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TheEnforcer
10-06-2005, 01:57 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml

Category: News

Date: 06.10.2005
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This press release is embargoed until 2230 hours on Thursday 6 October. Before that time it is only available through the link which you have been sent.



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.
el pres
10-06-2005, 02:07 PM
Scary.. What if god told him to press the red button?
MorganGrayson
10-06-2005, 02:11 PM
:blink:

In order to continue with any sort of normal function today, it is necessary for me to believe that the President of the United States never said that.


The unmedicated bag lady on the corner who mumbles a lot told me that God told her I could do that. I believe her.
Newton
10-06-2005, 02:21 PM
Jake: First you trade the Cadillac for a microphone. Then you lie to me about the band. Now you're gonna put me right back in the joint.
Elwood: They're not gonna catch us. We're on a mission from God.
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 02:21 PM
God told me Congress needs to have a recall election fast.

He also told me there's a chance in hell of that happening.
Red
10-06-2005, 03:23 PM
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.'"

And we know how well those first two missions are working out. The Palestinian Prime Minister should learn the phrase, thanks, but no thanks.
Grump
10-06-2005, 04:02 PM
Now I wonder if maybe Nancy Reagan and her astrologer wasn't such a bad thing.

(edit for spelling)
Bhelliom
10-06-2005, 04:10 PM
oh... my ... god....

I knew he was insane... I called it years ago
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 04:14 PM
It's all Chang's fault.
Bhelliom
10-06-2005, 04:17 PM
Correct me if i'm wrong.... but isn't he fighting AGAINST religious extremists?

or has the leader of the free world really just admitted to being driven by religious fervor to fight against those of another religion....

Has this whole thing just changed into a modern day crusades?

I don't mind him having personal religious beliefs.... but when you claim to hear god speaking to you a la Moses.... someone should really explain to him the meaning of the term "separation of chuch and state"
Trev
10-06-2005, 04:18 PM
Who's the fucking extremist now :hmm:
PornoDoggy
10-06-2005, 05:19 PM
Scary. Very fucking scary.
sarettah
10-06-2005, 05:35 PM
And then God told me to give all the oil in Iraq to my old friends and I did.

hehehe

and then God told me to tell Brownie that he did a heck of a job and I did.

hehehe

and then God told me to fire Brownies ass and I did.

hehehe

and the God asked me how it felt to be made a total fool of by God :yowsa:
sarettah
10-06-2005, 05:37 PM
In the words of the late, great Sam Kinison (on Saturday night VERY LIVE):


"I don't know about anyone else but as far as I know the last words God said (bends down, takes off shoe and starts using it as if it is a hammer striking nails) were AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"


:huh:
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:40 PM
In the words of the late, great Sam Kinison (on Saturday night VERY LIVE):


"I don't know about anyone else but as far as I know the last words God said (bends down, takes off shoe and starts using it as if it is a hammer striking nails) were AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"


:huh:
That was Jesus.

So this Sam Kinison, was he known as a moron?
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 05:43 PM
That was Jesus.

So this Sam Kinison, was he known as a moron?Ah, these Brits. :(
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:43 PM
Ah, these Brits. :(
Sorry, but I gots to say it likes me see's it.
Bhelliom
10-06-2005, 05:44 PM
who doesn't know who sam kinisen is?

He's hilarious

Shame he talked so much about drinking and driving and was then killed by a drunk driver...
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 05:45 PM
Sorry, but I gots to say it likes me see's it.Yeah, but you see's nothing on that pitiful little island apparently. :(
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:46 PM
who doesn't know who sam kinisen is?

He's hilarious

Shame he talked so much about drinking and driving and was then killed by a drunk driver...
I don't know, but then I've got no idea what Saturday night VERY LIVE is :blink:
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:50 PM
Yeah, but you see's nothing on that pitiful little island apparently. :(
This may or may not be true. I just pointed out that it wasn't god getting nailed, then asked if this funny guy was a known moron...
Bhelliom
10-06-2005, 05:51 PM
I don't know, but then I've got no idea what Saturday night VERY LIVE is :blink:

The sad thing is I can't tell if you're yanking my chain or being honest :huh: or just making a joke about the SNVL or SNL....
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:53 PM
The sad thing is I can't tell if you're yanking my chain or being honest :huh: or just making a joke about the SNVL or SNL....
No chain yanking.




















Well maybe just a little. ;)
Newton
10-06-2005, 05:53 PM
Perhaps getting nailed related to god being the 'catcher' ?
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 05:54 PM
This may or may not be true. I just pointed out that it wasn't god getting nailed, then asked if this funny guy was a known moron...I'm only messing. :)

Well, mostly. ;)
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:54 PM
Perhaps getting nailed related to god being the 'catcher' ?
You'll burn in the depths of Stanup for that :yowsa:
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:55 PM
I'm only messing. :)

Well, mostly. ;)

Too late sinner! :devil:
Newton
10-06-2005, 05:55 PM
I've been to Birmingham and Halesowen ..
Trev
10-06-2005, 05:56 PM
I've been to Birmingham and Halesowen ..
Ah, so it's not really much of a threat then. :unsure:
PornoDoggy
10-06-2005, 06:35 PM
God and Jezuz were different, but the same, and both were haunted by the holy ghost.

I had a friend in high school who was encouraged to switch to public schools after turning in an essay comparing the holy trilogy to a multiple personality. You'da thunk Jesuits would have had more of a sense of humor ...
ReighlynnRaine
10-06-2005, 07:38 PM
:blink: I'm moving to canada.
Trev
10-06-2005, 07:58 PM
:blink: I'm moving to canada.
Eh :blink:
sarettah
10-06-2005, 08:05 PM
That was Jesus.

So this Sam Kinison, was he known as a moron?


You gots da father
You gots da son
You gots da holy ghosty

It be da triad, ya knows.. All is one and one is all. You can only reach da father by goings through da son. So's whens yous tawkin to da son, you's is tawking tto da father and vicer verser....


:blink:
ReighlynnRaine
10-06-2005, 08:14 PM
Eh :blink:


:yowsa:
PornoDoggy
10-06-2005, 09:00 PM
You gots da father
You gots da son
You gots da holy ghosty

It be da triad, ya knows.. All is one and one is all. You can only reach da father by goings through da son. So's whens yous tawkin to da son, you's is tawking tto da father and vicer verser....


:blink:

So ... it's kinda like 3-in-1 oil?
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 09:48 PM
So ... it's kinda like 3-in-1 oil?I always figured God was like Certs ... "two, two, two mints in one".

Natch, being God and all, he had to be better and make it three. http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/smile.gif
sarettah
10-06-2005, 09:59 PM
So ... it's kinda like 3-in-1 oil?


Yeppirs except a little greasier :yowsa:
MorganGrayson
10-06-2005, 10:08 PM
For years in Catechism class, various people attempted to make me understand the Holy Trinity.


No one succeeded.



I did, however, get thrown out of Catechism class a lot.
sarettah
10-06-2005, 10:33 PM
God is dead.














(the devil made me do it)
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 10:52 PM
Who killed him?

(And don't say Nitzsche!)
sarettah
10-06-2005, 10:54 PM
Who killed him?

(And don't say Nitzsche!)


Albert Einstein :okthumb:
Dravyk
10-06-2005, 11:01 PM
Albert Einstein :okthumb:Sure, always blame the postal worker!
Red
10-07-2005, 12:05 AM
Sure, always blame the postal worker!

Got another group with their very own behavioral condition?
PornoDoggy
10-07-2005, 12:08 AM
With a wibble-wibble here, and a wibble-wibble there ...
Dravyk
10-07-2005, 01:58 AM
Got another group with their very own behavioral condition?
Not any others who's behavior have become famous verbs, no. :)
ReighlynnRaine
10-07-2005, 05:55 AM
For years in Catechism class, various people attempted to make me understand the Holy Trinity.


No one succeeded.



I did, however, get thrown out of Catechism class a lot.

:lol:
el pres
10-07-2005, 06:26 AM
He's now denying it..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4317498.stm

The White House has dismissed as "absurd" allegations made in a BBC TV series that President Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq.
"He's never made such comments," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

The comments were attributed to Mr Bush by the Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath in the upcoming TV series Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs.

Mr Shaath said that in a 2003 meeting with Mr Bush, the US president said he was "driven with a mission from God".

Holy war?

"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.'"

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who attended the meeting in June 2003 too, also appears on the documentary series to recount how Mr Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state."

The TV series charts recent attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from former US President Bill Clinton's peace talks in 1999-2000 to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this year.

It seeks to uncover what happened behind closed doors by speaking to presidents and prime ministers, along with their generals and ministers.
PornoDoggy
10-07-2005, 06:28 AM
I would be suprised if he said it to the Palestinians.

I would not be suprised if he said it.
ReighlynnRaine
10-07-2005, 06:28 AM
He's now denying it..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4317498.stm

The White House has dismissed as "absurd" allegations made in a BBC TV series that President Bush claimed God told him to invade Iraq.
"He's never made such comments," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

The comments were attributed to Mr Bush by the Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath in the upcoming TV series Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs.

Mr Shaath said that in a 2003 meeting with Mr Bush, the US president said he was "driven with a mission from God".

Holy war?

"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.'"

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who attended the meeting in June 2003 too, also appears on the documentary series to recount how Mr Bush told him: "I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state."

The TV series charts recent attempts to bring peace to the Middle East, from former US President Bill Clinton's peace talks in 1999-2000 to Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this year.

It seeks to uncover what happened behind closed doors by speaking to presidents and prime ministers, along with their generals and ministers.

:blink: Pick a side Bushy... pick a side.