Aw, This Is Now Just Gut-Wrenchingly Asinine

I think our troops have better things to pray for right now than to pray for the well-being of President Crackhead...

US soldiers in Iraq asked to pray for Bush

They may be the ones facing danger on the battlefield, but US soldiers in Iraq are being asked to pray for President George W Bush.

Thousands of marines have been given a pamphlet called "A Christian's Duty," a mini prayer book which includes a tear-out section to be mailed to the White House pledging the soldier who sends it in has been praying for Bush.

"I have committed to pray for you, your family, your staff and our troops during this time of uncertainty and tumult. May God's peace be your guide," says the pledge, according to a journalist embedded with coalition forces.

The pamphlet, produced by a group called In Touch Ministries, offers a daily prayer to be made for the US president, a born-again Christian who likes to invoke his God in speeches.

Sunday's is "Pray that the President and his advisers will seek God and his wisdom daily and not rely on their own understanding".

Monday's reads "Pray that the President and his advisers will be strong and courageous to do what is right regardless of critics".

UPDATE: When a reader sent this to me I was too busy picking my jaw up off the ground to notice the date, March, 2003 (thanks, Josh). I went to In Touch's website to find out how to pray for a president (or specifically for his removal), but it's gonna cost me twenty bucks. Fuggedaboutit.