Neoconservative Jingoism Plus Mormon Delusion Equals Perpetual War

AlterNet by Frank Schaeffer | Oct. 20, 2012 (Opinion)
If he's elected let's pray Romney isn't a good Mormon! Let's hope he's faking it!

The danger to our military families posed by having a man in the White House whose knowledge of the world seems to only extend to avoiding military service, tax shelters, investing in Chinese sweat shops and a stint as a missionary in France, comes from the fact that to be a good Mormon one has to be jingoistic and combative about foreign policy. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: War, Mitt Romney, Presidential Election 2012
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 20, 2012 - 1:12 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), William Hughes-Games (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Oct 20, 2012 - 1:17 AM PDT

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 20, 2012

Belief in “American Exceptionalism” equals perpetual war. Belief in American “manifest destiny” equals willful naivety about the way the world works ... More »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 20, 2012

This is even scarier that what I previously had heard about mormanism.

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William Hughes-Games
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 by William Hughes-Games - Oct. 20, 2012

someone with enough insight to realize the truth, enough literary ability to write it and enough balls to publish it

Blind religious fanaticism and a belief that you are right regardless of any evidence to the contrary brought us the Crusades in which the west invaded another country with no justification. It brought us the Inquisition in which anyone disagreeing with the bosses was tortured and put out of his misery by being burnt at the stake. It brought us innumerable wars in which both sides prayed to the same god, both sides being convinced that they were on the right side of god and on and ... More »

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