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Arlo J. Nau
[September 12, 1928 – September 4, 2018] Dr. Arlo J. Nau was the Administrator of the Arizona Ecumenical Council and an “Arizonaphile,” having married an Arizonan and traveled to the Grand Canyon State many times over the past thirty years. He has resided with his family in Phoenix. Most of Dr. Nau’s professional life was spent in Lutheran Campus Ministry at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In the early ’70s he completed an interdisciplinary Masters Research Project in Anthropology and Sociology at SUNY-Buffalo focusing on Pima Cultural and Social Change with special reference to the contribution of the Pima Presbyterian Church. His Doctor of Theology degree in New Testament Studies was received from the University of Toronto and the Toronto Scholl of Theology.
Don’t Send Our Young Men and Women into a War We Cannot Win
“With Taliban fighters poised to rout the U.S.-backed Afghan government — and with it the 20-year, multibillion-dollar effort to root Western-style democracy in Afghan soil — President Biden over the weekend first offered compassion for those left behind. “Our hearts go out to the brave Afghan men and women who are now at risk,” he said in a statement late Saturday as insurgents closed in on Kabul. But then Biden pivoted to the cold calculation behind his decision to pull the plug on a mission that has cost more than 2,000 American lives.” 1
The American War in Afghanistan: A History – Available from Amazon.com
The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001, is now the longest armed conflict in the nation’s history. It is currently winding down, and American troops are likely to leave soon ― but only after a stay of nearly two decades.
In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict. Malkasian is both a leading academic authority on the subject and an experienced practitioner, having spent nearly two years working in the Afghan countryside and going on to serve as the senior advisor to General Joseph Dunford, the US military commander in Afghanistan and later the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Drawing from a deep well of local knowledge, understanding of Pashto, and review of primary source documents, Malkasian moves through the war’s multiple phases: the 2001 invasion and after; the light American footprint during the 2003 Iraq invasion; the resurgence of the Taliban in 2006, the Obama-era surge, and the various resets in strategy and force allocations that occurred from 2011 onward, culminating in the 2018-2020 peace talks. Malkasian lived through much of it, and draws from his own experiences to provide a unique vantage point on the war. Today, the Taliban is the most powerful faction, and sees victory as probable. The ultimate outcome after America leaves is inherently unpredictable given the multitude of actors there, but one thing is sure: the war did not go as America had hoped. Although the al-Qa’eda leader Osama bin Laden was killed and no major attack on the American homeland was carried out after 2001, the United States was unable to end the violence or hand off the war to the Afghan authorities, which could not survive without US military backing. The American War in Afghanistan explains why the war had such a disappointing outcome.
Called the vaccines “diabolic,” falsely linked them to abortion, and claimed the shots are a government plan for “total control of a populace.” 2
Of course, the Pope is silent on this statement.
Pastor Greg Locke
He will kick worshippers out of his church if they wear masks, references QAnon conspiracy theories in his sermons, and even calls vaccines “a dangerous scam.” 3
