War logic

Submitted by Kent Sensenig on October 23, 2007 - 5:05pm.

Here are two surprising tid-bits I read in the news this week, for your edification:

1) US Secretary of "Defense" Robert Gates informs us that the US Army has been "chronically under-funded" since the end of Cold War! Imagine my surprise. (If only our church and para-church ministries were similarly cursed with such under-funding”!) We should perhaps organize some bake sales for the Air Force. (This would be hilarious if not for the moral blindness involved in making such an obscene statement.) Hearing Secretary Gates’ complaint, George Steinbrenner chimed in that the NY Yankees have also been shamefully short-changed in their player’s payroll since 9/11. It seems Alex Rodriguez is occasionally forced to use the same jock-strap in consecutive games! For shame, America.

2) Prez Bush (in a recent press conference) says he wants to send a message to Turkey that, while he understands their concerns about terrorism, he doesn't believe an invasion of Turkish troops into Iraqi territory (seeking out rebel Turkish Kurds) is an appropriate way to handle things. He also noted that Turkey already has troops stationed in Iraq and sending more in would not help the situation. So, if I'm following Bush's logic correctly, invading Iraq to counter terrorism (or sending more troops when you already have some
there) are bad ideas!!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Well, just wanted to keep you updated on the logic of the men running our foreign policy. You may now return with assurance to your patriotic duty of going deeply into debt in order to sustain the global economy.

Peace in Christ,

Kent Davis Sensenig (Fuller Seminary)

PS--I also never realized the direct correlation between a) officially recognizing the Turkish slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, and b) the fact that 70% of the US war machine flows through Turkish airspace on a daily basis. The world of diplomacy is indeed a mystical one.

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