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Originally posted by Airbornelawyer
Forget the legal, historical and moral issues for a second and consider your question from a tactical or pragmatic standpoint. Do you think it is tactically sound or wise, when we are engaged in a war with a group of people claiming God is on their side, to make a big public effort to remove references to God from the public space?
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Tactically, I don't think changing our pledge will affect our current and future CT operations one bit. Name the country that would change its position/support to be against us because of this change. Name the country that would instantly join/support us if we resisted this change and kept "under god" in our pledge. FWIW, Tactically I don't think the TS,NDD, and their SF compadres would have to change any plans, TTP on how to kick in that door and drag Osama out kicking and screaming.
I think that the US position that ALL religious preferences are strictly protected and free from persecution or infringement by our government makes our moral stand in the opinion more stabile. We defend all our citizens rights to worship/or not worship.
Anyway, I really doubt this is a blip on the radar screen strategically in the WOT. It is a little late to worry about radical islmaist public perception... it is a war now. Nothing we do or don't do on this pledge issue will change their views.
What do you guys think this pledge change would do tactically or strategically in the WOT?