Time<\/i> apparently caught President Bush in a chatty mood in a recent interview. Among other things, Bush blames the post-war mess in Iraq on the American military’s “catastrophic success<\/a>.” Hmm, is that also the problem with our economy? Did the Bush tax cuts bring about catastrophic economic growth? Time apparently caught President Bush in a chatty mood in a recent interview. Among other things, Bush blames the post-war mess in Iraq on the American military’s “catastrophic success.” Hmm, is that also the problem with our economy? Did the Bush tax cuts bring about catastrophic economic growth? Bush also revealed that he doesn’t pray […]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBush also revealed that he doesn’t pray for Saddam Hussein<\/a>. (“But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” ).
\nGiven how much of an influence Bush’s faith supposedly is over him, wouldn’t it be interesting to have a reporter who is well-versed in Christianity interview Bush on how his religion shapes his world view? Not just the standard questions on abortion and gay marriage. I’m talking about the morality of war, human rights, religious diversity, America’s “moral” responsibilities in the world, the Middle East–that kind of thing. Questions that go beyond, “how important is your faith to you?”
\nIf Bush’s faith is that significant to him (it is used as a selling point for religious conservative voters), shouldn’t voters know how it may influences his policies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"