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George Bush: ’God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq’

by Open-Publishing - Friday 7 October 2005
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President told Palestinians God also talked to him about Middle East peace

Ewen MacAskill
Friday October 7, 2005
The Guardian

George Bush believes he is on a mission from God, according to the politician Nabil Shaath. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month.
Mr Bush revealed the extent of his religious fervour when he met a Palestinian delegation during the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Egpytian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, four months after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: ’I am driven with a mission from God’. God would tell me, ’George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan’. And I did. And then God would tell me ’George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq’. And I did."
Mr Bush went on: "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."

Mr Bush, who became a born-again Christian at 40, is one of the most overtly religious leaders to occupy the White House, a fact which brings him much support in middle America.

Soon after, the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz carried a Palestinian transcript of the meeting, containing a version of Mr Bush’s remarks. But the Palestinian delegation was reluctant publicly to acknowledge its authenticity.

The BBC persuaded Mr Shaath to go on the record for the first time for a three-part series on Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy: Elusive Peace, which begins on Monday.

Religion also surfaced as an issue when Mr Bush and Tony Blair were reported to have prayed together in 2002 at his ranch at Crawford, Texas - the summit at which the invasion of Iraq was agreed in principle. Mr Blair has consistently refused to admit or deny the claim.

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian prime minister, who was also part of the delegation at Sharm el-Sheikh, told the BBC programme that Mr Bush had said: "I have a moral and religious obligation. I must get you a Palestinian state. And I will."

Mr Shaath’s comments came as Mr Bush delivered a speech yesterday aimed at bolstering US support for the Iraq war.

He revealed that the US and its partners had disrupted at least 10 serious al-Qaida plots since September 11, including three planned attacks in the US. "Because of this steady progress, the enemy is wounded - but the enemy is still capable of global operations," he said. He added that Islamic radicals had used a series of excuses to justify their attacks, from conflict with the Israelis to the Crusades 1,000 years ago.

"We’re facing a radical ideology with unalterable objectives: to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world," he said.

He conceded that al-Qaida, led in Iraq by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and other insurgents had gained ground in Iraq but the US would not leave until security had been established. "Some observers also claim that America would be better off by cutting our losses and leaving Iraq now. This is a dangerous illusion, refuted with a simple question: Would the United States and other free nations be more safe, or less safe, with Zarqawi and Bin Laden in control of Iraq, its people, and its resources?" Mr Bush asked.

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  • Who said:
    "When you talk to God its called prayer, when he talks to you it called schizophrenia."
    Have you noticed that as GWB’s policies become unhinged, his jaw keeps sliding sideways as if its also become unhinged.
    I seldom can bear to listen to the same old, same old, but his changing facial expressions get my attention after I have pressed the mute button.
    cheers, jt

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    • Bush is a complete fraud and needs to be arrested and imprisoned.

    • Bush just got ahold of some bad blow.....

    • But he’s not on a crusade.

    • He’s on a crusade to destroy anyone who doesn’t agree with his narrow-minded religious views. If he ever manages to destroy Islam (which to God I hope not!), the next on the agenda will probably be the Hindus and Buddhists, or other similar religion. Eventually, his aim would be to destroy any Christian sects that did not agree with him. God hasn’t told me this, just common sense and a healthy understanding of religious mania. Add this mania to paranoia and, possibly, bipolar syndrome (manic depressive), and you have the most dangerous man in the world, bar none. If we have any history left, he will go down in it as a madman who tried to destroy the world.

    • Bush is the puppet, a mumbling muppet,
      Israel his master,
      He is a rambling queen,
      Demented and doomed,
      A mouthpiece for his pederast pa.

      Buffet his friend,
      Rove his king,
      now at the end,
      with nowhere to go,
      All the world his cross.

    • As a previous poster said hearing voices is an advanced stage of mental illness. Most serial killers here voices ’telling them’ to commit their crimes.

      Personally, I think the cunt is lying. Again.

      He’s trying to create a cohesive christianity thang with the general public , and at the same time whip up fear about Islam to justify the theft and murder in foreign countries.

    • If after Afghanistan and Iraq come killing sprees in Iran and Syria, is a psychological profile indicating a serial killer, appropriate.? Can nations become serial killers. ?
      cheers, jt

  • Bush: God Made Me Do It

    Suggestion:

    Print this as a postcard (Click on the image for a larger version) and mail it to:

    The Honorable George W. Bush

    The President

    The White House

    Office of the President

    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

    Washington DC 20500

    .

  • The Son of Sam, and all the people who killed their family members because they heard The Word of God whisper in their ear can now appeal to the courts to let them go free because the President of the United States used the same excuse to kill all those thousands of Iraqis and throw away the lives of 2,000 of our troops. It is interesting to know that while God instructs Bush on preemption and invasion and killing Muslims he doesn’t seem to be interested in helping Bush out of failing to run the country. Evidently God doesn’t care about the environment, medicare, social security, etc. etc. as he never tells Bush what the correct procedure is. However perhaps he does whisper in Bush’s ear about punishing gays, proper marriage, ten commandments, pledges, prayer in school but judging from results Bush doesn’t listen to instructions. He prefers to go his own way often, rather than relying on some Supreme Being that is in competition with his own Imperial decisions.

  • Bush is a fraud. And the American people are beginning to see that King George is a weak little rich kid. Bin Laden and Bush actually have a lot in common. Wealthy family upbringing, mental illness issues and family connections in business. In fact you could say that Bin Laden has actually been of great benefit to Bush. hmmmmmmm Bush does recieve messages from his god. SATAN www.bushisantichrist.com

  • I doubt if chimp could hold an erudite articulate conversation with any mortal less immortal, without minders and idiot board.Possibly one sided dialogue.
    What language did they speak ????

  • One of 2 things .Either he’s hearing those voices again or maybe he’s started talking to himself.

    • How do you recieve voices from god when you made your oath to The Order of the Skull and Bones. AKA The Broutherhood of Death society. The same society that Himler and Hitler were very much a part of. The SS from Hitler also used the Skull and Bones as their emblem. These criminals that are in controll of our government are Fascist Natzi’s.

  • "Don’t blame me for the quagmire, BLAME GOD!!" Yeah right, asshole. I guess God fucked up when he told you what to do. We can only hope He doesn’t be making that mistake again. Let’s hope he doesn’t say a word to you again. Maybe you should have listened to your countrymen and women who were screaming at you not to start the war. Maybe that was the REAL divine intervention, which you ignored; God may have been speaking through the masses.

    This guy has joined the ranks of the Green Bay Packers linebacker who said Gog told him they would win the big game on Sunday, because everyone knows God is huge Green Bay Packers fan. Bushie Balls must not have heard about that crazy bastard.

    • The man can’t even articulate a coherent thought, but God talks to him. Just ask yourself does “W” talking to God make you feel any safer? Does the word scary come to mind? Most serial killers talk to God too. So God told him to invade Iraq? But did God tell Bush to let the Credit Card Company’s write the new bankruptcy laws too? We all know that God really cares about corporate profits. God prefers corporate profits over people. At least the God politicians worship. What a joke, “W” is just an empty hollow man with out real morals. His mental health has always been suspect. Maybe “W” belongs in a padded room next to Son of Sam, he (Son of Sam) talks with Satan, what a pair the two would make. The real truth is that “W” makes this shit up to make “Red State” retards feel better as he betrays this country’s people for corporate profits....*Note not all Red state people are retards............Just the ones who think that G.W. Bush cares about them and is doing God’s work............
       Dj

  • Son of Sam...
    David Koresh...
    Rev. (?) Jim Jones...
    G. W. Bush...

    ’nuff said... and he’s supposed to be a Christian? The Christians can’t, or won’t, for whatever reason see this... talk about having the bible blinders on... It makes one wonder... what the fuck is wrong with these people? I call it Unintelligent Design!

  • Bush again wins... I notice 19 posts on this one of Bush...with mine it will be 20......

    LOL......Bush wins again...