Christian Extremist = GOOD; Islamic Extremist = BAD

This is an excellent article. I think the moral is plain, anything in extreme is not good. Personal committment to prayer is good, many people have profound and deep convictions which assist them in doing their job and following a life path. In Canada, usually with the exception of the Alliances, religion and politics are separate and that is how it should remain. I think we have done a good job so far in keeping church and state separate. This overzealousness of the Bush regime is so scary! Now they are talking about democratizing the Middle East, wow! The U.S. fought for and won their democracy, and so did Canadians, although we didn\'t fight as hard some might say,it was more of an evolution away from British rule, however it was our desire, our path,not the path thrust upon us by an outside power. This idea that Christianity is behind the Bush admin regime change, globalization desire is b.s.. If it was such a good idea don\'t you think the Pope would have sent all the Roman Catholics on such a crusade years ago? The democratization, aka. christianization of the Middle East is not going to work, nor is it an admirable crusade. So far Canadians have lived quite peacefully respecting each others religious differences and thankfully our political system isn\'t run by such narrow minded people. This Bush extremist regime, seems to believe that killing those standing in the way of their crusade aspirations is justified. Killing is killing, murdering innocent civilians and bombing the daylights out of a society in order to free them, to your way of life is not honourable, it is dispicable! I can understand one crazy believing he is acting on God\'s wishes, but I can\'t understand an entire government filled with so called intelligent beings following this sickness. There are cults that are revealed on news magazines that aren\'t as crazy as this, and the average person says, \'how can anyone get sucked into such a program\'? Well, what is going on down south, why aren\'t news anchors asking these questions? Why are some Canadians saying let\'s get on this bandwagon? Let us keep our religious beliefs where they belong, private, they are what many of us rely on to help us to get through these crazy days, but they should not be forced upon an entire people. Wars are not fought for religious beliefs, religious beliefs are a smoke screen to hide the real purpose of war, greed!

I absolutely agree with you. No religious belief can ever be forced on any individual. It is his own personal matter. George Bush and his associates have become blind in their lust for power. They are using everything that helps them in becoming powerful, including religion and religious sentiments of people. It is absolutely unjust and immoral to go and kill innocent civilians in the name of freeing them. Even a 10-year old would find this logic absurd. It's oil, power, money...That's what it's all about.

God Bless Humanity and save us from such cold hearted people.