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Anyone Else Wanna Say Bush Sucks?
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini a répondu le Mon 22 May, 2006 @ 10:50pm |
 Coolness: 145160 | LONDON (Reuters) -
President Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says "I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy," she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians. "President Bush's certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different," said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. "The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us." Bush, a Republican, has openly acknowledged his Christian faith informs his decisions as president. He says, for example, that he prayed to God for guidance before invading Iraq. Some Muslims have accused him of waging a crusade against Islam, comparable with those of the Middle Ages. The White House says it has nothing against Islam, but against those who commit terrorist atrocities in its name. But Albright says Bush's religious absolutism has made U.S. foreign policy "more rigid and more difficult for other countries to accept." In her book, "The Mighty and the Almighty," Albright recalls how Bush, while he was governor of Texas, told Christians he believed God wanted him to be president. She quotes from his speech to his party convention of 2004, when he told Republicans: "We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom." "Some of his language is really quite over the top," Albright told Reuters on Sunday during a trip to London to promote her book. "When he says 'God is on our side', it's very different from (former U.S. President Abraham) Lincoln saying 'We have to be on God's side'." IRAQ WORSE THAN VIETNAM The 69-year-old, who worked for Carter in the late 1970s and was Clinton's secretary of state from 1997-2001, says the war in Iraq "may eventually rank among the worst foreign policy disasters in U.S. history." She describes it as arguably worse than the Vietnam War -- not in terms of the number of people killed but because the Middle East is a more volatile region than southeast Asia. She also bemoaned "the growing influence of Iran" in the region and warned sectarian violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims could escalate into an all-out "Arab-Persian conflict." "We should not be contributing to what is a long historical struggle between the Sunni and Shia," she said. Asked about her own beliefs, Albright said she had "a very confused religious background." Born and raised a Roman Catholic in Czechoslovakia, Britain and then the United States, she converted to Anglicanism when she married and only later in life discovered she had Jewish roots. It is this legacy which makes her wary of any religion which claims a monopoly on truth, she said. These days, she describes herself as "an Episcopalian (U.S. Anglican) with a Catholic background," recalling how she used to pray to the Virgin Mary as a child and still does. "I know I believe in God but I have doubts, and doubt is part of faith," she said. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» mdc a répondu le Tue 23 May, 2006 @ 12:10am |
 Coolness: 148775 | bleh...
religion and government should be kept apart |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer a répondu le Tue 23 May, 2006 @ 8:24am |
 Coolness: 92225 | Yeah, I figured he was psycho... kind of funny when you think about it. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn a répondu le Fri 26 May, 2006 @ 12:32pm |
| Coolness: 178605 | Brr... Scary... Do not like it...
Religion is one thing, politics another one. Mix them together and you have this:  |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope a répondu le Sat 27 May, 2006 @ 1:31am |
 Coolness: 201185 | If you want to talk about religious views pushed on society, look at countries that are muslim theocracies. Seriously, Bush saying God a few times is nothing compared to what people are led to believe in those non-secular nations. This is a real double standard.
THere are 100 better reasons to bash Bush. Personally though, I think the leaders of democracies should have to be 100% secular. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey a répondu le Mon 29 May, 2006 @ 12:36am |
 Coolness: 102725 | Can't wait till our computers to become super smart thus they become sentient and take over the world.
Then the PCs Singularities Presidents and Lords can wage war over which ISOs is bettar. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini a répondu le Mon 29 May, 2006 @ 3:27am |
| Coolness: 145160 | i for one welcom our computer masters... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Purple_Lee a répondu le Fri 2 Jun, 2006 @ 12:09am |
 Coolness: 238580 | Originally posted by MDC...
bleh... religion and government should be kept apart i sooo agree with you on that one.... amercians have so much power & so little brains...that makes them fucked Lee |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico a répondu le Fri 2 Jun, 2006 @ 12:12am |
 Coolness: 150420 | ... that's what makes them scary. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DJ_DTM a répondu le Sat 12 Aug, 2006 @ 8:45pm |
 Coolness: 86815 |  |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Sat 12 Aug, 2006 @ 9:24pm |
 Coolness: 339625 | that guy's gonna have a black bag slipped over his head and he'll dissapear off to a secret prison in cuba.. |
| I'm feeling pornofied right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cvxn a répondu le Sun 13 Aug, 2006 @ 2:32pm |
| Coolness: 178605 | Oh noes!
*give 1000$ to that guy ad hide him in my basement* |
| I'm feeling cthulhu's tentacles right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo a répondu le Sun 13 Aug, 2006 @ 4:21pm |
 Coolness: 265915 | .. religion has always been a part of politics and vice versa. this lady here's just using that fact to make lotsa money. |
| I'm feeling paranoid&stalked right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer a répondu le Mon 14 Aug, 2006 @ 3:14pm |
| Coolness: 92225 | Make money? She was only interviewed on what she thinks which is that Bush makes too many judgements on faith and that he has his own ideas on what is righteous, I doubt she made money from this article. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Minou a répondu le Mon 14 Aug, 2006 @ 6:42pm |
 Coolness: 136005 | BUSH SUCKS AND HES AN ASS HOLE...
you know... i piss lol He should die from burning like right now Mise À Jour » Minou a écrit sur Mon 14 Aug, 2006 @ 6:44pm hahaha i said I piss lol
but wanted to say IM PISSED |
| I'm feeling on fire right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» DrGonzo a répondu le Mon 14 Aug, 2006 @ 8:24pm |
| Coolness: 265915 | Originally Posted By MOONDANCER
Make money? She was only interviewed on what she thinks which is that Bush makes too many judgements on faith and that he has his own ideas on what is righteous, I doubt she made money from this article. no i mean she wrote a book about it.. dont mind me. |
| I'm feeling lalala insomnia right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb a répondu le Tue 15 Aug, 2006 @ 11:58am |
 Coolness: 122270 | fuck em all
it's just sad that people listen |
| I'm feeling like white trash right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer a répondu le Tue 15 Aug, 2006 @ 12:08pm |
| Coolness: 92225 | I don't know anything about this lady or her book but I agree with her in the article, I dunno if that's sad. |
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