By: BrianK

BrianK — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:36:19 +0000

Chris, this reminds me LOT of the events in Libya. I’ve been reading how Gaddafi has been reacting. I even found some websites that published part of his infamous Green Book. Most people reading this blog will probably think I’ve gone insane by saying this, and just dismiss me entirely. But for those still reading, I will say it because it is based in fact: to untwist the UBF mindset and correctly understand how good, intelligent people of faith can sustain and support such a system, you need to understand what Gaddafi did in Lybia (like so many good humane acts) and what the Nazi’s did in Germany (like such good-sounding idealism of how to create a pure society). I am not talking about the military aspects, but the ideology aspects. Looking back, it is rather easy to see how terrible these regimes’ actions became. But it was not easy at all to see such things in the beginning. Even now, as you point out, Gaddifi is claiming to be the one in power and persuades those loyal to him to fight the “good fight”. The Nazi party’s initial rise to power in Germany is fascinating to me these days.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:01:18 +0000

This reminds me a bit of the recent events in Libya, where the people who rose up against Gaddafi were also called “rebels”, even by the international press. Gaddafi and his sons and cronies used to call them “rats” even though Gaddafi was the one sitting in his bunker during the whole uprising like a rat. The rebels themselves preferred to be called “freedom fighters”. Maybe a more appropriate term for the reformers in UBF, too.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/africa/2011/07/08/dont-call-us-rebels-0

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Martin Luther King

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