Tony Campolo is one of the true heroes of contemporary Christian leadership, a guy a non-Christian like myself can count on to offer not only provocative and compelling analysis of the world but also honest and even pointed challenges to his American co-religionists. That is to say, Campolo often speaks with a prophetic voice.
But not in the post below, I’m afraid. Campolo writes:

It baffles me as to how the same evangelical Christians who are committed to spreading the gospel in the 10/40 window support with enthusiasm military actions and diplomatic policies that make evangelizing those who live in that part of the world nearly impossible. Perhaps in the long run they put nationalistic jingoism and our lust for oil above the call of Christ to go into all the world and preach the gospel.

Tony, this sounds naive. If you called my home, my faith, a window of opportunity for yours, I’d be a little upset, myself. But if you go down that path, don’t be surprised if many follow it to its logical conclusion — imperialism. There are surely some missionaries who rise above that trap — or just nimbly walk around it — but unless we’re to believe that Christians aren’t sinners, that they’re never afflicted by pride, we shouldn’t expect most to do so. After all, an American missionary in the Middle East isn’t just a Christian; he or she is also an American. That shapes the missionary’s identity, and it shapes the perception of the missionary by those whose homes are being defined as open windows — by missionaries, by the military, by American corporations. I don’t blame them for getting confused! And, to be fair, I don’t blame those evangelicals who get confused, either.
But you Red Letter Christians — you, I hope for more from. Your mission field is right here. If you want to harvest souls, that’s your business — but first you need to till the field. First you need to radically transform the very meaning of evangelism. Part of that means recognizing that politics and culture shade your gospel whether you want them to or not. Not because your gospel is tainted, but because you, as representatives of a nation torn between democracy at home and imperialism overseas, between freedom in our communities and soldiers in other peoples’, must first speak truth to power — the power you represent whether you like it or not — before you speak truth to the powerless. You’ve done so much great work in this regard already; be careful not to throw it out the 10/40 window.