Many Christian leaders have opposed Bush’s new Iraq strategies

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However, many Christian leaders have opposed Bush’s new Iraq strategies calling for sending more troops to Iraq. Groups such as Christian Peace Witness and the National Council of Churches are among the strong opponents of Bush’s current handling of Iraq.

“The growing violence in Iraq, the enormous suffering being experienced by the citizens of Iraq, and the anguish of countless American families who have lost beloved sons and daughters to death and horrific injury calls for profound lament and repentance, not for stubborn commitment to the unilateralism and militarism that has been the hallmark of our failed policy in Iraq,” said Rev. John H. Thomas, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, a NCC member church.

Other Christian leaders who have spoken out against U.S. Iraq policies include the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church and Rev. Jim Winkler, general secretary of the Untied Methodist General Board of Church and Society.