IMO, a person of faith in the WH is, for the most part, a good thing. The power is enormous and remaining grounded is essential.
It is when that person uses that faith, rather than facts on the ground or the geopolitically reality, that it becomes dangerous:
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..the former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath says Mr Bush told him and Mahmoud Abbas, former prime minister and now Palestinian President: "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."
And "now again", Mr Bush is quoted as telling the two, "I feel God's words coming to me: 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God, I'm gonna do it.
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Of course, the WH denied such conversation ever took place and we will never know for sure.
But the possibility of developing and implementing such a foreign policy based on the word of God is frightening.