As in a gift that makes you …
First off, not only would any trooper in Iraq positively shudder to be so portrayed, most of them, I suspect, would rather use something like this for target practice.
Second off, while it’s nice to think that As the brave members of the U.S. military head out to defend our freedom, it’s comforting to know that each one is sheltered in the loving hands of God, theologically speaking, God loves everyone on the battlefield, not just brave US soldiers. And this sort of blanket lionizing of every US soldier over there seems … well, a bit simplistic.
Worst of all, imagine if this ad got into the hands of al Jazeera? Our troops would be a lauging-stock …
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My question is, would God approve of giving a three-year-old a rifle and sending him into battle? 🙂
Lacking any commandment on the subject, I’ll exercise my own discretion and say, “Hell, no!”
Let them laugh. It’ll make them easy to find.