Albright Criticizes Bush’s Religious Absolutism
The former secretary of state says that Bush has alienated Muslims around the world with his use of Christian dogma to discuss foreign policy.The former secretary of state says that Bush has alienated Muslims around the world with his use of Christian dogma to discuss foreign policy.
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President Bush has alienated Muslims around the world by using absolutist Christian rhetoric to discuss foreign policy issues, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says.
“I worked for two presidents who were men of faith, and they did not make their religious views part of American policy,” she said, referring to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, both Democrats and Christians.
“President Bush’s certitude about what he believes in, and the division between good and evil, is, I think, different,” said Albright, who has just published a book on religion and world affairs. “The absolute truth is what makes Bush so worrying to some of us.”
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