Seems appropriate since a sniper's jobis to send a person to meet their maker.

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A recession is when your neighbor is out of work, a depression is when you are out of work - Harry Truman

To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle. - Confucius

The following two quotes state why General Petreaus was "disturbed" about the inscriptions. The first one also addresses cnredd's VALID concerns that the government was responsible for letting them be used to start with.





Stuff like this just helps the jihadists convince would-be followers that the US is waging a holy war on their religion. Why give them ammunition (literally) they can use to recruit more?

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My thoughts as I read this story. I am happy to have read this company will stop it and send kits to remove these markings.

Why in did they do it in the first place? It must have cost the company extra.

As they would have to be with in contracts restraints..

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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. - Samuel Johnson.. (1709 - 1784) Faith is what mine is built upon..

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Based on scriptures from the bible, I don't believe that is what Jesus had in mind.

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Indeed, how do conservatives justify borrowing hundreds of billions yearly from Europe, Japan, and the Gulf states – to defend Europe, Japan, and the Arab Gulf states? Is it not absurd to borrow hundreds of billion annually from China – to defend Asia from China? Is it not a symptom of senility to borrow from all over the world in order to defend that world? ~ Patrick Buchanan

Tax payers should not be subsidizing religion period. Religion is already subsidized enough through it's tax exempt status. Just my opinion, but faith will spread like fire on it's own without the help from the government.

You & Debateman seem to think exactly alike.
http://www.politicalwrinkles.com/war...tml#post116132

Does that mean we should do away with military Chaplains?
Congressional Chaplains?
Congressional prayer room?

That would mean no more prayer rugs or korans for our enemy POWs; right?

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"...baseball...It reminds us of all that once was good and it could be again." --- Terence Mann (field of dreams)

They should replace the verses with one generic motto:
Give your soul to
a) God
b) Allah or
c)Jehovah
cuz yer azz belongs to the USA!!

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I did not win the Powerball again!


"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."
--Jonathan Swift

Yip... That is exactly what it means. The individual has the right to practice their religion, but they do not have the right to be subsidized by the government to do so because the government's role is not to establish or maintain religion.

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Let's go this way...

A man fighting in war on behalf of his government is critically wounded & is likely on his death bed --- does the government have an obligation to provide him with the materials of his religious beliefs (a priest, a prayer blessing, etc) so they can have the peace they might believe comes with that?

Since a soldier is a soldier 24/7 is he allowed to practice religion at all since he's being paid for his duty 24/7?

I know these scenarios sound extreme; but where does it end?

I believe it ends with "make no law."
That also means they cannot prevent one from practicing religion --- & being in certain situations while working for the government you may be in a position not to be able to practice your religion without material help from your employer (the federal government).
Providing religious materials (a service, preist, Bible, etc) isn't making a law that respects an establishment of religion; but denying access to the material goods of ones religion is prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
You cannot confine the religious to their cars, homes & churches & not be in violation of the free exercise clause.
Allowing religion to be practiced everywhere, including public grounds, is not in violation of the establishment clause.

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"...baseball...It reminds us of all that once was good and it could be again." --- Terence Mann (field of dreams)

No, the government does not have a responsibility to provide that. It chooses to provide that as a COURTESY. No one is denying these men the opportunity to bring a Bible with them, and if they choose to gather together in some sort of service, that is their OPTION. The government is not required to spend money on such things and OFTENTIMES spending money on such this is tantamount the government supporting religion instead of the government keeping his hands out of religion which is essentially what is to be occurring.

And why can't we confine the religious to their cars, homes, and churches? We've done that with smokers. We've done that with several groups. Why is religion so special? AND allowing religion to be practiced everywhere IS a violation because one mans right to practice ends at another mans right not to... and this is why public places are a violation of the establishment clause.

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