My screenname comes from Matthew 10:16:
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. "
I had a different screen name, but immediately after 9/11, this verse kept crossing my mind.
I think our President is a perfect example of a serpent-dove. He wants more than anything to have peace. He has pleaded for it and given every way out.
But patience has its limits. A dove can't be devoured by a predator, if it has the wisdom (and fangs) of a serpent. When the dove is threatened, the serpent strikes.
That's where we are now, as Saddam Hussein has found out.
But as far as being the consumate example of what a Christian should be? I can't claim that.
:-S
Take care!
SD