Bush as Unmoved Mover
Upon meeting the pope this week, President Bush told reporters: “I was talking to a very smart, loving man. I was in awe, and it was a moving experience for me.”
After eight years of Bill Clinton telling us all how he “felt our pain”, are we entering into a time of every president telling us how much they are in touch with their feelings. I do not care whether Bush had some sort of religious experience which he was speaking with Pope Benedict. I want to know whether or not he will do something about the concerns he brought up.
The civil war in Iraq has now claimed about 70,000 civilian lives and another 25,000 American dead and wounded. This does not even begin to address the collateral damage that this war is causing – everything from the dismal health and welfare conditions of Iraqis, to more ethereal concerns like the loss of US prestige to do good.
Then – as a Christian – there are the concerns I have to the people of God there. Earlier this month, a Chaldean Catholic priest, Ragheed Ganni, 31, and three of his assistants were shot dead outside a church in Mosul. This is no longer Muslims killing Muslims. This is not being brought home to the Christians in Iraq.
President Bush is told by Benedict that this war is a catastrophe, and all he can say is that it was a moving experience to meet the pope? Is this guy listening to anyone anymore?
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