Maybe It’s Time To Get Out Of Afghanistan

Dear Readers,

The U.S. military has been in Afghanistan for quite some time now. We've spent a lot of money and we’ve spent a lot of lives fighting that war. I used to be gung-ho about the war, but now I’m starting to have doubts. I’m not sure what we’re doing in Afghanistan.

Well, we’re supposed to be preventing Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist state. We’re supposed to be fighting the terrorists and preventing anything like 9/11 from happening again. That sounds great.

But sometimes I think the people of Afghanistan are so backward that we ought to just leave them alone. I don’t think we can change Afghanistan into a beacon of democracy and tolerance and multiculturalism. Not in a hundred years.

You know what they do in Afghanistan if you convert to Christianity? They kill you. And they kill you really fast, too. You don’t sit on death row for decades while lawyers appeal and appeal and appeal.

And did you hear about what Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, said recently? It’s outrageous. He was commenting on Florida pastor Terry Jones burning a Koran recently. An Associated Press article says,

“President Hamid Karzai expressed regret for the 20 protest deaths, but he also further stoked possible anti-foreign sentiment by again demanding that the United States and United Nations bring to justice the pastor of the Dove Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, where the Quran was burned March 20.”

(By the way, if you haven’t been following the news lately- and I don’t blame you at all for not following the news; I hate the news sometimes- Pastor Terry Jones, a wacky but lovable Christian, burned a Koran. Then a bunch of Muslims in Afghanistan got mad and killed over 20 people and injured about 80. They killed United Nations workers, and just some innocent bystanders, I think.)

So Karzai wants Terry Jones “brought to justice”? What does that mean? Does he want him killed? Is President Karzai aware that in the United States of America we have the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of speech? And if burning the American flag or the Bible or the Book of Mormon is protected under the First Amendment, then burning the Koran is also protected, dang nabbit.

Pastor Terry Jones has done nothing illegal. He shouldn’t be punished at all. The government should just leave him alone. I don’t even think they should make the effort of asking him not to burn any more Korans, like General Petraues did recently. I think that just sends a message that says, “Please, Americans, don’t do anything to make the Muslims angry. Just be really nice to them, respect their interesting customs, and everything will be OK.” But we’ve already seen what’s happening to Europe when polite post-Christians accommodate Muslims by the millions arriving at their borders. The churches come down and the mosques go up.

I sort of like Pastor Terry Jones. He may be a little loony, but he’s also a little brave. And he’s doing what he thinks God wants him to do, even though legions mock him and deride him. I respect him for that. (Of course, the murderous Muslims are doing what they think God wants them to do, too… But I think we can all agree that killing people is waaaaaay worse than burning a Koran.)

But back to Afghanistan, the subject that started this blog post: How can you begin to fix a country like Afghanistan? Maybe we should follow Ann Coulter’s advice:

“We should invade their [radical Islamic terrorists’] countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”

Our U.S. government seems to be doing great at invading countries, so-so at killing their leaders, and horribly at converting them to Christianity.

Remember one of my favorite quotes: “A study of correct doctrine improves behavior quicker than a study of correct behavior improves behavior.” (I can’t find the source of that quote, other than my own brain.)

Right now in Afghanistan, we’re trying to teach terrorists correct behavior, such as democracy, voting, capitalism, formal education, not beating their wives, etc., but we’re not teaching them correct doctrine. Maybe we should be teaching them that Mohammed was a false prophet and that Joseph Smith was a true one. Maybe that would improve the situation in Afghanistan.

Oh, I need to bring something else up, related to Afghanistan. A few days ago, I read this article, and it's really been bothering me. If you want a rosy picture of the world, don't click on the link. Go look at pictures of babies and kittens. There are plenty of babies and kittens on the Internet. Just google "babies" and "kittens." The article is about some U.S. soldiers who killed innocent Afghanistan civilians on purpose, for sport. Um... it's shocking and it's disgusting. And it looks factual. It makes me want to write a letter to my elected representatives, asking them to get the military out of Afghanistan. I know that's not logical. I know there's always a few rotten apples in the barrel, but that's the way I feel.

It seems fitting to end this post with The Lord’s Prayer.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa

Oh, and don't get me started on Libya. I think Obama is doing a horrible job handling Libya. I like everything Rand Paul says in this video: