Brian Preston
Dec 27, 2023

The two World Wars were fought by nations that thought God was on their side. Vietnam was created by western Christians to fight evil “others” who wanted to cleanse their homeland of the corrupt exploitation. We could have been enjoying the economic partnership with Vietnam a generation earlier had we not been blinded by our western “Christian” hatred of the otherness of the yellow peril and outright government lies that justified starting that needless war. Yes, Korea is one example and therefore dwarfed by the results of Christian warmongering. But, I’m hard pressed to be able to separate war mongering from religious conflict throughout world history. We have all done it. Israel is uniquely different by waging war to defend its religion instead of conquering and forcibly converting the losers.

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Brian Preston
Brian Preston

Written by Brian Preston

A retired educator with an interest in furthering progressive ideals

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