The more time that goes by with our soldiers in Iraq I find it harder and harder to understand why anyone would continue to support this war and this president. I came across this You Tube video at Crooks and Liars. I watched it twice, and I have to warn you that there are graphic images of what this war is costing both to Americans and Iraqis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZlxBTVxINM

I was particularly struck by how the street prophets of Christianity clung to George W. Bush, because he prays and is a professed Christian. It didn’t matter to them that he is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, including babies and children. The most vocal of the two interviews even said that he wasn’t a political person but he supports Bush because he prays.

This illogical thinking is very scary to me and it is difficult to break through. A majority of my own family is exactly the same way. My own mother told me the other day that she has no interest in politics, she didn’t want to hear about the crimes committed by this administration. She has her God that she apparently shares with Bush so that’s all there is to it, he must be right, he’s a man of god.

The right wing of politics has become very good at polarizing their base to fight against the immoral left. They have shrunk everything down into abortion, homosexuality, and illegal immigration. The people who follow them don’t realize that they are being led down a very narrow road, not the one to heaven, the one to the desecration of democracy in this country. The one that will allow those in power to continue to abuse it while yelling out against the heathen in their midst.

What is going on in politics is the responsibility for every man and woman to make themselves familiar with. It’s not just about campaigns, ugly commercials, and overused rhetoric. Behind all of this is an administration who is perpetrating real evil on the world in the name of money god. There is also the possibility for change, real, meaningful change. It is our duty to reach every person of voting age in this country however we can and press them to stand up and take charge of their lives.

How do you speak logically to those who are hopelessly mired in illogical beliefs? I don’t know. It’s been my experience that you stay above the fray, so to speak, and try and find some sort of common ground to build from. It’s tedious, difficult, and sometimes maddening but it is important. Christianity is full of people with “blind faith” waiting around like sheep to be told what to do, think, and feel by whoever shouts god’s name louder. Somehow we need to find a way to inject a voice of reason and break through the apathy that surrounds them.

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