When U.S. Foreign Policy Meets Biblical Prophecy

Is the "Bush administration's go-it-alone foreign policy" part of an "unfolding divine plan"? Many Americans believe so, according to Paul Broyer. The "current political climate in the United States cannot be fully understood" unless this point is recognized. Broyer explains,

Leaders have always invoked God's blessing on their wars, and, in this respect, the Bush administration is simply carrying on a familiar tradition. But when our born-again president describes the nation's foreign-policy objective in theological terms as a global struggle against "evildoers," and when, in his recent State of the Union address, he casts Saddam Hussein as a demonic, quasi-supernatural figure who could unleash "a day of horror like none we have ever known," he is not only playing upon our still-raw memories of 9/11. He is also invoking a powerful and ancient apocalyptic vocabulary that for millions of prophecy believers conveys a specific and thrilling message of an approaching end – not just of Saddam, but of human history as we know it.