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DER SPIEGEL 8/2003 - 17. Februar 2003
URL:  http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/english/0,1518,236692,00.html
Cover Story

War out of compassion

By attacking Baghdad, US president George W. Bush wants to fulfill a divine order. In the highly religious United States, there has rarely been such a deep connection between national power interests and fundamentalist false piety. Christian fanatics are calling for a crusade against Islam. ..... Religious presidents can make the world a worse place by spectacularly failing in their efforts to improve it. ........He assured his soldiers that the entire country is praying for them. He urged them to do their duty, not so much as a commander-in-chief encouraging his troops, but rather as a field chaplain: "Don't just try to be a good soldier or a good sailor. Remember to love your fellow man as you yourselves would wish to be loved." ..........

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