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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCrusades? George W. Bush Sure Thought So: "God would tell me, “George, go & fight those terrorists"
God spoke to President George W. Bush and told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.President Bush said to all of us, Im driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq And I did. And now, again, I feel Gods words coming to me, Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God Im gonna do it.'
The revelation comes after Mr Bush launched an impassioned attack yesterday in Washington on Islamic militants, likening their ideology to that of Communism, and accusing them of seeking to "enslave whole nations" and set up a radical Islamic empire "that spans from Spain to Indonesia". In the programmeElusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, which starts on Monday, the former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath says Mr Bush told him and Mahmoud Abbas, former prime minister and now Palestinian President: "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."
And "now again", Mr Bush is quoted as telling the two, "I feel God's words coming to me: 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God, I'm gonna do it."
Mr Abbas remembers how the US President told him he had a "moral and religious obligation" to act. The White House has refused to comment on what it terms a private conversation. But the BBC account is anything but implausible, given how throughout his presidency Mr Bush, a born-again Christian, has never hidden the importance of his faith.
From the outset he has couched the "global war on terror" in quasi-religious terms, as a struggle between good and evil. Al-Qa'ida terrorists are routinely described as evil-doers. For Mr Bush, the invasion of Iraq has always been part of the struggle against terrorism, and he appears to see himself as the executor of the divine will.
And "now again", Mr Bush is quoted as telling the two, "I feel God's words coming to me: 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God, I'm gonna do it."
Mr Abbas remembers how the US President told him he had a "moral and religious obligation" to act. The White House has refused to comment on what it terms a private conversation. But the BBC account is anything but implausible, given how throughout his presidency Mr Bush, a born-again Christian, has never hidden the importance of his faith.
From the outset he has couched the "global war on terror" in quasi-religious terms, as a struggle between good and evil. Al-Qa'ida terrorists are routinely described as evil-doers. For Mr Bush, the invasion of Iraq has always been part of the struggle against terrorism, and he appears to see himself as the executor of the divine will.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-6262644.html
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Crusades? George W. Bush Sure Thought So: "God would tell me, “George, go & fight those terrorists" (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2015
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napkinz
(17,199 posts)1. Bush's Crusade ...
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)2. "So, then we wiped out hunnerts of thaussanns of innocent Eye-rackees...
'cuz I'm a good Chrischin. Heh heh heh ..."
kpete
(72,013 posts)3. well done
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)7. "Savages," according to Chris Kyle.
Fuck him. And George W. Bush.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)9. Agreed.
The lionization of that sociopath Kyle makes me sick. (And, of course, same goes for Prezidint Sociopath.)
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)4. I remembered this, just didn't know where to find it. Thanks for posting.
Mr. Black and White with his mental hotline to heaven. Could Jeb be any worse? Maybe we better wait to answer that.
Rex
(65,616 posts)5. I miss Swamp Rat
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)6. like George the Second
I hear a voice telling me what to do. The voice told me to have a piece of chocolate truffle pie yesterday. It might tell me the same thing today.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)8. yes, Bush said this ...
napkinz
(17,199 posts)10. two men on a mission from God ... no, not the Blues Brothers
napkinz
(17,199 posts)11. The Great Crusader
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)13. God should have told him to stay away from pretzels.