There was a time when it wasn’t so. Remember WW1 – Wilson, WW2 – Roosevelt, up through Kennedy.

Also, one could argue that Russian Communism was an example of the average Russian believing (however wrongly) that he was fighting for the ideals of secular liberalism.

And I’m going to impose a qualifier on you: Keep in mind that the statement only communicates a distinguishable meaning if it means “primarily” for Christianity, or “driven by” Christianity. Iraq is a war for civilization, against jihadist nihilism. Civilization encompasses many things, including apple pie, Christianity, atheism, Judaism, and even BMWs, Whole Foods stores and Buddhism. It is easily allowable that Iraq is a war for all those things. If you mean “Iraq is a war for Christianity along with everything else to do with civilization”, we already agree and needn’t discuss the point.

A quantifiable measure of institutional Christendom in Iraq is not the measure of victory. But thriving Christianity, rooted in Rome and the historically Protestant lands, has a great stake in the outcome over there.

Don’t cede any spiritual turf to smug, ignorant opponents.

Meanwhile, Biden is probably in the Senate hall telling the press about his victory with the passage of non-binding legislation, and Reid is in his office, angrily scribbling away at that letter, demanding Rush’s employer to reprimand their $285 million superstar. Unbelievable.

Ummmm. Did this comment from Thomas Horsville give anyone else the willies? In a let-them-eat-cake-mein-kampf-stroking-a-persian-cat-legion-of-doom-three-foot-cigarette-holder-and-martini-glass-final-solution and all that sort of way? Uniform enlightenment? Sea of barbarism?

I think Thomas IS George Soros.

“Afterall, nothing matters between Boston & SF… maybe NYC & Seattle.”

I’m afraid you’re being overly optimistic. Even the great urban metropolises are not uniformly enlightened. There are, at best, a few islets of civilization lost in a sea of barbarism.

A suggestion: next time you want to run interference for fnln, put on a tinfoil hat and tune in to the LeftCoast’s AllThingsLiberallyConsidered… then you’ll have matching talking points. But now we’re a tad off topic.

It’s human nature.

Just like preferring to think the persecution is because he’s gay rather than because he’s obnoxious and judgmental.

Obnoxious Atheists are in every way equal to obnoxious Theists.

1500 years of history prove Christians are just as murderous and violent as any other religious zealots.

Please, by all means, defend your religion, your religious zealot “friends”, and their actions, but don’t expect the rest of us to go along quietly while they actively work to infect everything with their mythological and erroneous beliefs.

And if you’re wondering, start here and work your way down.

Of course, they blame the fact that they’re gay for why people don’t like them.

“That ‘fly over country’ you’re smearing is the home of those ‘amber waves of grain’ and ‘purple mountain majesties’ and other points of interest”

I’m afraid you misunderstood what fnln meant. I’m sure he has nothing against wheat fields and granite mountains. As usual, people are the problem. They tend to ruin the landscape.

Frankly, I like Texas and Texans: they’re usually loyal, steadfast, honorable, community-centered, patriotic and willing to serve others before self –heresy to the GayLeft.

I’m beginning to appreciate why the sneering GayLeft is so uncomfortable with patriotism, support of the military, mainstream American values… when you can dismiss the Midwest, the Upper Plains, the Ohio River Valley and other gems of America with an LeftCoast slam like “flyover country” and not sense you’re smearing most of America… something you say you DONT do out of the right side of your mouth while doing exactly THAT out of the left side of your mouth.

That “fly over country” you’re smearing is the home of those “amber waves of grain” and “purple mountain majesties” and other points of interest to anyone still COMFORTABLE with America, her promise, our destiny.

Just because most of the GayLeft would be happier if America more resembled a socialist European state doesn’t mean you have to besmirch 3/4s of America… just stay focused on slamming the FarLeft leadership in the Democrat Party who have failed to give you your utopia.