is cognitive thinking going on there and her opinions about different policies is backed by facts and logic. I think like all religous people she looks for guidance on difficult decisions. I do not think one day she is going to hear a voice telling her to chop up her little baby and eat it or anything. She is not this kind of crazy.

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Written by admin on September 4, 2008.

This is a little crazed. However, you have to remember what every president / speaker has said at the end of their speeches during both the RNC and the DNC….

“God Bless America”

Speaking of Palin though, I watched her speech last night, and although the media seems to have eaten it up, I couldn’t help but sit there in awe as she continued to take cracks at her opponent over and over again.

A little crack here and there is appropriate, but if her whole point of being there is to be the bad guy and make fun of the opponent instead of focusing on her issues and policies, then I’m not overly impressed.

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Written by SoItGoes on September 4, 2008.

I agree with chadinator that i do not think she makes her decisions on a crazy whim, but i do think her religion strongly influences her views. Those views include being against abortion even in the case of rape and she supports the idea of book banning in schools. Many of those views are polar oppisites of my what i think should be true.

To me though making a statement that the war is a task from god is the kind of statement that a leader can not and should not make. Again when you read about the picture the extremist paint of us they call it USA’s Crusade and the reason they do that is they want to draw a direct correlation between what we are doing and the Crusades in the mind of Muslims. Particularly extreme Muslims who would be easily persuaded to join a jihad if they painted it as Christians coming after the Muslims again as they did years ago.

She should never have said that not even to a church crowd in my opinion. It is too sensitive of a subject for anyone in a position of power as high as a state governor.

I can’t help but smell the conservative right that Bush pandered to when i look at her.

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Written by scruffd0g on September 4, 2008.

I don’t know if I could honestly disagree with you guys any more than I do…

First, if you’re a religious person (truly religious person) there really isn’t a difference between secular and non-secular life. It’s just life. And shit happens in life, and you look to God for guidance on dealing with it and how to best live your life.

I don’t see anything wrong with speaking this message at a church. In fact, if you ever thought a message like this could be spoken, no doubt a church is the place.

…Mindbomb, we must just be in different places. I read the 3 articles and didn’t get the same reaction as you. Two seemed like very politically charged snippets of choice quotes from the Time article which were very biased. The Time article itself pretty much dismisses the direct impact religion served in her decisions in office, and it’s funny how the most damaging comments come from the guy she beat in the mayoral race, while his campaign worker didn’t really have anything really negative to say about her. Sounds like the guy has a beef to pick. (Plus he’s the guy saying she tried to ban the books. No other sources on that one. Tried to search the Wasilla Frontiersman (paper) and no old articles came up on that one)

…Admin, I don’t mind the cracks at the opponents. They’ve basically tried to destroy her since she’s been named. Saying she can’t hold office because she’s a mother or that she’s inexperienced. If she wants to use humor to shoot back at her enimies, go for it. It was more about introducing her to the public and getting a feel for her than laying down the strong issues here. That’s what the next few weeks and debates are for. Think the “humanizing” of Barak that led off the DNC.

…Soitgoes, negative on the conservative right Bush pandered to thing. Those were the guys that she got booted out in Alaska. …The war in Iraq is a holy war, we’re just on the wrong side of it. It’s muslim’s war against us. …If you believe abortion = murder, then abortion = murder even in incest and rape.

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Written by Striker Murdock on September 4, 2008.

Carrying out war in the name of God (or any other deity for that matter)? Isn’t that what the terrorists do? Politicians talk about the Middle East and extremists…but if we are to carry out a war in His name, are we really any different?

“Could God microwave a burrito until it is so hot that even He Himself could not eat it?” Homer Simpson to Ned Flanders. Gotta love the loopholes.

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Written by SoItGoes on September 5, 2008.

I’m willing to flat out admit that i just have a very different opinion on abortion then her. As for the relgious aspect.

I still think anyone in a leadership role should choose their words more carefully when speaking in the public. A church is a public setting. That kind of vernacular needs to be avoided at all cost in my opinion as it is a very hot button for the extremist we do fight. It is like throwing gas on the fire to them. I don’t see any reason to push those buttons. Ever.

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