Reply #75: Agreed on each of your points

[gdub]

Greatly generalizing, I take away from the various comments, the following notions:

1) the war in Irag may be understood as a clash of theocracies to a much greater extent than most have assumed to date (i.e., Bin Laden's pan-Islamic caliphate versus the 1,000-year Christian empire envisioned by the Dominionists and executed by the Bush administration and the pro-Zionist neo-cons);

2) that, yes, the Dominion and the Fellowship exert significance influence in Washington--and the question remains to what extent and is it reversible?

3) Is our "democractic" goverment and society still up for grabs? Despite the fact that we were all sleeping (or at least the moderate Democrats and Republicans amongst us) while the religious right BECAME the Republican party and then stole at least two if not three of the past national elections, can we take it back?

4) History suggests that there really is no single overarching "conspiracy theory" that will explain the balance of power in America. Rather American power politics at any given point in time is comprised of a series of uneasy alliances between ideological and economic minority groups. For example, the Dominionsts and Zionists of today--certainly not natural bed fellows. As a result, can we take it back? Why or why not?

I appreciate the various posts in response to my challenging positions--both the knee jerks and the more thoughtful responses. For me, devil's advocacy is an important part of debate.

Theocracywatch.org was particularly valuable as was a link to Political Research Associates.