From: "Rich Gauszka" 

It's not that far fetched .  I can see where comments similar to that below
could be misconstrued in translation


 Bush ( 3rd Bush Kerry debate Oct 13, 2004 ).

" I believe that God wants everybody to be free. And that's been part
of my foreign policy. In Afghanistan, I believe that the freedom there is a
gift from the Almighty."


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:43457614{at}w3.nls.net...
> This "revelation" hit the headlines some years back and was
debunked at
> that time, I see no reason to delve into it again now, but if the Beeb et
> al. still want to campaign against Bush, let em 
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:43457581{at}w3.nls.net...
>> If the BBC doesn't have video of the President saying it.  Then its a
>> lie.
>> I wouldn't believe the BBC anymore than I would believe the NYT on
>> something
>> like this.  Probably believe the BBC less.  No doubt this will become a
>> Krugman op ed piece soon.  Followed by a series of corrections and
>> retractions for all the lies and errors.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:4345539f{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> God should now tell Bush where the WMDs are.
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bu
sh.shtml
>>>
>>> President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told
>>> him
>> to
>>> invade Afghanistan and Iraq - and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC
>>> series reveals.
>>>
>>> In Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, a major three-part series on BBC
>> TWO
>>> (at 9.00pm on Monday 10, Monday 17 and Monday 24 October), Abu Mazen,
>>> Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister,
>> describe
>>> their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003.
>>>
>>> Nabil Shaath says: "President Bush said to all of us:
'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.'"
>>>
>>> Abu Mazen was at the same meeting and recounts how President Bush told
>> him:
>>> "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a
>>> Palestinian
>>> state."
>>>
>>> The series charts the attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from
>> Bill
>>> Clinton's peace talks in 1999/2000 to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last
>>> August.
>>>
>>> Norma Percy, series producer of The 50 Years War (1998) returns, with
>>> producers Mark Anderson and Dan Edge, to tell the inside story of
>>> another
>>> seven years of crisis.
>>>
>>> Presidents and Prime Ministers, their generals and ministers tell what
>>> happened behind closed doors as peace talks failed and the intifada
>>> exploded.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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