Maddy About Bush
Madeline "I leg press 400, baby" Albright has decided that Bush's faith is something to worry about.
"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.
Well, aside from the fact that Maddy is implying that Bush's faith is much more worrisome than, say, people espousing religious dogma as justification to kill civilians in terrorist bombings, I can't really see what use her analysis is. Ok, she's worried. Great. I worry about a lot of things, too. Like our troops deployed in a war zone. And weirdly strong former government officials who do their level best to undermine those troops by attempting to undermine the elected leadership of the country by giving negative interviews while in foreign countries.
But, hey, maybe that's just me.
