My Bad

You remain one of the few reasons to read America.A breath of fresh air not all cramped up on itself and in touch with more than yourself.I had high hopes for America about six months ago but now see it in a far less intellectual and more ideological light.About Obama you are one of the few who understands that peace needs more than pacifism.Those who disagree would speak German and not through any sense of Papalism.Stay well clear from Merton and any fashion from the past and you will do just fine!You remain a challenge and a joy to read.You lack about ten articles in praise of Dubya to round you off.

Obama is wrong and undeserving of a Noble Prize...he promotes the slaughter of thousands at home via promotion of abortion and thousands abroad by the promotion of unjust occupation.
 
Also, I wonder it the America magazine of yore supported the American policies in Vietnam?
 
This war is not about "making the world safer," it is about American imperialism and progressive notions regarding the "spread of democracy and freedom" at any cost.
 
What cost?  How about supporting a corrupt regime that is regarded as a mence in the territory it controls due to it's incompetent and brutal armed forces.  There is virtually no child rape in areas controlled by the taliban; however, it is WIDE SPREAD in the areas controlled by the American financed/trained Afgan forces.
 
Bottom line, this is an unjust occupation and that is how the Afgans (like the Vietnamese before them) correctly view or presence.
 
The road to hell is paved with progressive, militaristic foreign policy...

It certainly happens, Mr. Winters; no harm done. Your post is still very thought-provoking and valuable to this discussion. Thank you for your thoughts and for your integrity.