Consider the source, but if this is true it’s a disturbing insight into Bush’s mind:
The founder of the U.S. Christian Coalition said Tuesday he told President George W. Bush before the invasion of Iraq that he should prepare Americans for the likelihood of casualties, but the president told him, “We’re not going to have any casualties.”
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“And I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, ‘Mr. President, you had better prepare the American people for casualties.’ ”
Robertson said the president then told him, “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.”
How divorced from reality does a person have to be to make Pat Robertson sound like the reasonable side in a discussion? This would be an example.
The point you make struck me as well when I first read about this.
One of the more interesting tidbits in that story was that Pat Robertson also states that God told him (Pat) that the war would be a disaster. I found that to be a bit odd since Bush claims it was God who told him to go to war…
I guess God knew it would be a disaster for Bush, and thus told him to do it so that it would become an albatross around Bush’s neck and lead to his downfall.
Too bad Pat hasn’t yet put 2 and 2 together and dropped his support for Bush.
Or maybe God flip-flopped. Heh.
This just in!
Both Karen Hughes and Scott McClellen have said Pat is lying.