Has the Antichrist come? ( Archived) (172)

"Buddhism remains a main popular religion in China since its introduction in the 1st century; "





"Traditionally, religion in North Korea primarily consists of Buddhism and Confucianism and to a lesser extent Korean shamanism and syncretic Chondogyo."





Seems you have a very closed mind Rob. You state that Buddhism is so great yet, many who were Buddhists commited atrocities just as bad if not worse than other religions and beliefs and then, hide behind pretensions such as you have posted above. Let's face it, it is just as good or bad as any other belief.

"Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from antiquity to the present, and show that Buddhist organizations have used religious images and rhetoric to support military conquest throughout history.

Buddhist soldiers in sixth century China were given the illustrious status of Bodhisattva after killing their adversaries. In seventeenth century Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama endorsed a Mongol ruler's killing of his rivals. And in modern-day Thailand, Buddhist soldiers carry out their duties undercover, as fully ordained monks armed with guns.

Buddhist Warfare demonstrates that the discourse on religion and violence, usually applied to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, can no longer exclude Buddhist traditions. The book examines Buddhist military action in Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, and shows that even the most unlikely and allegedly pacifist religious traditions are susceptible to the violent tendencies of man. "

A work of fiction. The US does not need to use terrorism as it is defined by international authorities as it simply uses legal military force.



"Of the 26 US soldiers initially charged with criminal offences or war-crimes for the actions at My Lai, only William Calley was convicted. He served four and one-half months of his two-year sentence."

"In 2007 the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Court in Brooklyn saying that "Agent Orange and similar U.S. herbicides cannot be considered poisons banned under international rules of war" and that the lack of large-scale research made it impossible to show what caused illnesses."

"They reported "no evidence of war crimes" but cited violations of international humanitarian law"

"Michael Ignatieff, then leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy said that the threat of terrorism requires serious and possibly permanent abridgement of civil liberties. He stated that governments are justified in combating terrorism with "lesser evils", ranging from suspension of civil liberties, through secret uses of executive power, to torture of suspects, as well as targeted killing, right up to pre-emptive war to destroy terrorist bases and also to prevent the development or deployment of weapons which may be used by terrorists or states that support terrorist aims."



Just about all of them had valid reasons.



Wasn't faked. Just troops being skittish and screwing up. The government then used it as a pretext since they had already been fired upon.



How about on mistaken intel. A mistake is not a lie and, WMDs were only a small part of the transgressions and ceasefire violations Iraq had broken.



You can blame that directly upon Saddam Hussein as he was the one who needed only to adhere to the UNSC Resolutions and ceasfire conditions and the sanctions would have been lifted.



As soon as they sided with Communists they were. Rememeber there was a war going on called the 'Cold War.'



Please list the joint operations that the US and Iraq were engaged in please.



Bin Laden never fought in Afghanistan against the Russians as he was in Pakistan financing the Mujuhadine.



You've twisted the truth pretty good here yourself.

If you look at my posts Rob, you will see I said religions and 'beliefs.'

Do try to keep up as you are appearing the fool here.

Then why is it that you have to keep putting words in my mouth Rob? And why do you continually deny that Buddhists can make war just like any other belief or religion? And why do you skip over the reality that many Buddhists consider themselves part of a religion?





There were many reasons for the VNW but the reality is tht there was only one for the US to be in this conflict.



My goodness Rob, for a guy supposedly critiquing my intelligence your punctuation is somewhat lacking (your should be 'you're) and that gibberish almost made sense.





Rob, as I tried to explain to you, there were many reasons for the conflict however, there was only one main reason for the US. It was, and is called the Domino Theory.

You can read about it here;





Domino Theory Rob.