"God didn't call America to engage in a senseless, unjust war. . . . And we are criminals in that war. We've committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I'm going to continue to say it. And we won't stop it because of our pride and our arrogance as a nation. But God has a way of even putting nations in their place." (He) then predicted this response from the Almighty: "And if you don't stop your reckless course, I'll rise up and break the backbone of your power."
Who do you think said this? MLK or Jeremiah Wright, BHO's pastor who's got him in so much shit? Well, you probably guessed it, it was Martin "I have a dream" King, not Jeremiah "United States of KKK" Wright.
Interested?
I implore you to read E.J. Dionne Jr's latest article. Its superb and really cuts through a lot of the false thought and statements made around the Wright row.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Martin Luther King and Jeremiah Wright
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Ok, yes. So MLK made some 'anti-American' remarks 40 years ago... And yes, people change their rhetoric depending on their audience.
So what?
It is still slightly questionable for Obama's priest to be saying some of the things he does.
Obviously the whole thing has been blown somewhat out of proportion, and I think Obama's race speech dealt well with the issue.
From the Dionne article:
'I cite King not to justify Wright's damnation of America or his lunatic and pernicious theories but to suggest that Obama's pastor and his church are not as far outside the African American mainstream as many would suggest.'
I don't think MLK's comments do sufficiently demonstate what the 'African American mainstream' is thinking. As I said - he was speaking 40 years ago. Race relations have moved on (a bit).
Race relations have improved a bit but they are still in dire straits.
I think that Pastor Wright and Dr. King have a lot more in common than we want to give them credit for.
I've heard many preachers in African American churches say things very similar to what Pastor Wright said. The real irony, though, is that I've also heard "some" of the same things espoused on the "Right" radio talk shows.
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