Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

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pynchonoid wrote:

> Likewise, many factors motivate Bush and his followers
> to wage war, beyond the reasons stated in Bush
> propaganda -- re-election in 2004, the political
> agenda of his born-again Christian buddies, the need
> for his corporate cronies to boost profits by blowing
> up stuff and rebuilding it, etc.


Who are his born-again buddies and why have they an interest in this
so-called holy war? 

One reason I ask this is because I'm thinking about how Bush I and Bush
II have been pushing the Palistianian state.