Bush: A Delusional Evangelist
Captain Ahab in the last chapter of Moby Dick was plunging a harpoon into the white whale while Ahab was snarled by ropes to its gigantic body-never to return again. The ship and all hands were lost. Major Kong ( Slim Pickens character ) in Stanley Kubrick's " Dr. Strangelove " was last viewed bronc-riding a nuclear warhead that was just released from his B-52 over a Russian target. Kong's warhead set off the Russian doomsday machine which ended life on the planet as we know it. Both characters were tunnel-visioned and obsessed with vindictiveness against difference.
And in our real time, we have an " evangelical " president. But President Bush lacks the peculiar charm of Ahab or Kong. Despite plunging poll numbers: 58% disapproval of handling of Iraq war; 52% think that the war has not made the US more secure from terrorists ( Wash. Post-ABC News Survey,July 2005 ) , Bush will "stay the course ". The recent bombings in London ominously portend a similar American tragedy. The bombers in London were second generation Britains who because of religious reasons blew themselve up and scores of commuters with them. America is in a holy war.
Bush is an " evangelical ". His faith and surrender to Jesus burdens him with a "charge to keep ". This chargre or mission is to spread the word of the Bible. In the case of Iraq and the Middle East, preemptive war is a legitimate way of introducing the truth of the Bible by fostering democracy which is God's gift of freedom to all.
With a Republican controlled congress, impeachment is out of the queastion, But recent polls give democrats much higher chances of reversing that control. Certainly the democrats bring their own brand of death. Slow death by the relentless barrage of the ping pong balls of political correctness.
And in our real time, we have an " evangelical " president. But President Bush lacks the peculiar charm of Ahab or Kong. Despite plunging poll numbers: 58% disapproval of handling of Iraq war; 52% think that the war has not made the US more secure from terrorists ( Wash. Post-ABC News Survey,July 2005 ) , Bush will "stay the course ". The recent bombings in London ominously portend a similar American tragedy. The bombers in London were second generation Britains who because of religious reasons blew themselve up and scores of commuters with them. America is in a holy war.
Bush is an " evangelical ". His faith and surrender to Jesus burdens him with a "charge to keep ". This chargre or mission is to spread the word of the Bible. In the case of Iraq and the Middle East, preemptive war is a legitimate way of introducing the truth of the Bible by fostering democracy which is God's gift of freedom to all.
With a Republican controlled congress, impeachment is out of the queastion, But recent polls give democrats much higher chances of reversing that control. Certainly the democrats bring their own brand of death. Slow death by the relentless barrage of the ping pong balls of political correctness.
posted by Barry Leonardini at 11:30 AM
1 Comments:
So far no one has tried to foist Christianity on me the way some Muslims are trying to spread their word with Jihad. Before the US involvement in Iraq the Muslim fanatics were killing Hindus in India, Buddhists in Thailand, Christians in Indonesia and the former Yugoslavia ( It turns out they committed their own genocidal acts against the Serbs which they are not being held accountable for.) They were on the attack in the Philippines, Turkey, Russia, and the United States. With all this am I am supposed to believe that they are just defending themselves in Israel?
While murder is the way of the Muslim extremist he is supported by a silent Muslim community which sends him moral and financial support even if it results in the murder of other Muslims.
While the goal of zealots would require everyone to drop to their knees five times a day and relegate women to a role of a glorified house pets many Americans respond by wringing their hands and pondering what they did wrong to make them mad!
Whatever Bush's religion at least he has the courage to stand up and defend us
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