[Cboldt]

I was going to ask a similar question about line drawing, but didn't have the example you brought up. I'm sure there are a few hostage situations a year, any one of which might benefit from the use of trained use of force of violence. If the criteria for stepping in is "it's the Christian thing to do," then there is no end to the work.

There is also the point that the US is not the only country that has Christians.

But, ultimately, SoConPubbie is fully invested in his position, and discussion on the point is nothing but argument for the sake of argument. Nobody's position will be changed, and the use of US Special Forces doesn't hinge on the outcome of this thread.

[SoConPubbie]

But, ultimately, SoConPubbie is fully invested in his position, and discussion on the point is nothing but argument for the sake of argument. Nobody's position will be changed, and the use of US Special Forces doesn't hinge on the outcome of this thread.

Politeness should have led you to ping me if you were going to refer to me in this thread.

And yes, I am fully invested in my position as a Christian.

Can you prove to me, from the Bible, where I am wrong?

I will listen and if you can prove it to me, from the ultimate rule book, I will listen.

[Sherman Logan]

I just object to the notion that 200 young girls imperiled requires us, as Christians, to spring to their rescue.

Many much worse things than this are happening in the world all the time. Murder is worse than kidnapping, or even rape.

We watch people and entire communities murdered all the time and don't turn a hair. Why is this one uniquely necessary for us to launch our military?

Don't get me wrong, if we knew where they were and had some reasonable chance of rescuing them quietly, I'd have no objection.

But the chance that we have much at all in the way of good intelligence on Boko Harum is, I suspect, quite slight. Nigeria is a rather large place, much of it covered with jungle. Invading it to stomp around and take political poses is a really, really bad idea.