President Obama, The Sermon on the Mount and the War in Afghanistan (Updated)

During and after the 2008 campaign, President Obama repeatedly identified himself as a Christian for whom the Sermon on the Mount figured prominently in his faith. The Sermon on the Mount, as he has acknowledged, is a radical text of nonviolence, self-sacrifice, and enemy love.

Since taking office, President Obama has massively escalated the war in Afghanistan, resulting in increasing civilian deaths and massive human suffering on the part of Afghans and Americans sent to fight his war.

This video is offered not as an attack on the President's personal faith. Instead, it's intended to be an illustration of the way in which many Christians, including President Obama, seem willing to set aside the ethical content of the Sermon on the Mount when it conflicts with national goals.

Mr. President, for Christ's sake, end this war.

This video uses clips from Rethink Afghanistan (http://rethinkafghanistan.com), The Passion of the Christ, Gandhi, and various bits of footage from around the Internet. The music featured in the final montage is "Agnus Dei" by Psalters (http://www.psalters.org).

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[3945639]

More white people voted for McCain (fact).

[DerrickCCrowe]

.....?

[justforyou2222222]

USE GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE, LOOK UP ELI JAMES "TRUE ISRAELITES" AND "MYSTERY BABYLON" AND SEE WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE, AND REMEMBER:

GENESIS 12:3 TO THE TRUE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB, WHO HAVE FOUNDED EVERY RIGHTEOUS NATION, AND BLESSED ALL, EVEN YOU, WHICH ARE UTTERLY EVIL AND AN ABOMINATION (MALACHI 1:4 / MATT 23:35, ET AL)!!!!!!!!!!

OR CURSE US, AND THUS CHRIST JESUS, YHWH, AND BE CURSED, BY YOUR OWN FOLLISH CHOICE, AMEN???

[justforyou2222222]

ADOLF HITLER IS IN HEAVEN, WITH CHRIST JESUS, HIS LOVING CREATOR (JOHN 1:3 / ISAIAH 9:6).

WHERE WILL HOMOSEXUAL, JEW-MUSLIM-TALMUDIST (SEEING JEWS AND MUSLIMS ARE BOTH JEWISH / SATANIC / TALMUDIC-DRAWN) OBAMANATION SPEND ITS ETERNITY??? BETTER TO BE PUNISHED NOW, FOR YOUR UTTER EVIL, YOU FILTHY ILLEGAL / LAWLESS, THAN TO SPEND YOUR ETERNITY, AS YOU HAVE ALL CHOSEN, IN THE LAKE OF FIRE, YOU HAVE ALL CHOSEN, AMEN??? THE NEGROID AND MONGOLOID HAVE NO SOUL, OF COURSE, BUT THEY CAN DO GEN 12:3!!

[guitmarc54]

WTF! ADOLF HITLER WOULD BE PROUD!

[Retro90Flashback]

what the fuck are the niggers clapping for? do they even listen to the words coming out of his mind, or do they just follow whatever he says?

[rethinkafghanistan]

@sophiasdream Psalters

[sophiasdream]

Who is singing the beautiful Agnus Dei at the end of this video?

[GaiaTaurus]

3945639...What do white votes for McCain have to do with the content of this video? It's a matter of faith and policy, not race. Unless race is an issue for you....