The Cross Section - RMB Blog

  “Enough Already” by Scott Horton is a must read for any American who wants to know the truth about what our government has been up to in the Middle East for the last 35 years.  Horton starts his expose with the terrible 9/11 tragedy, explaining who did this great evil and why they were motivated to do it.  Turns out that the U.S. had been causing major problems in the Middle East going all the way back to the Carter Administration's interventions in Iran in the 1970s. Among all the facts and figures Horton gives us ten important lessons about U.S. foreign policy. Each chapter focuses on a specific country, but these lessons are woven throughout each. Lesson 1 - The U.S. is not loyal to its allies                     “If you want to know who America’s next enemy is, look at who we are funding                     right now,” - Dave Smith (in his old Pa...

Christians are having a lively debate discussing what kind of relationship they should have with the state or with the nations in which they live.  On one side you have those who claim that the only nation a Christian belongs to is their spiritu al nation, the universal church.  They minimize familial, social, and ethnic connections.  To them, nationalism of any type should be avoided because it leads to arrogance if not aggression against other nations.  To them, a Christian’s identity is made up solely by their direct relationship to God, their participation in the great commission, and their affiliation with the church.  They say that they have more in common with another Christian who lives on the other side of the world than their next door neighbor who does not believe. On the other side are those who call for Christians to enact laws in the land of their birth and enforce them strictly.  They support political leaders who are willing to coerce nonbel...