Pacifists Rescued in Special Forces Operation
It's hard to ignore the irony in this story: Three Christian Activists Rescued in Iraq.
Of course, I rejoice that they are free and alive, a fate that sadly did not await their colleague Tom Fox. I even applaud to a certain extent what they were trying to do in Iraq. But I can't help but think of The Religious Society of Friends in early Pennsylvannia and elsewhere who lived out their pacifist dreams while standing armies protected their farms and families from Indian raids*.
GI Korea, himself a veteran of Mr. Bush's War, posted some very enlightening Comments about the situation in Iraq to a post of mine about Tom Fox entitled The Death of a Peacemaker. He said,
Echoing Orestes Augustus Brownson, the Civil War era pro-Union, anti-slaveholding, anti-abolitionist writer, this blogger is pro-American, anti-war and anti-pacifist.
*My hometown of Orchard Park was such a settlement. It was founded by Quakers in 1803. I once gave some thought to joining them.
It's hard to ignore the irony in this story: Three Christian Activists Rescued in Iraq.
Of course, I rejoice that they are free and alive, a fate that sadly did not await their colleague Tom Fox. I even applaud to a certain extent what they were trying to do in Iraq. But I can't help but think of The Religious Society of Friends in early Pennsylvannia and elsewhere who lived out their pacifist dreams while standing armies protected their farms and families from Indian raids*.
GI Korea, himself a veteran of Mr. Bush's War, posted some very enlightening Comments about the situation in Iraq to a post of mine about Tom Fox entitled The Death of a Peacemaker. He said,
- Mr. Fox may have had good intentions but people like him only threaten the lives of US soldiers who must protect them in certain situations in Iraq and are responsible for trying to rescue them if they are captured.
Echoing Orestes Augustus Brownson, the Civil War era pro-Union, anti-slaveholding, anti-abolitionist writer, this blogger is pro-American, anti-war and anti-pacifist.
*My hometown of Orchard Park was such a settlement. It was founded by Quakers in 1803. I once gave some thought to joining them.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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