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Thursday, April 10, 2003 |
What are we fighting for?
[Via CalPundit]:Army chaplain offers baptisms, baths
In this dry desert world near Najaf, where the Army V Corps combat support system sprawls across miles of scabrous dust, there's an oasis of sorts: a 500-gallon pool of pristine, cool water.
It belongs to Army chaplain Josh Llano of Houston, who sees the water shortage, which has kept thousands of filthy soldiers from bathing for weeks, as an opportunity.
''It's simple. They want water. I have it, as long as they agree to get baptized,'' he said.
This is not baptism - this is a belief in magic, where getting the right potion sprinkled on you is all that's necessary. It's also bullying for someone to use his rank, granted to him thru the US government and by extension through the people of this country, of all faiths, to monopolize a resource that is not his to proselytize for his particular brand of religion.
To paraphrase Barry Goldwater's famous comment about Jerry Falwell, "I think every good Christian ought to kick Josh Llano right in the ass."
