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Originally Posted by Disciple4life
I thought we were supposed to spread the Gospel, not democracy.
If Jesus wanted to conquer, he could have brought down a army of angels to kill anyone who opposed him.This was the same false assumption that the disciples originally had. They wanted a conquering King that would kill all of their enemies.
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FTR, for the most part I agree with you. We shouldn't be trying to spread democracy to the Middle East. It's a colossal failure. It simply will never work. The US can spending all the money it has to try to spread democracy through financing rebels to overthrow dictators, blowing up terrorists, dropping pamphlets and airing radio and tv shows - it doesn't matter, it won't work.
These people have lived this way thousands of years and nothing we do will change that. Our interventions are only causing the people to be more angry with us. I used to believe what Bush spoke on spreading democracy. I don't anymore.
However, I still believe we should support and protect Israel. We are the only reason Iran, Syria or Egypt hasn't destroyed Israel.
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