The political right is quick to point out that the US military fighting in Iraq is defending liberty. The argument has the under current that the efforts of brave men and women of the military don’t get appreciated by those ‘liberals’.
Along those lines one could argue from the other side:
All those people favoring the bible over science should maybe stop using the products of pure science? Like computers. The Bible has been around for thousands of years. Progress only started after science got pursued. Cherry picking scientific views seems an american attitude.