Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, With the Taliban now as the Afghan government, it is very possible they will revert in culture back to the 4th century, but with 20th century weapons. If this happens, they will apply a severe interpretation of Islam and the Qur’an. With the Taliban, Islam’s Sharia Law will be strictly followed in a most conservative, militant view. Sharia Law regulates public behavior, private behavior, and even private beliefs. Sharia Law also favors corporal punishment and capital punishment over incarceration. The Taliban will likely be the most intrusive and restrictive government, especially against women. Women will go back to…

Dear Editor, Something is happening in our world today. Does it make you wonder what’s going on with all the strife and rioting and tensions in our world? With the vaccines and the mask mandates they are forcing people to wear? Maybe it’s a preparation time for the mark of the beast: “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the…

Dear Editor, Something is happening in our world today. Does it make you wonder what’s going on with all the strife and rioting and tensions in our world? With the vaccines and the mask mandates they are forcing people to wear? Maybe it’s a preparation time for the mark of the beast: “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the…

Dear Editor, Did we really need to be there for so many years and the casualties we sustained? I believe that many who have been in the region, many service and government personnel thought, why are we here? Was Afghanistan and its people a threat to the U.S.? What really was the mission? Twenty years later what did we accomplish? I leave that to you. I am an older veteran and had spent time in the Middle East and thought from the beginning the country was not ready to accept change until the people have better schools and most get…