Mass murder has been a legitimate social institution ever since war and dictators and oppressors of all sorts came into being. People who fight wars and who oppress others will always cynically use religion (or the hatred of religion) as am emotional motivator for their troops. That is not an indictment of religion itself, it's an indictment of war and oppression.

Religion is just one of many common excuses used to camouflage an unholy desire to rob and destroy people. Other common excuses often used are "patriotism", "defence", "manifest destiny", the "white man's burden", economics, race, etc...

While I sympathize with your difficulties with the Bush administration and its pandering to the "Christian" lobby, Mrzzy, I hardly see that religion itself is the problem here.