DEARLY BELOVED

I was going to say something about how the prisoner abuse is a personal nightmare for George W. Bush, a committed Christian, because it exposes the arrogance of the Iraq operation in light of the First Principle of Christianity. Which if anyone knows what it is please let me know - this Google search failed to clarify the matter.

The first principle I had in mind was: The human race is sinful and redemption is beyond its own power (deny this and it's impossible to explain Mel Gibson). The biblical admonition "judge not, lest ye be judged" is not a throwaway, it goes right to the heart of the Christian insight that we are all flawed, all capable of horrific evil, and therefore have no standing in a court of angels.

"By their deeds ye shall know them."

Amen.