I never answered what I thought about Huck’s comments. Yes, they were strong, and probably overstated. That said, as I’ve said before, I never supported the war, though to be honest, I wasn’t against it either. Here’s my deal: I think that there are a lot of things that we Americans come to opinions on, prematurely and without having the facts, that we probably shouldn’t, and I’m as guilty of that as anybody, I imagine. I was solidly for the Afghanistan invasion, but the Iraq war wasn’t nearly as clear to me. I chose, in that situation, to trust the administration’s judgment, and go along without criticism. My reservation at the time was that it seemed Hans Blix and his investigators didn’t exactly find what they were looking for, and then we decided to go in anyway. From my limited-perspective vantage point, that seemed a dubious decision; at the very least, couldn’t some more “hunting” have been done? Again, I gave the Prez the benefit of the doubt, figuring that he knew more about it than I did. In retrospect, could it be called “arrogant” to go in, on the basis that there were WMDs, when Hans Blix hadn’t found any? Yeah, I think you could reach that assessment. Then, it could be likewise argued that the stubbornness with which the President stood by Rumsfeld, at least with benefit of hindsight, might at least border on arrogance in the pursuit of the war.

Not sure I’d have used language that strong, but I think in at least these two ways, that argument can be made. I might have wished, though, that Huck and his team had reserved that language for Democrats.

Byron…Great book! I would have it on my top five most likely.

My point was that I’m not going to uncritically flock to Gov. Huckabee merely because he’s a fellow Christian, and a former colleague in the ministry.

I attended CIU as well. That;s probably part of my being much less like those SBC guys in your state. I can assure you that your experience in with the minority of SBC men. The great majority would welcome you with open arms.

I am sorry for their lack of testimony as they are representatives of our greater body, but I believe some people lose sight of the real body to which we owe our allegence, the body of Christ as a whole. I can proudly call you my brother, though I think your experiences may have pressed you towards an attitude you find despicable in those SBCers, judgmental stereotypes.