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Quote: (Originally Posted by RMadd)

you're absolutely right. he doesn't use religion as a basis for anything, nor do the majority of his current supporters.

You're trying to make Bush out to be aligned with fascism because the man is a Christian. Like I said before... he hasn't done anything to halt the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States... nor has he been conservative with the economy. He hasn't really done much to protect Christian holidays from rabid ACLU members. Being against abortion and gay marriage doesn't make someone a neo-con. John Kerry is against gay marriage... as are many other prominent democrats. Bush didn't invade Iraq because of religion... or for oil. He, like many other countries around the world viewed Saddam Hussein as a legitimate threat to peace in the Middle East. Sure, there was flawed intelligence... but the decision to oust Hussein isn't the product of neo-conservativism. If anything, Bush's foreign policy regarding the Middle East is liberal. The ideas of individual liberties, personal dignity, free expression, religious tolerance, private property, universal human rights, transparency of government, limitations on government power, popular sovereignty, national self-determination, privacy, enlightened and rational policy, the rule of law, fundamental equality, a free market economy, and free trade are all fundamentals of liberal though. Iraqis are now allowed to abide by all of these components.