[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

There is only one solution: Christ Jesus. Our prayer today for Afghanistan is the same as Paul's for the Corinthians, knowing that even where MOABs can't bring reconciliation, prayer will always get through.

That's very kind of you, Sister. Our thoughts and prayers will go a long way to ease the Afghan people's suffering.

[handmaiden]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

Yet another excuse bandied about by feckless Democrats. Will they ever take responsibility for anything? I can't believe that Obama wasn't impeached for his mismanagement of the Katrina response.

@GeorgeTakei


Blaming Biden for Afghanistan is like blaming him for Covid-19. It’s a disaster he inherited, and to get us out of it was always going to be difficult and heartbreaking. Critics will point fingers over mistakes made in that process, but we should remember how it all started.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

I can't believe that Obama wasn't impeached for his mismanagement of the Katrina response.

Not to mention his Death Panels. If you read the lamestream media you wouldn't even know they exist!

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

On the current mismanaged evacuation of Kabul, think of how well it would have been managed if Trump were President. It would have been a beautiful evacuation.

He likes the word "beautiful" and that's what we would see today.

[Isabella White]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

On the current mismanaged evacuation of Kabul, think of how well it would have been managed if Trump were President. It would have been a beautiful evacuation.

He likes the word "beautiful" and that's what we would see today.

Oh, absolutely so, dear Brother Mayor Hold! If our beloved President Trump were still in the White House, then this travesty would not have happened. Not-my-President Joe Burden has made the the laughing stock of the entire world — as noted by none other than Franklin Graham:

"The blood of this nation will be on the hands of the Biden/Harris administration. And on top of these tragedies—how can any country in the world trust America now? Our enemies are laughing at us. May God have mercy on the United States of America."
"Do you miss President Trump yet? I do."

https://www.wnd.com/2021/08/franklin...s-laughing-us/

Why, the Afghanistan people are so desperate to get away from Joe Burden's botch-up (and abysmal failure at leadership), that they will use any means to escape their country! I am sure that it comes as no surprise to anybody that this would never have happened during President Trump's day!

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

On the current mismanaged evacuation of Kabul, think of how well it would have been managed if Trump were President. It would have been a beautiful evacuation.

He likes the word "beautiful" and that's what we would see today.

Today I saw some discussion about it being Trump's idea. They were referring to something called the Doha Agreement.

"As part of the peace process, two peace treaties have been signed so far. On September 22, 2016, the first treaty was signed between the Afghan government and the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin militant group. The second peace treaty was signed between the U.S. and the Taliban on February 29, 2020, which called for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan within 14 months if the Taliban upheld the terms of the agreement."

So with this additional information I can view this beautiful evacuation as a wonderful stepping stone in the historic Trump Peace Agreement (albeit slightly tarnished by the Biden Botch-Up).

[Johny Joe Hold]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

Today I saw some discussion about it being Trump's idea. They were referring to something called the Doha Agreement.

So with this additional information I can view this beautiful evacuation as a wonderful stepping stone in the historic Trump Peace Agreement (albeit slightly tarnished by the Biden Botch-Up).

Our beloved President W. Bush set the stage for an orderly withdraw. He promoted a great highway across Afghanistan and checked everyday of how much had been built. This highway is available today to move U.S. people and military hardware to the airport and then safely back to the U.S.

Biden gave our highway to the Taliban. They control it today. Trump would have secured it and the evacuation would have been beautiful. It's our highway. Why let our enemies control it?

President Bush Welcomes Highway Construction in Afghanistan (state.gov)

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

Is that a volcano in the background? God isn't wasting any time responding to idolatry!

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

Is that a volcano in the background? God isn't wasting any time responding to idolatry!

It looks like a warning to Joe Biden that he needs to shift away from his extreme left-wing views and reach across the aisle to compromise with moderates, such as the Taliban, as well as mainstream centrists in the Republican party. His go-it-alone attitude shows contempt for religious freedom and God will not stand idly by.

[Basilissa]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

As a feeble female I don't understand world politics, but if it took 20 years to liberate Afghanistan and only days to un-liberate it, maybe the Afghans don't want to be liberated?

[handmaiden]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

As a feeble female I don't understand world politics, but if it took 20 years to liberate Afghanistan and only days to un-liberate it, maybe the Afghans don't want to be liberated?

That is an interesting point, Sister.

What I am wondering is how many churches were built? Jesus died for these people's sins, but if they don't want to accept the Gift of The Blood of the Lamb, then I guess there isn't much else to do. It's not like we can line them up and force them to get saved, can we?

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Did Joe Biden just lose the war in Afghanistan?

THE FILTH OF THE FLESH

I Peter 3:21-22 The like figure¹ whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

It's not like we can line them up and force them to get saved, can we?

Well you could probably force them to SAY they'd been saved. I'm reluctant to be crass in mentioning methods, electricity could be involved or certain tableaux enacted by way of demonstration, so I won't do that and yet in The Bible we read about the following events taking place around or after midnight (mostly after)

Acts 16:29-34 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house²

The yellow-highlighted phrase "and thy house" is Paul and Silas's opening gambit. At this stage no Gospel has been mentioned to anyone other than the trembling man. He asked what must I do to be saved? At no time did Paul or Silas say they'd need to meet the household and peach to them, waiting to see who laughed, “Duuude, ya gotta be jokin’” or feigned interest while looking forward to the next temple orgy. Who agreed they were enmired in the filth of the flesh and needed baptism. One or two that may have been secret Christians already. Slaves, daughters. Later they did wake them up, let's say it was around 3 o'clock, but who's at their most receptive then? (Maybe if they'd just rolled in from a temple orgy they'd be "receptive" but not to The Good News.)

They all got the baptism, yes, and yet whether freedom of choice was involved is a moot point I'd say. The initial message of Salvation was that if the Master believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, he and his house would all be saved. This is not the only example³ nevertheless when dealing with mohammedans, to what extent would coercion be valid? They do have a concept of nations being converted to one religion or another in toto. Abu Bakar Bashir has sought conversion to his creed from Presidents and Prime Ministers for exactly this reason. If they take up the nonsense he espouses, it's reasoned, their nations will thereby be new emirates where head-chopping and general murder can flourish. His problem is that whereas Jesus can own people, presidents cannot. Not even in the world's largest islamic dystopia, otherwise why would he say:

ABU BAKAR BASHIR⁴ (translated): We will continue our struggle until Indonesia is regulated by Sharia laws, because Indonesia belongs to Allah and not to Indonesia people or to mankind. That is my struggle for Sharia laws, America does not like this. America is afraid of Islam because Islam stands against American rule over all nations in the world. If Islam is upheld, this would be impossible.

The question is whether this cult, now running Afghanistan, would accept Christ's Universal Invitation in the way they'd assume presidents or prime ministers could apply an equivalent entreaty to everyone as if they owned them? No prizes here. The filth of the flesh holds double standards as supreme.






1. A comparison is being drawn with Noah, who saved eight souls from out of the water.

2. "All his house" (i.e. the household of a prison governor) would include wives, children, staff, employees & slaves many of whom would be pagans.

3. Acts 18:5-8

4. https://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/co...4/s1063790.htm