Paradoxes of Faith

Does anybody remember Afghanistan? You know, that nation we pumped millions of dollars into a quarter century ago….yes, that CIA-aided Bin Laden guy we trained? The Taliban government we helped install? (such striking similarities to Iraq…)

Well, looks like another 4,000 people will die this year in Afghanistan. That’s a fourfold increase this year. Way to go, W. “Stay the Course”. Bastard. Once again, the “right” has yet to prove itself to be ‘pro-life’, but simply ‘anti-abortion’.

Here’s to caring about lives who speak different languages, worship a different God, and live a little differently than we do. Jesus, rain down your mercy on the whole nation of Afghanistan. Liberate it from our political prostitution, and from the oppression that haunts the nation from all sides of the religious, ideological, and political spectrums.

Come, Lord Jesus.