Reply #21: They absolutely do not have a death wish.

[riverdeep]

And they have no religious motivations either. That is nothing but cover to bring in the true believers. For evidence, read former deputy director of the White House office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives David Kuo's book 'Tempting Faith' where he describes the cynicism of Bush and Rove toward the true believers.

"As correspondent Lesley Stahl reports, he also says the White House was a place that cynically used religion for political ends and that White House aides ridiculed the very Christian leaders who helped bring Mr. Bush to office."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/14/60minutes/main2089778.shtml

I've asked myself a variation of this question over these past years myself. The way I've asked it is, "are they evil or incompetent?" I've come to believe they are evil, primarily. Nobody can be this incompetent by chance. What people seem to forget is the Great Depression did not make everyone poor. The people at the top, very top, do quite well for themselves. This is disaster capitalism, with our own backyard included as the disaster.