Does anyone else see something inherently wrong with this? I mean aside from the fact that this basic kid is standing placidly alonside all of those automatic weapons--really, that par for the course is just about every army in the world. But look closely at the kid's head. He wearing a yarmeluke. A symbol of faith. Some that signifies an entering into the presence of the Almights. How screwed up is that? Nothing like connecting with your faith as your grab your rifle and go blazing people away.
I just can't reconcile that. I mean, sure, I understand on the one hand about how we all ahve to protect ourselves etc, and the nescessity of a military and all that. But wearing sybols of faith like that while we do it? It's like from full metal jacket when he has "Born to Kill" on one side and the peace symbol on the other. In fact it's exactly like that.
There is no way to reconcile Godly faith will killing people. Except as sin I guess. But here I may have tipped my hand. Would I fight in a war? Sure. Would I kill if it came down to it? Yes. But I would have to live with that sin for the rest of my life, just like other sins. I'd have to process and seek forgiveness and try my hardest not to have to do it again. Especially in todays warfare, where, idealy it isn't just shoving two masses of people against each other guns blazing. Supposedly modern warfare is more tachtical, and maybe it is per capita. But the one thing it isn't is any more gentlemanyly.
You know during WWI, on Christmas day, the French and German soldiers lay down thier arms, crossed the feild and share coffe and chocolates while singing carols and exchanging pictures? Imagine anything like that happening now. In fact, that's the kind of website I'd like to see. Instead of all this about how ungrateful, etc, etc, people are, how about a site that cronichles all the amazing stories of faith and human triumph in the midst of a shitty shitty war? Mybe that's part of it though. That people don't yet agree that this whole mess is a travesty so there are no good stories to rish up from the ashes. Everyone pretends its all posies instead. We'll see which is better at the end of all this i guess, if it ever does end...
