Maybe he meant that a pastor would be able to connect better with an imam, and “theological” in the sense of a debate about the nature of God and how man can act in accordance with God’s will, but Mike Huckabee’s Iowa Campaign Manager Bob Vander Plaats sure sounds like he thinks the war on terror is a religious war between Christianity and Islam.

I haven’t been too impressed with the governor’s other policies, but this New York Times Magazine piece raises many questions about his judgment, as does the fact that his spokesman called Islam a “radical religion.