UK military bishop: Taliban "can perhaps be admired for their conviction to their faith"

It's easy to understand why attendance at Church of England services trails those of the Roman Catholic Church and Islam in England.

The latest politically-correct idiocy comes from The Rt Rev Stephen Venner, Bishop to the forces in the UK. His reasoning is that we'll all be better off if we seek to understand those murderous brutes NATO is fighting in Afghanistan.

From the Telegraph of London:

Bishop Venner stressed his admiration for the sacrifices made by the British forces fighting in Afghanistan but also urged the need for a reassessment of how the Taliban are viewed.

"We've been too simplistic in our attitude towards the Taliban," said Bishop Venner, who was recently commissioned in his new role by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

"There's a large number of things that the Taliban say and stand for which none of us in the west could approve, but simply to say therefore that everything they do is bad is not helping the situation because it's not honest really.

"The Taliban can perhaps be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to each other."

Of course the Nazis had their own neo-pagan faith. And Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian who put the unemployed to work and transformed Germany into a great power.

The Taliban is fond of amputations, on-the-spot executions, and the subjugation of women.

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