Am I ever late in blogging on this weekend's great news! I usually don't like to blog on Sundays, giving the day to football and laundry duty, but here's my very late post with my thoughts.
Congratulations to our armed forces for this great news, and I hope that it does indeed help with the capture of many more terrorists, and that it may cut off a lot of the financial aid going to the cause of terrorism, now that one of their primary financial supporters will no longer be doing so.
I've been praying for our armed forces as an arm of our government, praying both for their safety and their success in restoring the rule of law, with liberty, to Iraq and Afghanistan. I agree with something I heard President Reagan say, but I think he was quoting Abraham Lincoln, that while it may be vain to suppose that God is always on our side, that it is appropriate to ask if we are on God's side. I add to that, and I think that President Bush would agree, that if you know what is good, and what is evil, it is appropriate to act against that evil, and I believe that he has done so.
Here are some links I've seen today that I enjoyed reading:
Jason Steffens urges us to pray for our captured enemy, and not rejoice at his fall,
Lee Anne Millinger comments on Saddam's losing face in the Arab world (and read the next post about if it is appropriate to stand trial in Iraq or The Hague) Ouch, Lee Anne - hope you weren't thinking of me when you wrote that first sentence!
Susanna Cornett has comments on how to react to Saddam's capture. Her comments in her update motivated me to post similar thoughts above.
Joshua Claybourn discusses popular opinion about the capture, and includes a very statesmanlike quote from Senator Joe Biden, "if we can capture Osama and Mullah Omar and stabilize Iraq and the president gets re-elected, that's just fine with me, and best for the country." Josh also discusses negative reaction to the event.
Speaking of negative reactions:
International ANSWER, a Stalinist propaganda outlet, says nothing has changed; the invasion was still a violation of international law. Show me the treaty, guys, or are you just saying that because you wish it's so? These are the people who say that the capture was a good thing, but lament the military force required to make it so. Bottom line: They wish that none of this ever happened, and that Saddam was still living in a Baghdad palace, torturing and killing his subjects.
No, Joel, I didn't mean to imply that you weren't "anybody!" Only that I was really late myself in posting anything, since I didn't even hear the news until I was in church Sunday morning! I don't usually post on Sunday either, and this week I was very busy with Christmas activities!
I too am puzzled by the reactions of those who act as if Saddam would be gone today without the use of military force. Or that the liberty of the Iraqi people is somehow not worth a sacrifice.
Posted by: Lee Anne Millinger at December 16, 2003 09:11 AM