Bush, the Bible, and Iraq

[S.R. Prozak]

> That sentiment is no doubt a reaction to the words
> created for Bush by his chief speech writer, Michael
> Gerson, an evangelical Christian. Historian Boyer
> notes that when Bush said in his State of the Union
> address that Saddam Hussein could unleash "a day of
> horror like none we have ever known," the President
> not only played on memories of September 11 but also
> invoked "a powerful and ancient apocalyptic vocabulary
> that for millions of [Christian] prophecy believers
> conveys a specific and thrilling message of an
> approaching end -- not just of Saddam, but of human
> history as we know it" -- complete with the return of
> Jesus to lead a much-expanded flock. 

And I thought I was paranoid. It's good to see how religion, industry and war come together in real life, just as they do in Pynchon.

He mentions "the Word" infrequently yet it's always there.


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