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| White House denies Bush God claim |
| 2005-10-07 |
| The White House has dismissed as "absurd" allegations made in a BBC TV series that President Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq. "He's never made such comments," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. The comments were attributed to Mr Bush by the Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath in the upcoming TV series Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs. Mr Shaath said that in a 2003 meeting with Mr Bush, the US president said he was "driven with a mission from God". Holy war? "President Bush said to all of us: '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, 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.'" Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who attended the meeting in June 2003 too, also appears on the documentary series to recount how Mr Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state." The TV series charts recent attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from former US President Bill Clinton's peace talks in 1999-2000 to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this year. It seeks to uncover what happened behind closed doors by speaking to presidents and prime ministers, along with their generals and ministers. |
| Posted by:Floling Glurt6011 |
| #14 Pls Gawd, consider in thy mercy your Cardinals, Padres and Angels. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-07 21:14 |
| #13 Beeb God-phobic? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-10-07 20:13 |
| #12 "'I'm driven with a mission from God." Elroy..is that you? |
| Posted by: Jake 2005-10-07 17:20 |
| #11 Pls God anyone but the Yankees. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-07 16:08 |
| #10 Com'on we all know that Bush is leading the Christan Crusade against the Mooslims. This is the 9C storyline for Beeb |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-10-07 15:22 |
| #9 get peace in the Middle East. And by God I'm gonna do it.'" THAT I believe he said, the rest is Middle East Religious Bullshit, they hear what they want to hear. |
| Posted by: Shaiter Unons9723 2005-10-07 13:55 |
| #8 God, I thought you were on the Yanks again this year. You're not hedging, are Ya ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-07 13:27 |
| #7 Tu3031. First pitch for the Sox game is at 4:15. Make sure you leave work by 3:00 so you won't miss it.! Tell'em I said it was okay. |
| Posted by: God 2005-10-07 11:37 |
| #6 God is telling me to drink more coffee. Yeaaaah God! |
| Posted by: flash91 2005-10-07 11:34 |
| #5 KNEEL BEFORE ZOD! |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-10-07 10:52 |
| #4 and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq Better than believing God told you to go blow up a pizza parlor! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-10-07 09:42 |
| #3 Oh yeah, thats right... Bush isnt a hard core evangelical christian. |
| Posted by: Hupomons Whomoth1328 2005-10-07 09:34 |
| #2 Jeez. You mean some Palestinian hack is full of shit? And the BBC takes it as gospel? Ain't that hard to believe... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-10-07 08:41 |
| #1 What is the BBC doing? Don't they know the only thing they are good for is Monty Python and Fawlty Tower reruns? |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-10-07 08:06 |