What have I done?

"We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America's chickens are coming home to roost.”


A friend recently posted a few blogs about the candidates and of course the Rev. Wright came up. Since the beginning of the controversy with Wright, I have found myself divided on this issue. I admit that I have never heard the man give a full speech, or have I read tons of things that he has said. I have however seen many segments of his sermons and teachings that the media has brought to the attention of a nation.
I am sure that Wright has said things that I will disagree with, but the problem is that I can’t really find anything at the moment. When I first heard the comments that he made, I found myself saying—“Man that guy will be unpopular, and I think he his right.” We all know that if Jesus were to run for president today, he would lose in a landslide. Most “Christians” wouldn’t even vote for him. A guy that wouldn't fight back if we were attacked? A President that would tell the rich to give what they had to the poor? Do you think he would get a lot of votes?
Rev. Wright said what he believed and I applaud him for that. The only bad thing was that it all became popular at a time when Obama couldn’t afford for it to be. When trying to convince the American people to vote for you, one must be very careful about what they say and how they say it.
Do I think that the US is to blame for the attacks of 9/11. Partly. While we didn’t pilot those planes into the Twin Towers ourselves, our reckless actions around the world fostered areas of hatred and created people that hated us so much that they will stop at nothing to hurt us.

"We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye," Rev. Wright said in a sermon on Sept. 16, 2001.

Does this mean that we deserved to be attacked? Of course not! The non-violent and forgiving person must believe in forgiveness for others and ourselves. But can we not see how those in the rest of the world could view us? We bombed the Japanese and had a huge parade in New York. We gave money to Osama, Saadam, and Isreal and many Americans went on with dinner like nothing was wrong.

Do we think as Americans that we are entitled to be free and happy more than others around the globe?

The election is drawing close, and I don’t think that the Rev’s comments will be the deciding factor. But they give us something to think about. If Jesus was preaching today…do you think the government would support everything that he said? Or would they want to silence this guy who was turning so many people against them…