In other words, spin it as you will, the emphasis on "Liberation Theology" must ultimately land on "Theology" — what does God want from His creation? Peace will come only from peaceful individuals; governments and institutions cannot make it so.

Jesus Christ said "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's." We're pretty good at the first part...not so good at the second. And we should be extremely leery about doing anything in God's Name until we're sure that He would approve. And, by the way, it will behoove us to remember that the God of the Old Testament is also the God of the New Testament; He hasn't changed one bit.

So, how does this all fit into the context of the war with Iraq (or vice versa)? Beats me. All I know is that some evil cannot be wished away, or talked away, or ignored away. And if you tell me that we should let God deal with the evildoers in His own way and time, my response is probably going to be something like this: "that seems to be what He's doing right now." Praise the Lord and pass the ammo.