The Guardian Today: White House denies Bush God claims

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1587122,00.html#article_continue

White House denies Bush God claims

James Sturcke
Friday October 7, 2005


A senior White House official has denied that the US president, George Bush, said God ordered him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
A spokesman for Mr Bush, Scott McClellan, said the claims, to be broadcast in a TV documentary later this month, were "absurd".

In the BBC film, a former Palestinian foreign minister, Nabil Shaath, says that Mr Bush told a Palestinian delegation in 2003 that God spoke to him and said: "George, go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan" and also "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq".


During a White House press briefing, Mr McClellan said: "No, that's absurd. He's never made such comments."

Mr McClellan admitted he was not at the Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in June 2003 when Mr Bush supposedly revealed the extent of his religious fervour.

..... Hmmm who to believe here? scotty the waterboy a compulsive LIAR or a FM who HAS NO REASON TO LIE ABOUT THIS?

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1. Liars

I remember reading this "God told me (Bush) to invade Iraq" a year or two ago. Of course I have no link to it now, but I'm not pulling this out of my bum.

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2. It was two years ago

and I believed it was true then. I believe it made some UK papers.

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