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For Likudniks like Lieberman, the Rapture Right are "useful idiots" simply to be exploited to further the political ends of the most radical fringe of the Israeli -- and American -- political spectrum.
How far up the American political power structure this idiocy goes is a mystery. The neocons (Strauss, et al) have always cynically utilized religion as a means of manipulating the ignorant masses. But while the president's actual belief in this nonsense may be questionable, there's no doubt Bush has packed the government and military high command with Rapturists who are eager for Armageddon.
