Despite his undiplomatic endorsement of "taking out" the President of Iran and the personal cruelty of the remarks he directed towards Terri Shaivo's husband in his moment of extreme grief, Warren was installed as an international leader by the fun loving crowd at the World Economic Forum. His presence on the stage with world financial and political leaders was justified by his position as it was outlined in the Davos program.
Rick Warren
Author, Saddleback Church, USA
Philanthropist, theologian, and global strategist ... Lecturer, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard ... Member: Council on Foreign Relations; Pacific Council on International Policy, Originator of global PEACE initiative to promote reconciliation, equip ethical leaders, assist poor, care for sick, and educate next generation ... People Who Make America Great, Newsweek (2006) America's Most Influential Pastor, The Economist (2007)
The Davos attendees may have been sending a message to more than just the Iranian president: get in line or watch out. There's a new preacher in town.
Here we find Warren pontificating to the assembled elite on a panel with the war enabling Tony Blair and others.
Tony Blair, 2nd from right. Rick Warren, the man who would have the President of Iran killed, speaking, far right. (Image cc )
So Rick's a made man, a key fixture in the world elite, and "the cooler" for a potentially rowdy constituency. He's assuming that unofficial national role begun in 1952, the national preacher; an empty job to be filled shortly.
Why wouldn't they pick him to warm up the crowd at the Inauguration? It's his job.
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