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From the article: “Two Texas officials used their speeches on Thursday to decry 'Sharia law', highlighting the issue as a Republican priority.
'Sharia law has no place in America,' Senator Ted Cruz said. 'Sharia law is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution, and we need to stand together and stop it now'.”
The irony in these REPUBLICAN statements is staggering, even in this day and age. The Shari'ah is GOD'S PERFECT LAW, as He handed it down to man. It's not ANY version of man's imperfect attempt to IMPLEMENT that law on earth; that's fiqh (jurisprudence), and varies across schools, nations, and cultures similar to how SECULAR human jurisprudence does. So first, we should note that what they're talking about is, at most, Shari'ah-BASED law, similar to the Christian-BASED law of the Napoleonic Code or English Common Law (from which all our Western systems of jurisprudence are derived).
Second, since Islam is an Abrahamic faith (the Qur'an describes itself as the fourth in a series of revelations from the God of Abraham, the first three being the Torah, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ), Shari'ah-based law and Bible-based law ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING.
That's right: this thing that the Republican Party is going apeshit over, and declaring a cataclysmic threat to Western civilization...is basically (1) THE LAW WE ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF IN AMERICA, thanks to those historical CHRISTIAN roots they're always playing up, and (2) THE SAME LAW THESE SAME REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE OF since long before they sold their souls to the #Donjjal.
Does that mean EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS are telling us TO FIRE EVEVERY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AS A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION in November...? 😅
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From the article: “Two Texas officials used their speeches on Thursday to decry 'Sharia law', highlighting the issue as a Republican priority.
'Sharia law has no place in America,' Senator Ted Cruz said. 'Sharia law is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution, and we need to stand together and stop it now'.”
The irony in these REPUBLICAN statements is staggering, even in this day and age. The Shari'ah is GOD'S PERFECT LAW, as He handed it down to man. It's not ANY version of man's imperfect attempt to IMPLEMENT that law on earth; that's fiqh (jurisprudence), and varies across schools, nations, and cultures similar to how SECULAR human jurisprudence does. So first, we should note that what they're talking about is, at most, Shari'ah-BASED law, similar to the Christian-BASED law of the Napoleonic Code or English Common Law (from which all our Western systems of jurisprudence are derived).
Second, since Islam is an Abrahamic faith (the Qur'an describes itself as the fourth in a series of revelations from the God of Abraham, the first three being the Torah, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ), Shari'ah-based law and Bible-based law ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING.
That's right: this thing that the Republican Party is going apeshit over, and declaring a cataclysmic threat to Western civilization...is basically (1) THE LAW WE ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF IN AMERICA, thanks to those historical CHRISTIAN roots they're always playing up, and (2) THE SAME LAW THESE SAME REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE OF since long before they sold their souls to the #Donjjal.
Does that mean EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS are telling us TO FIRE EVEVERY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AS A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION in November...? 😅
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From the article: “Two Texas officials used their speeches on Thursday to decry 'Sharia law', highlighting the issue as a Republican priority.
'Sharia law has no place in America,' Senator Ted Cruz said. 'Sharia law is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution, and we need to stand together and stop it now'.”
The irony in these REPUBLICAN statements is staggering, even in this day and age. The Shari'ah is GOD'S PERFECT LAW, as He handed it down to man. It's not ANY version of man's imperfect attempt to IMPLEMENT that law on earth; that's fiqh (jurisprudence), and varies across schools, nations, and cultures similar to how SECULAR human jurisprudence does. So first, we should note that what they're talking about is, at most, Shari'ah-BASED law, similar to the Christian-BASED law of the Napoleonic Code or English Common Law (from which all our Western systems of jurisprudence are derived).
Second, since Islam is an Abrahamic faith (the Qur'an describes itself as the fourth in a series of revelations from the God of Abraham, the first three being the Torah, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ), Shari'ah-based law and Bible-based law ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING.
That's right: this thing that the Republican Party is going apeshit over, and declaring a cataclysmic threat to Western civilization...is basically (1) THE LAW WE ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF IN AMERICA, thanks to those historical CHRISTIAN roots they're always playing up, and (2) THE SAME LAW THESE SAME REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE OF since long before they sold their souls to the #Donjjal.
Does that mean EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS are telling us TO FIRE EVEVERY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AS A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION in November...? 😅
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From the article: “Two Texas officials used their speeches on Thursday to decry 'Sharia law', highlighting the issue as a Republican priority.
'Sharia law has no place in America,' Senator Ted Cruz said. 'Sharia law is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution, and we need to stand together and stop it now'.”
The irony in these REPUBLICAN statements is staggering, even in this day and age. The Shari'ah is GOD'S PERFECT LAW, as He handed it down to man. It's not ANY version of man's imperfect attempt to IMPLEMENT that law on earth; that's fiqh (jurisprudence), and varies across schools, nations, and cultures similar to how SECULAR human jurisprudence does. So first, we should note that what they're talking about is, at most, Shari'ah-BASED law, similar to the Christian-BASED law of the Napoleonic Code or English Common Law (from which all our Western systems of jurisprudence are derived).
Second, since Islam is an Abrahamic faith (the Qur'an describes itself as the fourth in a series of revelations from the God of Abraham, the first three being the Torah, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ), Shari'ah-based law and Bible-based law ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME THING.
That's right: this thing that the Republican Party is going apeshit over, and declaring a cataclysmic threat to Western civilization...is basically (1) THE LAW WE ALREADY HAVE A BUNCH OF IN AMERICA, thanks to those historical CHRISTIAN roots they're always playing up, and (2) THE SAME LAW THESE SAME REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR MORE OF since long before they sold their souls to the #Donjjal.
Does that mean EVEN OUR REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS are telling us TO FIRE EVEVERY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR AS A THREAT TO THE CONSTITUTION in November...? 😅
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#AgolfShitler is increasingly choking the Iranian people he claimed to care about as he launched #OperationEpicFail, because they wouldn't bend the knee to the #Donjjal.
(#Education restrictions are much wider than #Duolingo--who just appears to be one of the most eager collaborators with his #TurdReich--and include #ETS testing required to get into many colleges and universities worldwide.)
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#AgolfShitler is increasingly choking the Iranian people he claimed to care about as he launched #OperationEpicFail, because they wouldn't bend the knee to the #Donjjal.
(#Education restrictions are much wider than #Duolingo--who just appears to be one of the most eager collaborators with his #TurdReich--and include #ETS testing required to get into many colleges and universities worldwide.)
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#AgolfShitler is increasingly choking the Iranian people he claimed to care about as he launched #OperationEpicFail, because they wouldn't bend the knee to the #Donjjal.
(#Education restrictions are much wider than #Duolingo--who just appears to be one of the most eager collaborators with his #TurdReich--and include #ETS testing required to get into many colleges and universities worldwide.)
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#AgolfShitler is increasingly choking the Iranian people he claimed to care about as he launched #OperationEpicFail, because they wouldn't bend the knee to the #Donjjal.
(#Education restrictions are much wider than #Duolingo--who just appears to be one of the most eager collaborators with his #TurdReich--and include #ETS testing required to get into many colleges and universities worldwide.)
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/117198799971044991
As a Muslim, I refer to him as the #Donjjal 😅
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/117198799971044991
As a Muslim, I refer to him as the #Donjjal 😅
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/117198799971044991
As a Muslim, I refer to him as the #Donjjal 😅
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/117198799971044991
As a Muslim, I refer to him as the #Donjjal 😅
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Gee, Jared, why don't YOU go test Hamas' disarmament...? 😅
* Reminder: this whole enterprise is illegal. Hamas has AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO armed resistance to #IsraelAtWarCrimes' unlawful occupation (#genocide) and colonization of occupied Palestinian territory (#EthnicCleansing) under international law--and the Israeli #CrimesAgainstHumanity that resulted IN THE NEED FOR reconstruction exist INDEPENDENTLY OF any ceasefire terms Hamas has been coerced into accepting.
** The REAL question here is going to be whether Hamas HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING REAL out of this deal with the #Donjjal--or is about to be shown the fool for thinking it ever could, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad inherits the mantle of the armed resistance, with it's (now globalized) recruitment stream.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/kushner-netanyahu-hamas-gaza
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Gee, Jared, why don't YOU go test Hamas' disarmament...? 😅
* Reminder: this whole enterprise is illegal. Hamas has AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO armed resistance to #IsraelAtWarCrimes' unlawful occupation (#genocide) and colonization of occupied Palestinian territory (#EthnicCleansing) under international law--and the Israeli #CrimesAgainstHumanity that resulted IN THE NEED FOR reconstruction exist INDEPENDENTLY OF any ceasefire terms Hamas has been coerced into accepting.
** The REAL question here is going to be whether Hamas HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING REAL out of this deal with the #Donjjal--or is about to be shown the fool for thinking it ever could, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad inherits the mantle of the armed resistance, with it's (now globalized) recruitment stream.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/kushner-netanyahu-hamas-gaza
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Gee, Jared, why don't YOU go test Hamas' disarmament...? 😅
* Reminder: this whole enterprise is illegal. Hamas has AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO armed resistance to #IsraelAtWarCrimes' unlawful occupation (#genocide) and colonization of occupied Palestinian territory (#EthnicCleansing) under international law--and the Israeli #CrimesAgainstHumanity that resulted IN THE NEED FOR reconstruction exist INDEPENDENTLY OF any ceasefire terms Hamas has been coerced into accepting.
** The REAL question here is going to be whether Hamas HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING REAL out of this deal with the #Donjjal--or is about to be shown the fool for thinking it ever could, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad inherits the mantle of the armed resistance, with it's (now globalized) recruitment stream.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/kushner-netanyahu-hamas-gaza
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Gee, Jared, why don't YOU go test Hamas' disarmament...? 😅
* Reminder: this whole enterprise is illegal. Hamas has AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO armed resistance to #IsraelAtWarCrimes' unlawful occupation (#genocide) and colonization of occupied Palestinian territory (#EthnicCleansing) under international law--and the Israeli #CrimesAgainstHumanity that resulted IN THE NEED FOR reconstruction exist INDEPENDENTLY OF any ceasefire terms Hamas has been coerced into accepting.
** The REAL question here is going to be whether Hamas HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING REAL out of this deal with the #Donjjal--or is about to be shown the fool for thinking it ever could, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad inherits the mantle of the armed resistance, with it's (now globalized) recruitment stream.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/kushner-netanyahu-hamas-gaza
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Gee, Jared, why don't YOU go test Hamas' disarmament...? 😅
* Reminder: this whole enterprise is illegal. Hamas has AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO armed resistance to #IsraelAtWarCrimes' unlawful occupation (#genocide) and colonization of occupied Palestinian territory (#EthnicCleansing) under international law--and the Israeli #CrimesAgainstHumanity that resulted IN THE NEED FOR reconstruction exist INDEPENDENTLY OF any ceasefire terms Hamas has been coerced into accepting.
** The REAL question here is going to be whether Hamas HAS GOTTEN ANYTHING REAL out of this deal with the #Donjjal--or is about to be shown the fool for thinking it ever could, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad inherits the mantle of the armed resistance, with it's (now globalized) recruitment stream.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/17/kushner-netanyahu-hamas-gaza
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WWJD? Pretty sure it's NOT "starve the children" -- no matter WHO their parents are or what decisions THEY made.
Do we follow the Christ? Or do we follow the #Donjjal...?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/food-stamps-children-trump
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WWJD? Pretty sure it's NOT "starve the children" -- no matter WHO their parents are or what decisions THEY made.
Do we follow the Christ? Or do we follow the #Donjjal...?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/food-stamps-children-trump
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WWJD? Pretty sure it's NOT "starve the children" -- no matter WHO their parents are or what decisions THEY made.
Do we follow the Christ? Or do we follow the #Donjjal...?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/food-stamps-children-trump
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WWJD? Pretty sure it's NOT "starve the children" -- no matter WHO their parents are or what decisions THEY made.
Do we follow the Christ? Or do we follow the #Donjjal...?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/food-stamps-children-trump
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WWJD? Pretty sure it's NOT "starve the children" -- no matter WHO their parents are or what decisions THEY made.
Do we follow the Christ? Or do we follow the #Donjjal...?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/food-stamps-children-trump
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116864874253892771
Wonder what's next for the Almighty? Maybe the #Donjjal gets struck by lightning? "THERE--that enough of an exclamation point for ya...?" 😅
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116864874253892771
Wonder what's next for the Almighty? Maybe the #Donjjal gets struck by lightning? "THERE--that enough of an exclamation point for ya...?" 😅
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116864874253892771
Wonder what's next for the Almighty? Maybe the #Donjjal gets struck by lightning? "THERE--that enough of an exclamation point for ya...?" 😅
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RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116864874253892771
Wonder what's next for the Almighty? Maybe the #Donjjal gets struck by lightning? "THERE--that enough of an exclamation point for ya...?" 😅
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Love how GOD HIMSELF keeps literally raining on the #Donjjal's parade 😅 You'd THINK the rapture wing people would get the hint, eventually....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-speech-dc-evacuation-thunderstorm -
Love how GOD HIMSELF keeps literally raining on the #Donjjal's parade 😅 You'd THINK the rapture wing people would get the hint, eventually....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-speech-dc-evacuation-thunderstorm -
Love how GOD HIMSELF keeps literally raining on the #Donjjal's parade 😅 You'd THINK the rapture wing people would get the hint, eventually....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-speech-dc-evacuation-thunderstorm -
Love how GOD HIMSELF keeps literally raining on the #Donjjal's parade 😅 You'd THINK the rapture wing people would get the hint, eventually....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/04/trump-speech-dc-evacuation-thunderstorm -
"But make no mistake, making D.C. beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted."
Up next: the #Donjjal announces he's identified the true vandals--and orders the arrest of Almighty God and Mother Nature.... 😅 #GodInTheDock
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/21/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism-fix-dc
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"But make no mistake, making D.C. beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted."
Up next: the #Donjjal announces he's identified the true vandals--and orders the arrest of Almighty God and Mother Nature.... 😅 #GodInTheDock
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/21/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism-fix-dc
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"But make no mistake, making D.C. beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted."
Up next: the #Donjjal announces he's identified the true vandals--and orders the arrest of Almighty God and Mother Nature.... 😅 #GodInTheDock
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/21/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism-fix-dc
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"But make no mistake, making D.C. beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted."
Up next: the #Donjjal announces he's identified the true vandals--and orders the arrest of Almighty God and Mother Nature.... 😅 #GodInTheDock
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/21/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism-fix-dc
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"But make no mistake, making D.C. beautiful is a priority. And if you damage, vandalize or do anything to impact something like the reflective pool, you can be prosecuted."
Up next: the #Donjjal announces he's identified the true vandals--and orders the arrest of Almighty God and Mother Nature.... 😅 #GodInTheDock
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/21/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism-fix-dc
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* Hysterically, YES, she really DID call the #Donjjal's Secretary of Homeland Insecurity "Markwayne Muslim" in her Islamophobic rant. 🤣
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* Hysterically, YES, she really DID call the #Donjjal's Secretary of Homeland Insecurity "Markwayne Muslim" in her Islamophobic rant. 🤣
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* Hysterically, YES, she really DID call the #Donjjal's Secretary of Homeland Insecurity "Markwayne Muslim" in her Islamophobic rant. 🤣
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* Hysterically, YES, she really DID call the #Donjjal's Secretary of Homeland Insecurity "Markwayne Muslim" in her Islamophobic rant. 🤣
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Republicans in Kentucky are in a key fight next week to strike back against the idolatry of the unholy alliance of AIPAC and the #Donjjal.
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Republicans in Kentucky are in a key fight next week to strike back against the idolatry of the unholy alliance of AIPAC and the #Donjjal.
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Republicans in Kentucky are in a key fight next week to strike back against the idolatry of the unholy alliance of AIPAC and the #Donjjal.
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Republicans in Kentucky are in a key fight next week to strike back against the idolatry of the unholy alliance of AIPAC and the #Donjjal.
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Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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Nobody wants to be stuck on the inside when the #PyriteCurtain descends, and anybody who won't bow before the #Donjjal starts getting shipped off to the camps....
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
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As I mention occasionally, I'm NOT a liberal; I'm a Neocon. In three decades of U.S. Army and Intelligence service, I never met a U.S. war I didn't like (I retired in 2013)--though there also hasn't been one I didn't have some pointed critiques for. As a military ETHICIST, I strongly believe that a professional must be able to hold both these perspectives at the same time.
I'm also a Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., and I taught Critical Thinking for the Strategic Leader at the U.S. Naval War College for a decade. I'm painfully aware that human beings are hardwired to form biases: no individual can ever perfectly check themselves (though some are obviously better at it than others, who may not even be able TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE biases!).
With these things in mind, while I have often--OFTEN!--disagreed with the four Popes of my adult lifetime on matters of war, I have also always respected them greatly for their moral perspective. Sometimes MOST OF ALL when it challenged my own thinking. Even if I emerged with my confidence in U.S. policy intact, my argument would be stronger for having confronted it forthrightly. And perhaps I would even recognize moral weaknesses or vulnerabilities in our policy or strategy, and could reflect on ways we might mitigate them, while still achieving our objectives. This was especially critical during the Bush 43 Administration, when I had direct input at the White House level for a time: they didn't always agree with MY moral perspectives either, but they always respected me--or at least never THREATENED me for honestly presenting them!
Finally, as I've also discussed here, I'm a Believer--like the Pope, someone who tries to live his life in submission to the religion of Abraham. MY Scripture, the Qur'an, tells me that, on the Last Day, I am going to be called to account before God for EVERY life my actions caused to be taken unjustly--no matter what the (human) Law of Armed Conflict said about it at the time; no matter how unintentionally--and warns me that
"That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land." (Qur'an 5:32)
To MY eye, a wise leader--anticipating that accountability--wants as much moral counsel from those trusted with that duty AS POSSIBLE, and wants to pay it careful and frank attention, so that the Judge who is watching will know the sincerity of their effort and, while admonishing them with full justice, have mercy on them for their failures.
But I suppose maybe if you're the #Donjjal, you're already pretty sure that's not gonna happen....
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As I mention occasionally, I'm NOT a liberal; I'm a Neocon. In three decades of U.S. Army and Intelligence service, I never met a U.S. war I didn't like (I retired in 2013)--though there also hasn't been one I didn't have some pointed critiques for. As a military ETHICIST, I strongly believe that a professional must be able to hold both these perspectives at the same time.
I'm also a Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., and I taught Critical Thinking for the Strategic Leader at the U.S. Naval War College for a decade. I'm painfully aware that human beings are hardwired to form biases: no individual can ever perfectly check themselves (though some are obviously better at it than others, who may not even be able TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE biases!).
With these things in mind, while I have often--OFTEN!--disagreed with the four Popes of my adult lifetime on matters of war, I have also always respected them greatly for their moral perspective. Sometimes MOST OF ALL when it challenged my own thinking. Even if I emerged with my confidence in U.S. policy intact, my argument would be stronger for having confronted it forthrightly. And perhaps I would even recognize moral weaknesses or vulnerabilities in our policy or strategy, and could reflect on ways we might mitigate them, while still achieving our objectives. This was especially critical during the Bush 43 Administration, when I had direct input at the White House level for a time: they didn't always agree with MY moral perspectives either, but they always respected me--or at least never THREATENED me for honestly presenting them!
Finally, as I've also discussed here, I'm a Believer--like the Pope, someone who tries to live his life in submission to the religion of Abraham. MY Scripture, the Qur'an, tells me that, on the Last Day, I am going to be called to account before God for EVERY life my actions caused to be taken unjustly--no matter what the (human) Law of Armed Conflict said about it at the time; no matter how unintentionally--and warns me that
"That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land." (Qur'an 5:32)
To MY eye, a wise leader--anticipating that accountability--wants as much moral counsel from those trusted with that duty AS POSSIBLE, and wants to pay it careful and frank attention, so that the Judge who is watching will know the sincerity of their effort and, while admonishing them with full justice, have mercy on them for their failures.
But I suppose maybe if you're the #Donjjal, you're already pretty sure that's not gonna happen....
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As I mention occasionally, I'm NOT a liberal; I'm a Neocon. In three decades of U.S. Army and Intelligence service, I never met a U.S. war I didn't like (I retired in 2013)--though there also hasn't been one I didn't have some pointed critiques for. As a military ETHICIST, I strongly believe that a professional must be able to hold both these perspectives at the same time.
I'm also a Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., and I taught Critical Thinking for the Strategic Leader at the U.S. Naval War College for a decade. I'm painfully aware that human beings are hardwired to form biases: no individual can ever perfectly check themselves (though some are obviously better at it than others, who may not even be able TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE biases!).
With these things in mind, while I have often--OFTEN!--disagreed with the four Popes of my adult lifetime on matters of war, I have also always respected them greatly for their moral perspective. Sometimes MOST OF ALL when it challenged my own thinking. Even if I emerged with my confidence in U.S. policy intact, my argument would be stronger for having confronted it forthrightly. And perhaps I would even recognize moral weaknesses or vulnerabilities in our policy or strategy, and could reflect on ways we might mitigate them, while still achieving our objectives. This was especially critical during the Bush 43 Administration, when I had direct input at the White House level for a time: they didn't always agree with MY moral perspectives either, but they always respected me--or at least never THREATENED me for honestly presenting them!
Finally, as I've also discussed here, I'm a Believer--like the Pope, someone who tries to live his life in submission to the religion of Abraham. MY Scripture, the Qur'an, tells me that, on the Last Day, I am going to be called to account before God for EVERY life my actions caused to be taken unjustly--no matter what the (human) Law of Armed Conflict said about it at the time; no matter how unintentionally--and warns me that
"That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land." (Qur'an 5:32)
To MY eye, a wise leader--anticipating that accountability--wants as much moral counsel from those trusted with that duty AS POSSIBLE, and wants to pay it careful and frank attention, so that the Judge who is watching will know the sincerity of their effort and, while admonishing them with full justice, have mercy on them for their failures.
But I suppose maybe if you're the #Donjjal, you're already pretty sure that's not gonna happen....
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As I mention occasionally, I'm NOT a liberal; I'm a Neocon. In three decades of U.S. Army and Intelligence service, I never met a U.S. war I didn't like (I retired in 2013)--though there also hasn't been one I didn't have some pointed critiques for. As a military ETHICIST, I strongly believe that a professional must be able to hold both these perspectives at the same time.
I'm also a Cognitive Psychology Ph.D., and I taught Critical Thinking for the Strategic Leader at the U.S. Naval War College for a decade. I'm painfully aware that human beings are hardwired to form biases: no individual can ever perfectly check themselves (though some are obviously better at it than others, who may not even be able TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE biases!).
With these things in mind, while I have often--OFTEN!--disagreed with the four Popes of my adult lifetime on matters of war, I have also always respected them greatly for their moral perspective. Sometimes MOST OF ALL when it challenged my own thinking. Even if I emerged with my confidence in U.S. policy intact, my argument would be stronger for having confronted it forthrightly. And perhaps I would even recognize moral weaknesses or vulnerabilities in our policy or strategy, and could reflect on ways we might mitigate them, while still achieving our objectives. This was especially critical during the Bush 43 Administration, when I had direct input at the White House level for a time: they didn't always agree with MY moral perspectives either, but they always respected me--or at least never THREATENED me for honestly presenting them!
Finally, as I've also discussed here, I'm a Believer--like the Pope, someone who tries to live his life in submission to the religion of Abraham. MY Scripture, the Qur'an, tells me that, on the Last Day, I am going to be called to account before God for EVERY life my actions caused to be taken unjustly--no matter what the (human) Law of Armed Conflict said about it at the time; no matter how unintentionally--and warns me that
"That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity. ˹Although˺ Our messengers already came to them with clear proofs, many of them still transgressed afterwards through the land." (Qur'an 5:32)
To MY eye, a wise leader--anticipating that accountability--wants as much moral counsel from those trusted with that duty AS POSSIBLE, and wants to pay it careful and frank attention, so that the Judge who is watching will know the sincerity of their effort and, while admonishing them with full justice, have mercy on them for their failures.
But I suppose maybe if you're the #Donjjal, you're already pretty sure that's not gonna happen....
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It's time for them to decide if they follow the Messiah...or the #Donjjal.
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It's time for them to decide if they follow the Messiah...or the #Donjjal.
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It's time for them to decide if they follow the Messiah...or the #Donjjal.
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It's time for them to decide if they follow the Messiah...or the #Donjjal.
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