Does the Christian Right have any effect on US foreign policy?
Swimmingpool
01-02-2005, 19:44
I don't think so. I think that the neocons would be doing the same things if they were secular.
Your opinion?
Drunk commies
01-02-2005, 20:01
Up until now, I don't think so. However, the evangelicals are now demanding that Bush pay them back in policy for the votes they delivered, so it remains to be seen what role they will play.
The Black Forrest
01-02-2005, 20:56
Well it's hard to say but on some major stuff he has had big named evangalistas present in the front row for the signing.
Some of his AIDs policies or "ideas" seem to suggest it.....
Liskeinland
01-02-2005, 21:18
Well, Bush is a member of the American "Christian" Right, so it follows that it does affect foreign policy… actually, I'm not sure if it affects his views. Many things he does aren't really Christian…
Swimmingpool
01-02-2005, 23:38
The Christian Right certainly influences the Bush domestic policy, but we're talking foreign policy here. I don't think that they do. Remember that the prime architects of the neocon foreign policy are Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Cheney, who are not religious fundamentalists.
Well, Bush is a member of the American "Christian" Right, so it follows that it does affect foreign policy… actually, I'm not sure if it affects his views. Many things he does aren't really Christian…
Many things the "Christian right" does aren't really Christian either.
Da... Of cource... Bush starts his staff meetings with a pray... Disturbing.