George Bush: 'God Told Me to End the Tyranny in Iraq'
By Ewen MacAskill
The Guardian UK

Friday 07 October 2005

President told Palestinians, God also talked to him about Middle East peace.
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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Gmail,
What are you trying to prove here that GW Bush is a christ who was bestowed upon earth to restore dharma and get rid of evil fleshes like that of Saddam Hussain?We donot want to see any intellectually parasite ego-maniac teach values of democratic society.Or are you just making fun of Bush whatever before history does few years from now.Or you are one of those completely brainwashed Nepali head who blindly support american aggressor evil bunch of hypocrites who are telling you what is a real meaning of freedom.Instead of reading this paragraphs of twisted lies and posting it I would suggest you to read some old forgotten pages of our golden when we were more aware and awake like buddha was.
Best regards
iZ

Izen, cool down....poor dude was just copying from guardian UK. Perhaps you need to be more awake like Buddha, you would have read from the beginning before howling like a wolf in a full moon :)

izen; it was a koan for you to figure out an answer to! :P

What's Koan?

Wow, some people are so stupid. The guardian is a clearly liberal publication. Ask anybody.

She likes using these cryptic words once in a while to show her intellectual prowess, if you know what I mean.

Snurp, A Koan is a Zen riddle.

Thuggedout honey... nothing to do with intellectual prowess. But you knew that. :)

cryptic words......I thought she meant Koran. no wonder, Izen didn't roar this time :)
Zen riddler, are you the one from batman with question signs all over your body? SCARY STUFF!

How do you say Koan in Nepali? now that could mean intellectual prowess for a change!

Snurp,
You have made me a roaring wolf.Haven't you?Didn't mean to get loud though.Looking at Iraq,Nepal and everywhere I tend to get bit sentimental.Not that I can make any difference but positivity can certainly flow from my side.Major disappointment though is Bush's use of Christ who delivered words to love our enemies and that to justify his unilateral attack on a soverign land in order to use foreign wealth simply because Americans are more powerful today.Is it acceptable?
cheers,

Izen, I don't like philosophical bullshit, but his mahatma himself said "you should be the change to see the change in this world" I am sure by this he didn't mean that you should go around changing the whole world till it fits your utopia.

Roaring wolf also roars when it wants to find a mate....solve the riddle given you by the zen riddler.u might get lucky..soon, nepal, iraq and the pandemonium you talk about everywhere will be in distant oblivion :)

What is Pandemonium?

President Bush, God has told me that you will prosper if you got your daughter married with Bin Laden's son.

hat is Pandemonium?
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dictionary.com<< A very noisy place: ?The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific? (Jerome K. Jerome).
[From Pand?monium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton : Greek pan-, pan- + Late Latin daemonium, demon (from Greek daimonion, from daimn, lesser god, demon. See demon).]

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President Bush is the right person to oust the dictor and their dictorship from around the world otherwise people born without democracy and will die without democracy.

I always knew that Mr. Bush can hear voices......

George Bush having a conversation with God? Hmm...yep, he is definitely still on drugs. I can't believe why Americans let a psycho rule their country..being a democratic nation that is.

Hey God dude,

How come you are so selective in your talk to George Bush, yo? You told Bush Bro to end the tyranny in Iraq but not in Nepal, what gives me amigo? How about filling Dubya's ear about doing something positive towards real democracy in Nepal?

Yours as always,

C'dude.