WAR ON IRAK

Alternet: When U.S. Foreign Policy Meets Biblical Prophecy

As the nation marches toward war in the Middle East, millions of
Americans believe in Biblical prophecies of Armageddon that predict
war and mass slaughters of Jews and Muslims. "Genocide, in short,
becomes the ultimate means of prophetic fulfillment," writes
historian Paul Boyer. "Without close attention to the prophetic
scenario embraced by millions of American citizens, the current
political climate in the United States cannot be fully understood.
... [W]hen our born-again president describes the nation's
foreign-policy objective in theological terms as a global struggle
against 'evildoers,' and when, in his recent State of the Union
address, he casts Saddam Hussein as a demonic, quasi-supernatural
figure who could unleash 'a day of horror like none we have ever
known,' he is not only playing upon our still-raw memories of 9/11.
He is also invoking a powerful and ancient apocalyptic vocabulary
that for millions of prophecy believers conveys a specific and
thrilling message of an approaching end - not just of Saddam, but
of human history as we know it."

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