A religious viewpoint pumped up on the steroids of oil

Initially written on April 9 as comment #6794 in response to to a Ear to the Ground post, "Revving Up for Airstrikes on Iran?",on truthdig.com,
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Can you hear me now (actually, Kevin Phillips)?

We are expanding the war in the Middle East (rather than, say, North Korea) because of a religious viewpoint pumped up on the steroids of oil:

G.W. is a Messianic True Believer who does not doubt the Fundamentalist Christians literal interpretation of the end times prophesied in the Bible.

He believes in the actual Second Coming of Jesus to straighten out the mess we humans create hear on earth BECAUSE we are unwilling to become born-again Christians. (The corollary view is that the ONLY way to help human beings is to first bring them to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.)

He believes in the final climatic battle between the forces of God vs. the forces of Satan aka good vs. evil in the Battle of Armageddon taking place in the Middle East.

He believes he is ordained by Almighty God (of the Judaic-Christian Bible) to lead us in these troubled end times. (... and that these ARE the end times.)

He believes he has the inherent authority in a time of war to decide what it is we need to do to protect and defend the United States of America.

He believes he cannot allow the Democrats to regain effective control of one or both of the Houses of Congress if it means that the Democrats allow our destruction by not resisting the forces of evil in the world as strongly as he does.

He has already rolled the opposition on the core values that keep us free. (The election of 2000, preemptive war, selected suspension of habeas corpus, torture, circumvention of judicial review of spying on citizens ... )

Where are the men and women who are willing to standup for our founding principles of inalienable human rights and the separation of powers in a republic? Are we going to allow this man--Bush #43--to shred our constitution?

I strongly suggest that everyone reads Kevin Phillips book, AMERICAN THEOCRACY, and get ready for a big event that allows G.W. to impose martial law and suspend habeas corpus.