Faith & Spirit Quote by Michael Enzi

Enzi’s line is the soft-power language of wartime politics: a promise to act without actually committing to action. By framing prayer as something that "can make a difference", he offers a form of participation that is emotionally available to everyone and politically low-cost. It’s a call to unity that bypasses the messy questions voters might ask about policy, budgets, or the rationale for deployments. The verb choice matters: "try" prayer, "see if it will not support" the troops. This is faith pitched almost like a civic experiment, a gentle hedge that keeps skeptics from feeling fully excluded while still flattering believers with moral urgency.

The subtext is also strategic: invoking "admirable troops, their spouses, and their families" widens the moral circle beyond the battlefield. It signals that the burden of military life spills into kitchens and school pickups, which makes dissent feel less like debate and more like neglect. In American political rhetoric, "support the troops" often functions as a moral shield; Enzi’s version adds a devotional layer that turns support into a ritual obligation.

Contextually, this sits in the post-9/11 tradition of public prayer as political balm. It answers anxiety with reverence, substituting collective comfort for accountability. You’re invited to do something immediate - bow your head - and in that gesture, the larger machinery of war is made to feel both distant and unquestionable.