'American strategists incorrectly rely on generalizations cast as good, evil'
Posted: December 19, 2009
12:45 am Eastern
By Bob Unruh
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A research paper written by a U.S. Army major for the School of Advanced Military Studies
in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., calls for Americans to lose the evangelical
Christian belief of pre-millennialism because of the damage it does to
the nation's foreign interests.
"As a result of millennarian influences on our culture, most Americans think as absolutists," Maj. Brian L. Stuckert wrote in his 2008 course requirement at the school for military officers.
"A proclivity for clear differentiations between good, evil,
right, and wrong do not always serve us well in foreign relations or
security policy," he said. "Policy makers must strive to honestly
confront their own cognitive filters and the prejudices associated with
various international organizations and actors vis-à-vis
pre-millennialism.
"We must come to more fully understand the background of our thinking about the U.N., the E.U., the World Trade Organization, Russia, China and Israel. We must ask similar questions about natural events such as earthquakes or disease."
He warns against the Christian beliefs espoused by many that the
end times will involve Israel as God's chosen nation, a final
1,000-year conflict between good and evil and an ultimate victory for
God.