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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Show me one instance where Bush used religion as a means of attacking Iraq? And I'll agree Bush is a deeply religious man, but he knows his responsibility as President, he's admitted it in interviews.
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Well how about this quote from Bush to the Palestinian PM, "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."
http://bushwatch.org/evangelist.htm
I find this one rather self explanitory.
Or how about this, immediately after talking about toppling Saddam and how well prepared are troops are to do so in his 2003 State of the Union Speech, Bush says “We Americans have faith in ourselves, but not in ourselves alone. We do not know -- we do not claim to know all the ways of Providence, yet we can trust in them, placing our confidence in the loving God behind all of life, and all of history. May He guide us now. ”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...030128-19.html So basically Bush is stating that God is guiding us in our just war against Saddam.
Or how about the fact that not only does Bush invoke God as his justification for doing almost everything, but the fact that his speeches are laden with spiritual and religious jargon with the express intent of playing off of peoples religious backgrounds. If you want the full skinny on this, simply do a Google search and you will find plenty of instances where Bush uses God and religion to justify not only his war in Iraq, but a great many other things as well.