Friday, August 12, 2005

Dubya's Biblical Rendition Program

Dubya did an interview for Israeli TV yesterday. The interviewer was reasonably persistent, although not in the league of RTE's Carol Coleman. But in view of Dubya's Christian fundamentalism, there was this revealing exchange:

Q As a believer, Mr. President, what do you say to Jewish believers who think that God sent them to settle in the biblical Israel and they will not obey any decision of elected government?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, you know, there are admonitions in the Bible that does (sic) talk about the role of government relative to man ...


which aside from making for an interesting contrast with his domestic views, marks an odd citing of New Testament (since he presumably means the famous "render unto Ceasar" remark) as relevant for Israel.

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