Ammon-Arms-Obama-ACLU-and-the-CIA

Some are in an uproar over the release of some of the methods the CIA has used to interrogate suspected terrorists. The ACLU is all over this saying that the way we treated these terrorists was inhumane. Is this really an issue, or is Obama trying to create a distraction while he pushes through health-care reform?

Here is my thought on the subject.

Every time an enemy raises an arm to smite America, we should cut it off. (I read that somewhere.)

These weren't criminals being questioned about drugs or some crime on the streets. We're at war here whether or not we admit it and need to change our play book to combat this type of enemy who hides in the shadows and doesn't wear a uniform. We need to defend our homes, our families, and our freedom.

"But behold, every man that lifted his club to smite Ammon, he smote off their arms with his sword; for he did withstand their blows by smiting their arms with the edge of his sword, insomuch that they began to be astonished, and began to flee before him; yea, and they were not few in number; and he caused them to flee by the strength of his arm." (Alma 17:37)

We need to withstand their blows have them flee the strength of our arm.

Dallin-H-Oaks-On-Entitlement

“The worldly aspiration of our day is to get something for nothing. The ancient evil of greed shows its face in the assertion of entitlement: I am entitled to this or that because of who I am—a son or a daughter, a citizen, a victim, or a member of some other group. Entitlement is generally selfish. It demands much, and it gives little or nothing. Its very concept causes us to seek to elevate ourselves above those around us. This separates us from the divine, evenhanded standard of reward that when anyone obtains any blessing from God, it is by obedience to the law on which that blessing is predicated (see D&C 130:21).” Dallin H. Oaks, Unselfish Service