So Much Confusion

I, like most Americans, have been reading and hearing about events in the Middle East. I'm amazed at the number of Americans that truly believe all Muslims are trying to wipe out their Western "Christian" culture. If that is truly the case, then why did America invade Iraq and support the murder of Saddam Hussein for killing 100,000 Muslims? Confusion . . . Why is George Bush more popular amongst the religious right than Jimmy Carter. Everyone says Jimmy Carter was the most honest president of recent history and he claimed to be born again. George W. Bush referred to "Jesus" once in an interview and called him a philosopher. So what happened with that? Does Christianity now embrace their Jesus to offer great philosophy, rather than the opportunity to be born again? More Confusion . . . And how is it that Hamas and Hezbollah were on the American terrorist list, then became political parties in "fledgling democracies" that America is funding and supporting? Why has America not offered military support to Israel in dealing with these terrorist organizations when it is America that has declared war on terror? Confusing, isn't it? Now that Abbas is calling Hamas a terrorist organization, will America resume the stand they claimed in 2001? How do we know this isn't just a trick to surround Israel through supposed "political division" in Gaza and the West Bank and gain American funding? We don't, we have no idea what the real situation is with this so called Roadmap to Peace, authored by the President of America. Can confusion be a "theme?" A new cabinet post called Homeland Security has become part of our government in this administration and I can find no rhyme or reason as to how this department or bureaucracy functions . . . it is nothing but confusion. While the Middle East is debated and the 2008 presidential campaign has begun a year and a half early, and we are supposedly keeping problems off of American soil, our president wants to offer amnesty for those that are not citizens and here in Missouri, if a person already has a driver's license, a birth certificate or a passport is required to renew their license. Yet, our senator has told us, we are still protected from a National ID. So, are the politicians confused or just trying to keep the constituents that way?

For G~d is not the author of confusion, but of peace . . . New Testament