Guardian Unlimited Observer | Special reports | War plans under fire as even Bush heartland talks peace

But the most dramatic intervention comes from President George Bush's own United Methodist church which launched a scathing attack on his plans for war.
Jim Winkler, responsible for the application of the church's teachings to social policy, said war against Iraq was 'without any justification according to the teachings of Christ'.
After careful study of Christian doctrinal writings on Just War, Winkler said he was 'told flatly' by the church's scholars, 'that they simply did not apply to this situation'.