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Dear President Bush
by Phil & Brenda Maxwell
July 1, 2002
Dear Mr. President,
With the utmost respect for the burden you carry as the President of this great
nation, I am compelled to remind you of the words of the Messiah we both call
Lord:
“For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be
condemned.” (Mt 12:37)
I beg you to please consider the consequences to this nation should God employ
the same judgment against us that you set forth against terrorists in your
speech to the United Nations General Assembly last November. If the blood of
over 40,000,000 innocent American citizens itself doesn’t warrant God’s
wrath against this nation, then your words do. Consider God’s thoughts as you
virtually ignore the ongoing bloody war against unborn children while calling on
all nations to unite “against terror and lawless violence,” saying that
“some crimes are so terrible, they offend humanity itself.” What could
possibly be more offensive to humanity itself than government sanctioned mass
murder of the most innocent of our citizens? More to the point, what could
possibly be more offensive to the Almighty God than this?
You rightfully illuminated the hypocrisy of those who seek our destruction by
saying that they violate “the tenets of every religion, including the one they
invoke,” and, “They dare to ask God’s blessing as they set out to kill
innocent men, women and children. But the God of Isaac and Ishmael would never
answer such a prayer.” But Mr. President, I have to ask, how do YOU dare to
ask the same God to bless a nation that kills its own children by the thousands
every day while you stand by neither saying nor doing anything to stop the
slaughter? You declare that the threat of terrorists cannot be ignored or
appeased, yet you ignore and appease those guilty of far worse terrorism against
our unborn. You say, “We choose the dignity of life over a culture of
death,” but you do nothing against the culture of death dwelling amongst us.
You say, “The authors of mass murder and their allies have no place in any
culture and no home in any faith.” Yet the government you head sanctions,
supports, and harbors profiteering abortionists. Where are these murderers of
innocent children on your list of known terrorists? Where, Mr. President, where?
By your own words, surely we cannot expect the God of heaven to answer our
prayers to preserve and protect this nation while this atrocity continues.
You threaten the wrath of America’s might against governments that “turn a
blind eye to the terrorists, hoping the threat will pass them by.” I shudder
at the thought of the God in heaven turning your words back on us when you say
that nations that support terrorists “will find that their welcomed guests are
parasites that will weaken them and eventually consume them. For every regime
that sponsors terror, there is a price to be paid, and it will be paid. The
allies of terror are equally guilty of murder and equally accountable to
justice.” Cannot the God of heaven say to us, “No national aspiration, no
remembered wrong, can ever justify the deliberate murder of the innocent. Any
government that rejects this principle trying to pick and choose its terrorist
friends will know the consequences.” Mr. President, don’t you see that when
you condemn this nation’s enemies for deliberate murder of the innocent, you
also condemn this nation? Do you think the Almighty God you claim to honor is
fooled by statements such as “unlike the enemy, we seek to minimize, not
maximize, the loss of innocent life,” while the blood of the innocent flows
like a river under the protection of the government you head? Yes, Mr.
President, as you said, “We have a responsibility to deny any sanctuary, safe
haven or transit to terrorists…We must unite in opposing all terrorists, not
just some of them.”
I beg you, Mr. President, please do as you say and “speak the truth about
terror.” If you really believe that “innocent people must be allowed to live
their own lives,” then stand up for the innocent! Your words can either open a
door of blessing or curse from the God in heaven, depending on your willingness
to be a true leader – one who not only says the right things, but also does as
he says. Surely you don’t exclude yourself from the standard you set forth in
saying, “In this war of terror, each of us must answer for what we have done
or what we have left undone.” With all due respect, Mr. President, to condemn
those who murder the innocent without addressing the mass murder of our unborn
children is the ultimate hypocrisy.
Sincerely,
Phil and Brenda Maxwell
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