Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
The "Chuck 'n' Huck Show" - WWJD? When Chuck Norris endorsed Mike Huckabee, I was mildly amused. But when he started writing theological treatises, I began to worry! Even with a presidential election at stake, What Would Jesus Distort?by creator
(libertarian)
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
♣ I've always been kinda fond of Chuck Norris. You know, the "dreamy-fond" of a Dilbert-like nerdy type looking at a "muscular tough-guy hero," wishing I could be as strong. You know how it is -- chicks dig tough guys, right?
Then Chuck Norris came out endorsing Mike Huckabee. Why, I thought, would Norris do that? What does he see in Huck? I don't get it. And so I began to be a bit disillusioned.
But when martial artist Chuck started writing theological treatises, I knew something was seriously amiss!
His piece that appeared recently on World Net Daily, "Would Jesus support war?", is so strained in its attempt to support Huckabee's proposed foreign policy that it is just not credible. To Norris' credit, he does bring founding father John Jay's writings on the topic to our attention. Sadly, however, the "facts" that he tries to use to line up Huck's policies with "Just War Theory" just won't wash. The significant question should rather be "Would Jesus support America's war on Iraq?"
Even a casual consideration of the points raised in an older Moody Magazine article about "just war", when compared with what we now know, show Dr. Ron Paul's foreign policy to be clearly superior to Huckabee's, and far more "Christian." That article quotes from a book by Darrell Cole, professor of religion at Drew University. Cole cites these five criteria by which a "just war" may be waged:
proper authority,
just cause,
right intention,
war as the only way to right the wrong, and
reasonable hope of success.
The article (bearing a 2001 copyright) was an attempt to justify taking war to Iraq. A simple reading clearly shows that most of the key presumptions were based on falsehoods promulgated at the time by the Bush administration.
In brief response to each of the points: Proper authority? There was no congressional declaration of war. Just cause? Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11. Right intention? Do you mean our intention to eliminate WMDs? Oh yeah, there weren't any. The only way to right the wrong? What wrong? Iraq did nothing to the US. Reasonable hope of success? Well, maybe, if (as almost all the other candidates are saying) you think that after having already been there for nearly five years, getting out by 2013 is "reasonable," leaving many thousands dead and our national finances in utter ruin.
As the old saying goes, "Kids, don't try this at home!" In other words, Mr. Norris, please stick to what you do so well - those great martial arts moves! Leave the theology to the professionals like pastor Dr. Chuck Baldwin, founding father John Jay, or even to more serious reformed theological discussions of "just war" theory (such as here and here). There's still time for you to do your homework on "just war" and switch your endorsement to Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the only presidential candidate whose voting record and extensive writings demonstrate that, while not a pacifist, he really cares about the justice of America's war making.
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