What protesters don’t understand makes them look foolish
Every Monday, a group of near-sighted anti-war protesters congregate outside the Metro entrance to the Pentagon, holding up outrageous signs like, "Jesus would never join the military" and "Refuse orders to kill!" My personal favorite: "If you love your enemies, they wouldn’t be our enemies any more."
I’m reminded of the verse in Proverbs: "A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions. A fool’s mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul."
I’m amazed by the naïveté! Outside of the outlandish signs, it’s just down-right comical! For brief moments, I find these protesters funny.
Finding it pointless to even debate these signs, I think people don’t give them attention because these protesters don’t bring anything to the table; they bring half-baked ideas which, quite frankly, are often not even their own. I’ve asked may people that take their position questions concerning national security and what they would do. They reply back by saying that we could put the money into our "ailing healthcare system."
Did you know that the Department of Health and Human Services spends the most amount of money? Not the Department of Defense. NIH accounts for more than 25% of the United States budget. Most people simply assume that the Department of Defense is the largest.
What I’d really like to see is a protest that celebrates and thanks the people here for their work. If you’d like to organize this, I’d be more than happy to help you!