80sU2isBest said:
Really? Can you name all the wars and what their causes were? I can't think of one single war that the United States has been in that has been a "religious war", including the current war. Just because Bush believes that it was God's will that we attack Saddam does not make it a "religious war". We didn't attack Iraq to wage war with Muslims. The other wars we've been in don't even have a religious context at all, except for World War 2, and that was Hitler waging war against the Jews. By the way, did you know that Hitler said that Christianity was a plague upon the earth that needed to be done away with?
i dont rember saying ALL wars were over religion.
did i say Iraq was a religious war? and was i talking only about the united states?
here ya go, a list of a few religious wars or wars with
religious undertones
ever hear of The Crusades?
The Seven Years' War (Britain & France)
The American Revolution
The French Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars (France & Europe)
The Revolutions in the Americas
The Wars to create and preserve the British Empire (Boer War, Irish Revolution, and the Great Game with Russia would all be examples)
The American Civil War
The Crimean War
The Spanish-American War
The Great War, The War to End All Wars, or World War I (whatever you want to call it)
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The Spanish Civil War
Stalin's invasions of Finland, the Baltic states, and Poland
World War II
The Chinese Revolution
The Cold War, including but not limited to the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the American intervention in Grenada, and the Soviet campaign in Afghanistan
The Cultural Revolution in China (If you don't want to call this a war I'll concede it)
Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge Revolution
The Six Day War
The Falklands War
The Persian Gulf War between Iran & Iraq
The Persian Gulf War between the United Nations and Iraq
The Breakup of Yugoslavia (beginning with Slovenia)
here is a more recent list:
Afghanistan Extreme, radical Fundamentalist Muslim terrorist groups & non-Muslims
Bosnia Serbian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholic), Muslims
Côte d'Ivoire Muslims, Indigenous, Christian
Cyprus Christians & Muslims
East Timor Christians & Muslims
India Animists, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs
Indonesia, province of Ambon Christians & Muslims
Indonesia, province of Halmahera Christians & Muslims
Kashmir Hindus & Muslims
Kosovo Serbian Orthodox Christians & Muslims
Kurdistan Christians, Muslims
Macedonia Macedonian Orthodox Christians & Muslims
Middle East Jews, Muslims, & Christians
Nigeria Christians, Animists, & Muslims
Northern Ireland Protestants, Catholics
Pakistan Suni & Shi'ite Muslims
Philippines Christians & Muslims
Russia,
Chechnya Russian Orthodox Christians, Muslims
South Africa Animists & "Witches"
Sri Lanka Buddhists & Hindus
Sudan Animists, Christians & Muslims
Tibet Buddhists & Communists
Uganda Animists, Christians, & Muslims
i await your reply