andrew - thanks for the psalms thing - i never knew that.

i understand what you are saying about the idea of a "legitimate" government. i agree that all governments have problems, and that is my point - we can not see the govenment of iraq as "wrong" - at best we can see it as "different." we can not judge another, without having that same judgement falling upon us. our goal should be to pray that God uses iraq for his purposes - and if we get in the way, we are getting in the way of God.

pax