Care Net Helps the unborn?
Care Net is a crises Pregnancy Center. The following is my letter to the editor of Care Net's Report, the current issue can be found here:
http://www.care-net.org/publications/documents/CNRJanFeb07.pdf
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Sir,
I read the two movie reviews you posted in the January/February issue of The Care Net Report (Movie Report, War and Peace: Why We Fight and The Fog of War). Simply said, this kind of writing does not belong in Care Net's publication.
Quite frankly, I am stunned that an organization that fights for the life of the unborn, which is your primary mission, would devote even a moment to discussing issues related to warfare and the politics that surround them.
Is our battle won against Abortion? Have all the hearts been changed that need to be changed? Are all the women in crises pregnancies no longer in need of our help?
Why then spend the time (and my money as a donor) printing a thinly veiled diatribe against the US and its war efforts? I'm sure you can argue in a hundred different ways that your intentions are noble, but let's face it: This is an editorial hack job pushing the following themes:
1. America is "Constantly at War" and "engaged in foreign entanglements"
2. The US is in the grip of Eisenhower's "military industrial complex" and the "the U.S. is a war machine and operates largely as a war based economy".
3. The above somehow pushes the U.S into engagement after engagement, to "dispense our military force" and "fight as a nation because we perceive it is our interest to fight and then mention words like 'freedom' and nice common values that - who can be against freedom?".
4. America is "drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future".
5. Christians should not participate in warfare nor swear allegiance to a secular state.
How this relates to Care Net's mission is unclear to me. Your entire article seems disingenuous in both its construction and omissions. You attempt to pre-emptively deflect criticism by using extensive quotes of others to make your case, including various conservatives, and by stating "it is not the position of Care Net to declare any war just or unjust", but your perspective shines through clearly and you infer that all recent U.S wars are in fact unjust through your choice of commentary.
Were I to take the time to clearly refute your points with easily found hard data, we would find that:
- suggesting the U.S is a "war-based economy" or in the grip of a "military industrial complex" is laughable simply based on the numbers and percentages of GDP involved. - Wilton Sekzer is a PROUD Vietnam veteran who felt justified in asking the Dept. of Defense to put his son's name on a bomb to help avenge his son's death in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
- LTC Karen Kwiatkowski is a highly partisan anti-war commentator who makes a living through her criticism of the administration. In addition to running for the Libertarian party Vice Presidential nomination, she has been publicly discredited by the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for her accusations against the government. Further, she could and should have been prosecuted for numerous breeches of UCMJ by releasing extensive amounts of confidential and potentially classified information to the media while still an active duty officer in a sensitive position. She's not just some concerned mother who is also a military veteran.
Why would you neglect to balance your commentary with information such as this?
I am a Christian...and a military veteran.... with combat experience.... who agonized over the weighty questions you mention. I have a son who serves and while I am concerned for his safety, I believe it is a necessary effort for he and so many others to make. Unlike Mr. Setzer and LTC Kwiatkowski, I can easily see the importance of both our current conflict as well as the others we have fought in the past.
I have been a regular and generous contributor to Care Net for quite some time. I believe wholeheartedly in it's mission and in taking whatever steps we can prevent abortions and protect the Unborn. I would like to think this is your mission as well. Your article tells me that perhaps you have other objectives in mind in your role as editor.
I will be publishing this letter on numerous blogs as well as contacting Care Net's Office of the President. I want to know if Care Net's focus has changed and whether I should redirect my contributions to another crises pregnancy organization who will focus on saving the unborn.
Pflugerville, TX
http://www.care-net.org/publications/documents/CNRJanFeb07.pdf
*******
Sir,
I read the two movie reviews you posted in the January/February issue of The Care Net Report (Movie Report, War and Peace: Why We Fight and The Fog of War). Simply said, this kind of writing does not belong in Care Net's publication.
Quite frankly, I am stunned that an organization that fights for the life of the unborn, which is your primary mission, would devote even a moment to discussing issues related to warfare and the politics that surround them.
Is our battle won against Abortion? Have all the hearts been changed that need to be changed? Are all the women in crises pregnancies no longer in need of our help?
Why then spend the time (and my money as a donor) printing a thinly veiled diatribe against the US and its war efforts? I'm sure you can argue in a hundred different ways that your intentions are noble, but let's face it: This is an editorial hack job pushing the following themes:
1. America is "Constantly at War" and "engaged in foreign entanglements"
2. The US is in the grip of Eisenhower's "military industrial complex" and the "the U.S. is a war machine and operates largely as a war based economy".
3. The above somehow pushes the U.S into engagement after engagement, to "dispense our military force" and "fight as a nation because we perceive it is our interest to fight and then mention words like 'freedom' and nice common values that - who can be against freedom?".
4. America is "drifting dangerously far from her founding principles toward a more imperial and uncertain future".
5. Christians should not participate in warfare nor swear allegiance to a secular state.
How this relates to Care Net's mission is unclear to me. Your entire article seems disingenuous in both its construction and omissions. You attempt to pre-emptively deflect criticism by using extensive quotes of others to make your case, including various conservatives, and by stating "it is not the position of Care Net to declare any war just or unjust", but your perspective shines through clearly and you infer that all recent U.S wars are in fact unjust through your choice of commentary.
Were I to take the time to clearly refute your points with easily found hard data, we would find that:
- suggesting the U.S is a "war-based economy" or in the grip of a "military industrial complex" is laughable simply based on the numbers and percentages of GDP involved. - Wilton Sekzer is a PROUD Vietnam veteran who felt justified in asking the Dept. of Defense to put his son's name on a bomb to help avenge his son's death in the World Trade Center on 9/11.
- LTC Karen Kwiatkowski is a highly partisan anti-war commentator who makes a living through her criticism of the administration. In addition to running for the Libertarian party Vice Presidential nomination, she has been publicly discredited by the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for her accusations against the government. Further, she could and should have been prosecuted for numerous breeches of UCMJ by releasing extensive amounts of confidential and potentially classified information to the media while still an active duty officer in a sensitive position. She's not just some concerned mother who is also a military veteran.
Why would you neglect to balance your commentary with information such as this?
I am a Christian...and a military veteran.... with combat experience.... who agonized over the weighty questions you mention. I have a son who serves and while I am concerned for his safety, I believe it is a necessary effort for he and so many others to make. Unlike Mr. Setzer and LTC Kwiatkowski, I can easily see the importance of both our current conflict as well as the others we have fought in the past.
I have been a regular and generous contributor to Care Net for quite some time. I believe wholeheartedly in it's mission and in taking whatever steps we can prevent abortions and protect the Unborn. I would like to think this is your mission as well. Your article tells me that perhaps you have other objectives in mind in your role as editor.
I will be publishing this letter on numerous blogs as well as contacting Care Net's Office of the President. I want to know if Care Net's focus has changed and whether I should redirect my contributions to another crises pregnancy organization who will focus on saving the unborn.
Pflugerville, TX
posted by wennejunk at 10:23 AM
2 Comments:
Please see the below post for statistics that may change you mind on your rebuke of the writer:
http://www.rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com
Thanks for your comment. I'll read through your site and am open to new information.
It will not change my rebuke however.
My Point (and my Objection) is thus.
Care Net spends the time and money to shepherd women in crises pregnancy situations. By offering them counseling, comfort and guidance, they help women make choices other than abortion.
They do a great thing and I do not want that diminished. By using their report to donors as an editorial device (for issues that are out of the area of their stated mission) the editor risks diluting and even discrediting the organization's effectiveness.
If he is anti-war, anti-military, whatever, there are other places (like Red State, Kos or even his own blog) where he can post his views. The Report is not an appropriate forum.
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