Liar, lunatic, or war criminal?

I am not sure who wrote this article, or I would give credit. It had to be posted though.

C.S. Lewis is famous for many of his literary works, but among fellow Christians, he's probably most noted for his "Liar, Lunatic or Lord" argument from his book, Mere Christianity. The argument is based on what Jesus actually said about himself in the Gospels and how he left no room for anyone to consider him merely a "great teacher" or "good man." If what he said about himself was true, he was God in the flesh. If what he said was not true, and he knew it wasn't true, Jesus was a liar of the worst kind. If what he said wasn't true, yet he still believed it was, he was insane and worthy of pity at best. This has been a powerful argument over the years, and I know this from personal experience. My own brother had a spiritual reawakening upon hearing this reasoning and has gone on to serve the Lord in many wonderful ways.Now relax, this isn't going to be a Churchy McPrayalot article. I bring up Lewis' argument because what a man says about himself is the best place to start when deciding if that man is right for a job. Hence job interviews. If what the man says about himself leaves you with a pair or more of very stark choices, the decision is pretty easy. Let's take a look at what John Kerry said about himself in 1971 on Meet the Press, shall we?

There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages*. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals.

Now let's apply the "Liar, Lunatic or Lord" argument to this. If what Kerry is saying is not true, and he knows so, he is simply a liar and should never be considered for any elective office. If he doesn't know he's lying, he needs to be in a place where he can get help instead of running a campaign where hangers on reinforce his need to believe his own lies. If what Kerry says is true, he is a war criminal and should be tried by an international court after he receives punishment for violating *Article 926.126 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. His "higher ups" should be separately investigated, but since they no doubt deny his accusations, we need to assume them innocent until proven guilty. Kerry, however, has confessed and must be brought to justice. If he confessed just to get his "higher ups" in trouble with stories not backed up by after action reports, that's hardly admirable either.When you make bold claims about yourself, you should keep the goal in mind: make yourself look good. Make sense? There really is no room, based on Kerry’s own words, for him to be a good man or a brave war hero who was just following orders. He is a liar, a lunatic or a war criminal. Based on his own words, John Kerry deserves to at least be out of the public eye for everyone's sake and maybe even in prison for war crimes.

And for all those who still complain about the Abu Graihb prison scandal, deal with Kerry's war crimes first, then we'll talk.

Pure fucking genius.