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This Man has had harsh criticism for what he thought was right for protecting Americans and the world

In the interview, Bush also spoke at length about his personal faith and how it has informed his presidency. The president said that his relationship with God has grown over time, and began when he decided to stop drinking.

"It is hard for me to justify or prove the mystery of the Almighty in my life," he said. "All I can just tell you is that I got back into religion and I quit drinking shortly thereafter and I asked for help -- I was a one-step program guy."

When asked if he thought he would have become president had it not been for his faith, Bush said, "I don't know; it's hard to tell. I do know that I would have been -- I'm pretty confident I would have been a pretty selfish person."


Bush said he is often asked if he thinks he was chosen by God to be president.

"I just, I can't go there," he said. "I'm not that confident in knowing, you know, the Almighty, to be able to say, 'Yeah, God wanted me of all the other people.' My relationship [with God] is on a personal basis trying to become as closer to the Almighty as I possibly can get. And I've got a lot of problems. I mean, I got, you know, the ego ... all the things that prevent me from being closer to the Almighty. So, I don't analyze my relationship with the good Lord in terms of, well, you know, God has plucked you out or God wants you to do this. I know this: I know that the call is to better understand and live out your life according to the will of God."

He also pushed back on the notion that the decision to go to war in Iraq was somehow based on his faith.

"I did it based upon the need to protect the American people from harm," Bush said. "This was a period of time where we were deeply concerned about the security of the country, and given all the behavior of Saddam Hussein, and given the intelligence that we thought was valid at the time, and given the fact that we tried to give him a diplomatic way out, it was the right thing to do, and frankly, the world is better off without Saddam Hussein and so are the citizens of Iraq, but it was not a religious decision."

 

Faith in the White House
The private religious life of a president has always garnered public interest. As President-elect Obama prepares to take his place in the White House, many are wondering which church he will choose to attend in Washington, D.C.

Like his father, Bush is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington and often attends services at Camp David. He told McFadden that he prays in the Oval Office and said that faith "has made a great difference in my life."

"There is a sense of calm in the Oval Office, where there are obviously a lot of dramatic moments and a lot of, you know, pressure, but there is calm in the Oval Office," Bush said. "People say, 'But how do you know that it's because of prayer?' And I guess the answer is because of faith is how I know -- I can't prove it for you. People, you know, say it's just a crutch. For me, it's not a crutch, for me it's the realization of a power of a universal God and recognition that the God came manifested in human and then died for sins. Now, all of this was hard for me to understand for a period of time and I am still trying to understand as best as my human mind can possibly do so. But in the understanding and in the search and in the quest, I find comfort and strength."

 

While he made desicions I don't agree with.. he is a good man. And I take him at his word. Unlike obama. He is deceitful. He is arogant. He is a problem for this country. And he knew about the illinois governor and his ambitions.....

 

I honestly believe we went to war in Iraq for the purpose of having a solid staging area in the region. Iran has been a true enemy for longer than the rest. Afghanistan, the occupied Country on the other side has slowed movement quite a bit. I didn't realize Pakistan was playing such a significant roll in the hiding of the extremist.

When Russia was fighting in Afghanistan, the United States thumbed our noses, and helped the common enemy we had. Now Russia is thumbing the nose at us. We now have Russian Nukes sailing through the Panama Canal, and around the coasts of our Country.

It is amazing that people are not bothered by this. JFK is rolling around in the grave. We just sit and watch it happen.

Obama will not be able to end this. One of his campaign promises was to get our troops out, and have talks with the opposition. He hasn't even taken office yet, and is being called names by them. We can pull out of the region now, but we'll just have to go back later.

We are being played like chess pieces, by the powers that be. All they have to do is promise God will smile upon their efforts, and then you have a Suicide Bomber. The only way to fight that is to educate the people that are following the instruction of Terrorist extremist. If that is possible.

 

We will beat the extreemists by pumping western values to them. A few bases in Iraq will do a lot to help. Young muslims have the same issues as young Americans. Defiant, curious, and willing to try new things. Push a few hundred thousand MP3 players out with usher on it... we got them... then we will be at war with hip hop... cool by me BTW.. I wouldn't quote kennedy. He about bluffed us into a nuke war. That guy was an idiot on foriegn affairs. He was brilliant cutting the top marginal tax rate from 70% to 50%... Over all I don't think he was the great prez that everyone fawns over.