How do so many Christians explain their undying support for President Bush?

Question

I am a Christian, but I do not support his illegal and unethical war. True, Saddam Hussein was an evil tyrant, but there are other governments in the world today with similar situations and we do not try to "liberate" them. Also, the U.S. has supported similar or worse leaders in the past (Pol Pot, Pinochet, etc.).
Our reasons for attacking Iraq were based on lies. Many lives have been lost, not only from our armed forces, but also thousands of innocent Iraqis.
Anyway, as a Christian, I think that murder, lying, and greed are wrong, and yet the present administration seems to support these evils. I am not trying to start a Bush bash or to anger other Christians, I just want an honest and thoughtful answer to this question.

The Biblical verses provided by laverel are somewhat taken out of context. I understand the point that the Bible has mentioned obeying the law of the land, but in a land with our freedoms, it is not only our right, but also our duty to question authority when we see it as being unjust.

Answer 1

Well, THIS Christian (and USMC vet) does not and never has supported the Bush administration! It really annoys me when I see people who think that the only "true" Christians are right wing Republicans. Nothing can be further from the truth. This was just social engineering that some people used to sway votes.

I just wish this awful war would end and our young men and women could come home, and that this administration would do right by our vets..

Answer 2

Supporting the president is not a Christian thing; it is an American thing. The anti-Bush movement is a current trend or fad based on twisted stories and sometimes lies. I highly suggested you do deeper research, especially using unbiased sources. The liberal press will say "innocent Iraqi citizens", but what they do not tell you is that many of the civilians are technically combatant citizens being that they were innocent until they picked up guns and started shooting. They are not reported as militants because they are not in alliance with any milita or military group. They're people just like you and me, but took it upon themselves to pick up weapons and join the fight. Many of them are shot and killed, often by other Iraqis. It is sad that anyone has to lose their life in these kinds of settings, but their society generates these kinds of deaths with or without U.S. involvement. How many Bush-haters also sympathize with the thousands of Iraqi civilians who were killed by Saddam Hussein's testing of biological and chemical weapons in the 80's? Saddam was a terrible person and needed to be removed from power before he attacked and killed more innocent people (which many liberals just a few years ago agreed he most likely would). We did what needed to be done. There was no quick and clean way to pull Saddam Hussein out of power and provide a safe and functional government system. It is something that cannot happen over night. Certainly we could have and should have made different decisions throughout the process. But just because some less that adequate decisions were made throughout the process, does that seriously justify a collective hatred for Bush among most Americans? Not for me.

Answer 3

I am not a Christian, but I was in the Marines, and my honest belief is that GW actually believes what comes out of his mouth. I agree with you on everything you said about the war, and I too believe we should have never started it, but having been over there, we are doing alot of good, stuff you don't get to see on the news. I only hope that some solution can be made that benefits America but doesn't leave Iraq to the wolves.

Answer 4

I'm a Christian, and I never supported Bush. Most of the Christians I know didn't vote for the man. The main holdouts who still support him seem to come from the more extreme side of the right-wing spectrum. He may claim to represent Christians, but he certainly doesn't represent this one.

Answer 5

There are many other governments that have been toppled or tried to topple by the US.
Nicaragua, Columbia, Cuba,Korea, Vietnam, India and the list goes on.
I do believe the war should end or have at least had a planned end.
They got the man they wanted. Get on with it.

Get A Grip

Answer 6

Whether you like him or not - we are to pray for the leaders of our country. He's the president now and there is not a whole lot we can do about it. We need to pray that our troops will be sent home and we need to let Iraq figure out the rest for themselves. They will NEVER stop fighting. It's a bad bad habit with them that they will never break. If you read the bible, you will see that that area has been fighting since bible times. We just don't need to be a part of it. I think George Bush knows that now in retrospect.

Answer 7

They don't see what you see. They choose to see the good and view the bad as part of the struggle to win the war. It doesn't matter if the war is unjust, and unjustified. All that matters is that "those bad guys get what's comin to 'em."

In short, they're the ones who elected him in the first place.

Answer 8

I do not support him. He has betrayed Israel with his "Roadmap to Peace". He has gotten us into Vietnam part 2. He has done many unethical and corrupt things. He claims to be a Christian but even his denomination (Methodist) wants nothing to do with his library. Based on his actions, he is not relying of God, so I do not support him at all.

Answer 9

The term Christian is meaningless in this day and age. The modern Christian Church engages in paganism, namely Christmas and Easter.

The Modern Christian Church does not feed the hungry or clothe the naked.

The modern Christian Church allows people like Jerry Farwell to condemn people and show no compassion for his fellow man.

The modern Christian Church allows people like Pat Robertson to call for the assassination of other country leaders.

The Modern Christian Church is full of hypocrisy, that is why George Bush can call himself a Christian. Because he knows he is just as self-righteous as those who control the religion.

Answer 10

I'm a Christian. Voted for him twice. Still stand by those votes. Do not have top secret clearance, therefore don't have access to all the information that goes into deciding on military force or not - suspect that you don't either.

Do you REALLY think that all the information has been made available to the American public (and therefore also to THE ENEMY)? Wasn't there a vote in congress (amongst our elected leaders, who DO have a degree of clearance to secret information) to go to war? And if Senator Clinton is telling the truth that she only voted for it because the President lied about the information, does that mean that ONLY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF ACTUALLY HAS ACCESS TO ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A MILITARY DECISION? (or did she mean that he lied in his summary of it and though she had access to it, she didn't think that voting on going to war was important enough to warrant her reviewing the information herself)

Of things that I have seen in my life, (work, education, friends from Cuba, Lebanon, Argentina, Mexico, England and Israel) I realize that the information that is public, that shapes public opinion is often faulty, and always slanted, and it seldom is a good indication of what is really the reason behind what a government does.

A hundred years from now, when I have a cup of coffee with GW, I'll ask him...... join us there, won't you?