HOW ONE MAN INTENDS TO BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST

The next soldier to be recruited to Iraq?

With the United States embroiled in clashes with Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, I've noticed more and more nutcases in this country summarizing these conflicts as a collective "War against Islam."

This abominably inaccurate understanding of Islam and the history of the conflicts has prompted at least one douchebag running for office to call for a religious solution to bringing about peace.

Former El Paso County Commissioner Duncan Bremer is in a hotly contested race to fill a vacated Congressional seat and represent parts of Colorado. His primary election takes place tomorrow.

According to the Denver Post, Bremer believes "the war against fanatical fundamentalist Islam should be fought on two fronts: militarily and religiously." He is quoted as saying, "There's an aspect of it that people are not willing to talk about, and I am - its religious basis. ... Our best hope is that we actually convert them away from their religious fanatical basis."

Commissioner Bremer seems to be stepping away from this statement on his blog, which nonetheless makes clear that if elected to Congress, he would use religious conversion to help solve the current crisis.

Nice. After all, why use Condoleezza Rice when you can send Jesus?

P.S. I also enjoy how Bremer touts on his official webpage that he "kept the homosexual agenda from even getting on the County government agenda." He's so manly! That's hot!

--Junichi