Flashback: Pat Robertson says Bush told him there would be no casualties

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/20/politics1458EDT0636.DTL

Pat Robertson says Bush told him there would be no casualties in Iraq war

Wednesday, October 20, 2004


Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he warned President Bush before U.S. troops invaded Iraq that the United States would sustain casualties but that Bush responded, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties."

White House and campaign advisers denied Bush made the comment, with adviser Karen Hughes saying, "I don't believe that happened. He must have misunderstood or misheard it."

Robertson's comments came to light on a day when Bush portrayed himself as an aggressive leader who understands the costs of the war on terrorism, while depicting opponent John Kerry as out of touch about the risks.

"The next commander in chief must lead us to victory in this war and you cannot win a war when you don't believe you're fighting one," Bush told hundreds of supporters in a farming community in Iowa, where he and Kerry are in a close race.

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BTW, 5 soldiers killed yesterday, CNN just reported...

[Double T]

1. Bush Is Out Of Touch With Reality About Everything

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Whoops!

Looks like they should get their money back.

[kansasblue]

3. Robertson was right! Read on.....

Robertson, in an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday night (Wednesday, October 20, 2004 article)

, said God had told him the war would be messy and a disaster. When he met with Bush in Nashville, Tenn., before the war Bush did not listen to his advice, Robertson said, and believed Saddam Hussein was an evil tyrant who needed to be removed.

"He was just sitting there, like, 'I'm on top of the world,' and I warned him about this war," Robertson said.

"I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.' 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.' 'Well,' I said, 'it's the way it's going to be.' And so, it was messy. The Lord told me it was going to be, A, a disaster and, B, messy."

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6. indeed!

it's hard to say that I agree with Robertson on something...

[Warpy]

4. He meant no casualties in their CLASS

It's all class with this bunch, never forget it. Those of us who are outside their class, who didn't inherit wealth and position and who have to work for a living, are simply not to be considered on the same level as the exalted beings that Fuckwit and Robertson associate with.

And, as every boy knows, when one of your toy soldiers gets broken, you simply throw it away and don't bother thinking about it any more. It's only a toy, you know.

[Ilsa]

5. To Bush, they aren't really dead.

They aren't really dead, they're just in Heaven with their bodies plugged into the earth or cremated. Bush has always had a difficult time facing reality.

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. Bush was referring to Majority Tyrants. n/t