my thoughts on Iraq...

Some of you might be wondering what a Christian in the Military thinks of all that is going on in the world these days... well I can give you my view and you can go from there. I think George W. Bush is a good president. I believe Bush is a Christian man with strong convictions. Knowing this it is easier for me to follow the decisions he makes concerning world affairs specifically Iraq. Paul writes in Romans 13 that, "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God" and later in that chapter Paul writes that, "[Government] is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer." I see Saddam Hussein as a wrongdoer. The persecutions of his own people and the Christians in that country has to stop. Some of you might be thinking that since all authority is established by God who are we to go take it away from Hussein. Well, I think what Paul says about bringing punishment to the wrongdoer clears that up. It scares me to think that a man like that may have chemical warfare weapons that he would not hesitate to use if he is not disarmed. If the rest of the world is not going to step up and do the job that the UN was set up to do... then by all means the US and Britain should go at it alone. I thank God that Britain is on our side in this. I don't know about Tony Blair and his beliefs but I am glad that he sees the need for the Iraqi disarmament. I would love to hear what others think on this topic so leave some comments by clicking the shout out link below if you feel so inclined.

- footprints of Chad, 12:18 PM

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