Bush: "God Made Me Do It"

UPDATE: The White House has denied all of these allegations (set to air in a British documentary series about the conflict in the Middle East). Of course they'd deny it... God told them to.

According to this article, President Bush has claimed that the war on terrorism and the Iraqi invasion was, in actuality, not about oil or weapons of mass destruction, or the liberation of an oppressed people. It wasn't about protecting the "American way of life" or about playing the world's "cop." Nope, it was a religious crusade.

Shaath, now the Palestinian information minister, said: "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'," said Shaath.

See, a little known fact about Bush is that he talks to God. In the Oval office, between the RED phone that connects directly to the Pentagon and the BLUE phone that is dedicated to the Bat Cave, there is a WHITE phone that goes directly to God.

Well, not directly, St. Peter actually picks up when the big guy is golfing or in the tub...

Regardless, the Chief Executive of our country is making decisions not based on economic analysis, social policy research, or even a gut instinct. Nope, he consults a "higher power." That scares the shit out of me.

I mean, serial killers and other such criminals have claimed that God wanted them to do things.

I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and now I'm a devout atheist. Like Denis Leary, I can't believe in a church who derives clerical authority based on the size of the hat they wear. In fact, I don't follow any prescribed faith. And no, I'm not one of those tree-hugging hippie kooks who considers himself "spiritual but not religious." Closest I come to religion is Pastafarianism (The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster).

And I can't understand how the use of the resources of this country and the sacrifice of American lives to fight a war in Iraq can be justified by our Chief Executive claiming to get his marching orders from God.

Don't even get me started on separation of church and state... you know the part of the U.S. Constitution which reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." (First Amendment). Freedom (termed here "free exercise") OF religion also means freedom FROM religion. The elected officials of this country should NOT be making policy decisions for this country based on their religious beliefs.

Even if God did call George up... though I'm beginning to suspect that it wasn't the Christian God on the other end of the phone... sounds more like Ares to me. You know that crazy cat likes to play games on the phone...