religious wars

[Mike Weaver]

>Ed Vulliamy in New York profiles the religious figures behind a 'Texanised 
>presidency' who believe war will mean America is respected in the Islamic world
>
>Sunday February 23, 2003  The Observer
>
>Behind President George W. Bush's charge to war against Iraq, there is a 
>carefully devised mission, drawn up by people who work over the shoulders 
>of those whom America calls 'The Principals'.
>
>Lurking in the background behind Bush, his Vice-President, Dick Cheney, 
>and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are the people propelling US policy. 
>And behind them, the masterminds of the Bush presidency as it arrived at 
>the White House from Texas, are Karl Rove and Paul Wolfowitz.
>
>It is too simple to explain the upcoming war as 'blood for oil', as did 
>millions of placards last weekend, for Rove and Wolfowitz are ideologists 
>beyond the imperatives of profit. They represent an unlikely and 
>formidable alliance forged between the gritty Texan Republicans who took 
>over America, fuelled by fierce conservative Christianity, and a faction 
>of the East Coast intelligentsia with roots in Ronald Reagan's time, 
>devoted to achieving raw, unilateral power.

cont.at http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,901066,00.html

This is the missing factor as far as I'm concerned - it isn't that all the 
other reasons for this threatened war don't make sense - they just never 
added up to 100% for me.  
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