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Christian group blasts Bush remarks Oct 7 2005
A Labour-affiliated Christian group has criticised US president
George Bush for allegedly saying he was instructed by God to invade Iraq
and Afghanistan.
It is claimed the president made the comments during his first
meeting with the Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas (also known as
Abu Mazen) and Abbas' then foreign minister in June 2003.
The ministers say that Bush also revealed to them that he had been
told by God to create a Palestinian state.
Former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath, now the
information minister, describes the meeting with the US leader in the BBC2
programme Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs.
He 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'."
Andrew Blackstock, director of the Christian Socialist Movement,
said: "History is littered with examples of people doing the most bizarre
and sometimes wicked things on this basis. It is a line of argument that
can be used to justify anything without ever being verifiable.
"If Bush really wants to obey God during his time as president he
should start with what is blindingly obvious from the Bible rather than
perceived supernatural messages. That would lead him to the rather less
glamorous business of prioritising the needs of the poor, the downtrodden
and the marginalised in his own country and abroad."
A BBC spokesman said the content of the programme had been put to
the White House but it had refused to comment on a private conversation.
Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace - is being screened on October 10, 17
and 24 from 9pm to 10pm on BBC2.
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