Letter:Election results reflect poorly on United States by Joachim L. Oberst

Christian fundamentalism dogmatically transformed a religion of liberation into a religion of fear and hatred and thus created a welcome tool with which a warmongering government can gather support using religion as a source of political decision making. …

With an evangelical Christian leader in Washington, there is no room for doubt and self-criticism. A Christian government can’t lie. A Christian nation defends God and does only good, and 2004 becomes the stage for George Orwell’s 1984. War is waged for the sake of peace. People are killed to be liberated. Smart bombs only hit the guilty. Pacifists are allies of terrorism. Military occupation and oppression constitutes freedom. Might is right.