Posted by casey at October 7th, 2005

A three-part documentary on peace in the Middle East airs next week in Britain. In it high-level Palestinian leaders quote Bush as taking his foreign policy direction from God. Nabil Shaath, Palestinian prime minister and now the Palestinian Authority president recalls what Bush said to him in a high-level meeting in June 2003,

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.

The White House denies the quote. I wonder if the CIA is getting their intelligence from God too?
(Source San Francisco Chronical - “Bush said God told him to invade Iraq”)
(Source BBC - “White House denies Bush God claim”)