Boyd on Troop Withdrawal

» Greg Boyd: What's "the Christian Position" on Whether or Not the U.S. Should Immediately Withdraw its Troops?

Great read here by the author of "The Myth of a Christian Nation." See here and/or here for background on both.

I'm not sure an excerpt can possibly do the post justice, but my effort at it is as follows ....

We have to humbly respect the inherent ambiguity of political issues, including issues of war. And this is why, as a matter of principle, I cannot christen my own opinion about whether U.S. troops should get out of Iraq as soon as possible as "the Christian position." You can believe there are "smart" and "dumb" positions on this and every other political question (yours is of course the "smart" one). But there is no distinctly "Christian" position on this.

For more on Boyd's personal views, read the full post. I think the post captures in as much of a nutshell as possible what's wrong with the attempt to paint certain political views as more or less Christian than others.