Opinion: Pro-Life Hypocrisy

Here's something I find very difficult to understand.

There are pro-life supporters who believe that abortion should not be allowed. They believe that everyone should be kept alive, whatever terminal illness they have, however much pain they may be in and however bad their quality of life is. There are people that believe all this, yet support the death penalty, support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and believe the nuclear option should be kept on the table with regards to Iran.

How can these beliefs sit so comfortably together?

Let me take George Bush as a high profile example. This isn't Bush bashing. He's the perfect example because we know what his beliefs are. George Bush is pro-life, yet he supports the death penalty. George Bush is anti-abortion, yet his decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan have caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people, including children. He believes in the sanctity of human life, yet is not willing to remove the option of a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Iran. Nuclear weapons are not tactical, they don't discriminate between good people and bad people. Nuclear weapons destroy all life in it's path, the lucky ones instantly, the unlucky ones slowly and painfully.

Everyone should be free to believe what they want to. I just don't understand how these contradictory beliefs can sit so comfortably in a persons conscience. Not all pro-life supporters are in favour of the death penalty, support the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and support nuclear weapons. I have no problem with these people, and respect their beliefs. Personally I have different beliefs. It's the people who can believe in life so strongly, yet in the same breath, support death.