Bob Woodward's new book will likely offer some scary insight into President Bush's mind. According to this Reuters story, Bush "...prayed for divine guidance in launching the war." I suppose anyone would. What worries me is his next statement: "I am prepared to risk my presidency to do what I think is right," the Post quotes Bush as saying.

President Bush has often married his evangelical christianity to his political life. So have a lot of other politicians. However, his willingness to continue to use religious language in the middle of a war against an enemy motivated by a different kind of fundamentalism indicates a leader that is supremely disconnected from America the idea - America the beautiful secular republic, seat of liberty for the world. America, that's you and me, should not accept a president that spends our national treasure, international prestige and the lives of our young people on a "divinely" inspired mission. Please, we want facts.

Steve Erickson, of the LA Weekly, says it better than I ever could. Read his moving ode to our country. To me, this is what patriotism sounds like.