Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post

There is a church here in my neighbourhood that I go to sometimes, and it has some kind of vice pastor who preaches occassionally and runs some groups and charities. This man is American and once he started banging on about "our troops" (meaning both British and US) in Afghanistan, and how one person came to faith when he was under attack by the Taliban or something schmoozy like that. He described the Taliban as "pure evil" - ex US- allies and people who are trying to fight a foreign invasion. He had some kind of point which I've forgotten, but he was taking sides in this war, in church.
He probably thought the Taliban were "freedom fighters" during the Soviet-Afghan war...
It's funny how the labels change depending on who is killing whom... and who does the reporting...

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