http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-509925.html<\/a><\/p>\nPresident George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden’s stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a
\nstate for the Palestinians.<\/p>\n
The President made the assertion during his first meeting with Palestinian leaders in June 2003, according to a BBC series which will be broadcast this month. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
God told me to… and I did it
\nWords I heard from my TV
\nAs I gasped unbelieving
\nI asked: can this BE?<\/p>\n
“God told me to free Afghanistan,
\nAnd that is what I done,
\nGod told me to topple Saddam,
\nAnd now that war is won”<\/p>\n
” There will be a state of Palestine
\nJust you wait and see
\nI will do it like the rest
\nBecause to do it God told me!”<\/p>\n
This mans fingers on the nuclear button
\nHe claims God talks to him
\nGod help us all if he tips out on drugs
\nOr decides to try out how it works on a whim!<\/p>\n
If that was you or I who said
\nI done something because God said so,
\nClaimed God to you directly was talking
\nOff to Bedlam you\u0092d go…<\/p>\n
But not in America
\nNot to hospital he is sent
\nIt seems the Yanks are Grateful
\nGods talks to THEIR president!<\/p>\n
The mother of all gobshites
\nWho claims God calls him George
\nAnd who on liquor guzzles like a tank
\nAnd on pretzels gorge…<\/p>\n
God bless America
\nWho by name its president does call
\nGod bless your best friend George Bush
\nAnd God help us all! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bush: God told me to invade Iraq Ref: President ‘revealed reasons for war in private meeting’ By Rupert Cornwell 7 October 2005 http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-509925.html President George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden’s stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[992,32,31],"tags":[2368,1393,1392,336,2344],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-israel-palestine-conflict","category-war-on-terror","tag-afghanistan","tag-george-bush","tag-iraq","tag-war-2","tag-war-on-terror","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-jS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":569,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/911-a-tribute-poem\/","url_meta":{"origin":1232,"position":0},"title":"911 – A Tribute Poem","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6-lZI-xFRq0 The War on Terror is the wrong response to 911, which I dont believe to be a conspiracy as circulates on the internet. 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