This Is the Way
When the Really Big One Doesn’t Get Away
by Robin Webber
How often have we heard the fisherman tell about "the really big one that got away"?; You know how the story goes. We can all smile in our mind’s eye as we reflect on the animated discussion and fictitious dimensions displayed by the fisherman’s arms stretching out so far that they can seemingly reach no farther. But upon a keener examination by the listener, the would-be Moby Dick of the pond shrinks into proper proportion. We all laugh. We all go home. We all wait for the next "fish story." But some fish stories are true. Very true! And, in the turbulent and troubled waters of our current age, there are some really "big ones" still out there.
As I write, the U.S. Army has landed a big catch. Uday and Qusay Hussein were, to put it delicately, "reeled in" and put on public display. These two sons of Saddam Hussein were the embodiment of the Baathist regime’s evil as they murdered, tortured and raped their way through the decades in Iraqi society. It was a bold decision by the U.S. command structure to place their bullet-ridden and bloated bodies out there for all to view. It may well have shocked our own civilized sensibilities to witness such gore.
The rationale for such a photo op was to break the cycle of fear that is paralyzing the average Iraqi from moving forward to build a new society. After decades of horrendous physical and psychological repression, the Iraqi public has got to know that "these guys simply aren’t coming back." A very real mental image had to be indelibly stamped into the minds and hearts of the average Iraqi that the door to the past was shut and bolted from any possible future reopening. Such effective closure, as gruesome as it may be, is certainly a path to new horizons for a people who can only believe what they see.
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Other Articles by Robin Webber
Satan:
- _Still a Troubled and Dangerous World
- _Chaotic Start to a New Century
- _War on Terrorism Is Spiritual Warfare
- _The Heavenly Signs in the Sequence of End-Time Events
- _An Angel of Light?
- _Satan: The Great Counterfeiter
- _Did God Create the Devil?
- _Following the Footsteps of a Different God
- _The Good News of a World Set Free
- _God and Satan: Truth and Life vs. Lies and Murder
- _Why Does God Allow Satan to Influence Mankind
- _Introduction (RD)
- _The Fall of Satan's Kingdom
- _The Enemy of Mankind
- _How Can We Resist Satan?
- _Satan's Work in our World
- _Satan the Devil
- _The Ruler of a Kingdom of Spiritual Darkness
- _The Day of Atonement: Removal of Sin's Cause and Reconcilitaion to God
- _Satan's Role in Human Suffering
- _What's Wrong With Our Human Nature?
- _The Destruction of Satan's Kingdom
- _Satan: The Great Seducer
- _Satan's War Against the People of God
- _The Day of Atonement
- _Why Man Rejects the Knowledge of God
- _Satan's Role in Causing Suffering
- _An Unseen Evil Influence
- _An Evil Influence Removed
- _Summary
- _The Devil's Role in Religion
- _How We Are Tempted
- _Reflections on the Dunblane Tragedy
- _Did a Good God Create an Evil World?
- _How World Peace Will Come
- _Christian Living: Ordeal or Adventure?
- _The Battle for Your Mind (3/97)
- _The Origin of Evil and Suffering
- _The Real Star Wars
- _How Much Do You Know About Heaven and Hell?
- _Crime: How Will It Be Stopped?
- _Did God Create People Evil?
- _The Spirit World's Dangerous Dark Side
- _Does Satan Exist?
- _Is There Really a Spirit World?
- _The Binding of Satan Pictured on the Day of Atonement
- _The Battle for Your Mind
- _Is the Spirit World Real?
- _The Role of Satan in the End Time
- _I Dare You!
- _Never Let Your Guard Down!
- _Star Wars III: What Makes a Hero Go Bad?
- _To Prevail Against the Enemy
- _Take It or Leave It: Reflections on John 10:10
- _Lessons of the Snake and Toad
- _The Train Ride
- _War to End All Wars
- _Where Vampires & Werewolves Don't Exist
- _Suffering: How It Began, How It Will End
- _Who Is Responsible for the Deception?
- _Chaotic Start to a New Century
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