Under God?

Rees uses the phrase 'Under God' repeatedly throughout his comics to satirize the Bush administrations excessive employment of the phrase. The Bush administration uses 'Under God' as a blanket justification for many of their actions, most particularly in Iraq (that and 'we're keeping America safe'). Rees shows how commonplace the justification has become by having his characters repeat it after every sentence (pg. 12). The characters say "I totally forgot we were waging war in Afghanistan until we...bombed the "Under God" out of some innocent locals." This implies (sarcastically) that it's ok we bombed innocent locals because we did it 'Under God.' Furthermore I'd like to point out the similarity between Bush's use of 'Under God' as a justification for war (and bombing 'innocent locals') and the terrorist belief of reward in the afterlife for having done the work of God. Hmmm...I wonder which side God is really on.

Voltron's use of the phrase 'Under God?' was somewhat confusing to me. But having read the previous posts, I agree with Sarah's idea that Voltron's 'Under God?' might indicate that the Bush administration is running out of excuses. No longer able to offer legal and political reasons for the continuing war, the admin tentatively offers 'Under God?' and hopes the public will grab onto it. But it is also possible that he is speaking sarcastically and saying 'Under God' critically, i.e. 'What a bunch of crap. This is your justification?" If this were the case, we would have to take Voltron's previous parody of the Nicene Creed as just that, a parody, and not as his true beliefs. In which case, Voltron as a representation of the U.S. admin doesn't make much sense. But then, what is he supposed to be?