Q for the faithful to Bush?

You answered my question, so I suppose I'll answer yours. I have no faith in Mr. Bush. I nearly lost my life in Iraq when an IED exploded and shattered my right arm and tore my bracial artery. Getting wounded is a matter of war, and I don't personally blame Bush for that. I do, however, blame him for failing to dedicate the right amount of resources to winning the war before it became unwinnable. It is also the president's job to sell a war, any war, to his constituents and the American people. Bush is a failure by all accounts. I could give less of a sh-it about his faith. In any case, I will say that I think the greatest threat to civilization and humanity will come from the middle east. Islam is an expansionist ideology, and whether or not you find the various violent versus of the Hadith and the Qur'an to be only "self-defense" oriented, I can ure you that plenty of Muslims do not. Ask yourself, why does a week not go by without an act of barbarity committed by Muslims in the name of God. I doubt they share your "religion of peace" view. Furthermore, how many of these murderers will it take to completely destroy civilization if they ever get thier hands on a nuclear weapon. Is there any doubt that Iran's president would use one, should he ever get the chance? I cannot deny there are plenty of peaceful Muslims (e.g. my girlfriend), but like you, they perform intense mental gymnastics to view Islam in a positive light. No other religion in the world needs such a huge PR campaign to deflect criticism. You can talk around the issue all you want, but as long as those versus are in the Qur'an, there will be violence perpetrated by Muslims against innocent people. You can try to humanize Islam, but it's the same as trying to humanize Nazism; it's inherently intellectually dishonest. Of course, you could remove all the violent versus from the Qur'an as well, but to do so would be to change the "perfect, unchangeable" word of God. Open your eyes and see the world around you. You are not a victim. You are a follower who denies reality. I invite you to go to www.thereligionofpeace.com to see all the peace that has come out of the middle east. By and large, the middle east is autocratic and fascist. It is rife with poverty and has been so for centuries. It's women and minorities are persecuted and subjugated, and everywhere that Islam borders another culture, there is violence. Good luck finding your truth.