At the National Review, David French has a well thought out piece that gently but firmly admonishes potential Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for his assertion that Christians should stay out of the military while President Obama is in office: 

The best way to guarantee increasing Christian isolation and diminished religious liberty is to flee the field, to leave the military to its more secular members. If Christianity becomes an aberration, rather than a mainstream part of military life, commanders will have little practical incentive to accommodate religious expression — particularly in the face of opposition…

Leaving the defense of the nation and its liberties to secular citizens would constitute a profound moral failing, an abdication of faithful Americans’ duties as citizens.

While the article is too short to explore every nuance, its general tone is similar to that taken in Christian Fighter Pilot is not an Oxymoron regarding Christian service in a profession potentially hostile to the Christian faith. In short, Jesus Christ commanded us to be salt and light. We can’t influence the world if we aren’t even in it.

French’s article is worth a full read.

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