Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bush takes break from Mideast peacemaking to tour Christian holy sites

Immersed for two days in the intense and arcane world of Mideast peacemaking, President George W. Bush looked relieved to see something of the landscape that all the fighting is about. Obviously moved, he even giggled, too.

Bush retraced the steps of Jesus and his disciples in the ancient town of Capernaum on Friday and gazed out on the nearby Sea of Galilee, where the Bible says Jesus walked on water and calmed a sudden storm by commanding the wind and waves to cease. The waters were crystal blue and calm when Bush visited, leaning in to listen as a brown-robed friar narrated his tour with New Testament passages.

"An amazing experience," Bush …

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