Are the USA armed forces Christian or secular and are they fighting a holy war?
The Land letter was a letter sent to U.S. President George W. Bush by five evangelical Christian leaders on October 3, 2002, outlining their support for a just war pre-emptive invasion of Iraq. As its foundation for support, the letter refers to the “criteria of just war theory as developed by Christian theologians in the late fourth and early fifth centuries A.D.” The letter was written by Richard D. Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. It was co-signed by: * Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries * Bill Bright, chairman of Campus Crusade for Christ * James Kennedy, president of Coral Ridge Ministries, and * Carl D.
