Bush: democracy in Iraq will serve as powerful example
Washington Post: President Bush, attending a ceremonial swearing-in of Condoleezza Rice as his new secretary of state, said today that elections in Iraq on Sunday will help change the world, advancing his goal of ending "widespread hatred and radicalism" and thus making the United States more secure. Link
Bush's stated aim of 'ending hatred and radicalism' here is interesting. He may be familiar with some of the sermons of FW Robertson - an evangelistic minister ordained by the Bishop of Westminster in 1840 who had committed the bible to memory. To Robertson's mind, radicalism was a fundamental part of his Christian belief, indeed, the Robertson definition of radicalism can be found in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) and goes like this:
"Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods and abuses."
Bush's stated aim of 'ending hatred and radicalism' here is interesting. He may be familiar with some of the sermons of FW Robertson - an evangelistic minister ordained by the Bishop of Westminster in 1840 who had committed the bible to memory. To Robertson's mind, radicalism was a fundamental part of his Christian belief, indeed, the Robertson definition of radicalism can be found in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) and goes like this:
"Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods and abuses."
posted by exoplanet at 12:06 AM
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