Christian US troops urged to break all the rules & evangelize in Afghanistan

[Turborama]

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Video footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to show US soldiers being encouraged to spread the message of their Christian faith among Afghanistan's predominantly Muslim population despite US military regulations that expressly forbid "proselytising of any religion, faith or practice".

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Remnants Of Bush's Legacy

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[SkyDaddy7]

2. This problem is much deeper than "W"

I am sure it goes back much further...When I was in basic training me & two other guys actually had to clean the "latrine" since we chose not to go to church of any kind on Sundays. Pimpin Jesus was nothing new to me considering I grew up in Georgia so I never thought much about it. Our country has a huge weakness and it is religion. A twisted religion considering the dead guy most everyone worships was about peace, love for others & helping the poor, elderly and disabled...3 characteristics not found in most American Christians.

[stlsaxman]

3. very, very dangerous.

[Strong Atheist]

4. A typically arrogant, shit-headed idea...

:puke:

[DrDan]

5. unfortunately there are too many that would see this as one of the missions

of the military abroad.

[grahamhgreen]

6. Afghanistan shall be an Islamic Republic

Game over. Can we leave now? How many more Americans should die for an Islamic republic and Sharia law?



The Constitution of Afghanistan
January 3, 2004

THE CONSTITUTION OF AFGHANISTAN

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds; and Praise
and Peace be upon Mohammad, His last Messenger and his disciples and
followers.

PREAMBLE

We the people of Afghanistan:
•Believing firmly in Almighty God, relying on His divine will and
adhering to the Holy religion of Islam;
.....................

Article 1
Afghanistan shall be an Islamic Republic, independent, unitary and
indivisible state.

Article 2
The sacred religion of Islam is the religion of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan.

[L0oniX]

7. Wow ...tax payer funded evangelism using killers. What a great concept.

:eyes:

[AlbertCat]

8. No wonder we're losing. What a bunch of idiots.

[ro1942]

9. image

another reason we have such a terrible image around the world

[Papa Boule]

10. Wow. A regime that proselytizes AND tortures.

How medieval.

[bc3000]

11. But look at the source!!!

Wow, this is really depressing. But as long as it's on Al Jazeera instead of Fox News it will be ignored, or labeled as terrorist propaganda.

[AspenRose]

12. As Christians, they would probably use Acts 5 : 27-29 as their basis of argument

Saying that they ought to obey God rather than men.

But to that I would counter with Hebrews 13 : 17, which roughly says Christians are to obey their leaders and submit to authority, because those in authority will have to give an account for their actions....

In other words: The military and indeed, the country has to give an account for what these zealous Christians are doing in our name.

If these folks want to proselytize, they should quit the military and become missionaries. Raise the money and do it themselves instead of representing the United States and using the taxpayer dime. That in and of itself is dishonest (using taxpayer money to proselytize). Especially when we are a country of atheists, agnostics, Pagans, Muslims, Jews, Christians, etc.

I can tell you from personal experience I know of at least two people who are graduates of the Air Force Academy who don't see a problem with this. I think the Academies hold a lot of responsibility for allowing this kind of philosophy to run rampant in the armed forces.

[nichomachus]

13. And we'll be asked to "support them" when the Taliban punish them for breaking the law

Just as everyone got all hot and bothered when other missionaries went over to proselytize in defiance of the law.

[dgibby]

14. That Chaplain should be busted in rank and shipped back to the states

before he gets even more troops killed. What an ass!

[bjobotts]

24. Agreed. What's the hold up for Mr. looney tunes fanatic.

[pleah]

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[Turborama]

26. ?

What did you mean?

[booley]

16. And Middle Eastern Muslims were worried

That the US was using it's military might to forcibly convert them and destroy Islam just like Al Que-da claimed in their videos.

Well I am glad we put that myth to rest. I am sure this won't help terrorist extremists recruit at all.

These soldiers just want to go among the afghan people while carrying guns and have a little talk with them. Nothing sinister seeming about that!


:sarcasm:

[Snazzy]

17. Mullen asked about today

May 04, 2009
Soldiers distributing Bibles to Afghans?

The following video caused quite a stir around the Pentagon today after al Jazeera reporter asked Adm. Michael Mullen about it at a press conference. It shows soldiers at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan collecting Bibles translated in Pashtun and Dari to distribute to the local population.

Here is the chairman’s response:
QUESTION: Al Jazeera has broadcast footage of U.S. servicemen at Bagram with Bibles printed in Pashtu and Dari, and those servicemen talking about distributing those Bibles to Afghans. We don't know if any of them were distributed.

What's your reaction? And what is the military going to do about this?

MULLEN: My reaction is two-fold.

One is that I'm not aware of the details of this, and certainly want to know more about it. Secondly, it certainly is, from the United States military perspective, not our position to ever push any specific kind of religion. Period.

http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/nationalsecurity/2009/05/soldiers-distributing-bibles-to-afghans.html

[bjobotts]

18. If there were a draft this would not be happening.'Rational" soldiers would throw a fit

[bjobotts]

19. "Hunting men for Jesus"??Pushing your beliefs on someone else??

[bjobotts]

20. Interpreted as turrning the occupation into "the Crusades" hurts America and

[bjobotts]

21. They wouldn't tolerate Muslim holy men handing out Korans and evangelizing for Allah

[bjobotts]

22. Closed minded fanatics insist their way is only way and can't see themselves as they appear to other

[bjobotts]

23. So screw them and the Jeebus they rode in on.It's not appropriate for military

[Crowman1979]

25. Don't worry, the vast majority are either too tired or too busy to give a f*** about evangelizing.

If you bring a bunch of people who are working on a military mission and deprived of beer and porn mags. Then you sure aren't gonna gain favor by piling on the evangelizing mission for them. One thing that was on my mind in Iraq after a 12-14 hour shift and e-mailing my family & gf was one thing, SLEEP!

[ihavenobias]

27. Kick.

Wish I had seen this sooner to rec.