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Global Eye -- Errand Boy
By Chris Floyd
So now we know. After all the mountains of commentary
and speculation, all the earnest debates over motives
and goals, all the detailed analyses of global strategy
and political ideology, it all comes to down to this:
George W. Bush waged war on Iraq because, in his own
words, God ''instructed me to strike at Saddam.''
This gospel was revealed, appropriately enough, in the
Holy Land this week, through an unusual partnership
between the fractious children of Abraham. The Israeli
newspaper Haaretz was given transcripts* of a negotiating
session between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas
and faction leaders from Hamas and other militant
groups. Abbas, who was trying to persuade the groups to
call a cease-fire in their uprising against Israeli
forces, described for them his recent summit with Ariel
Sharon and Bush.
During the tense talks at the summit, Bush sought to
underscore the kind of authority he could bring to
efforts at achieving peace in the Middle East. While
thundering that there could be ''no deals with terror
groups,'' Bush sought to assure the rattled Palestinians
that he also had the ability to wring concessions from
Sharon. And what was the source of this wonder-working
power? It was not, as you might think, the ungodly size
of the U.S. military or the gargantuan amount of money
and arms the United States pours into Israel year after
year.
No, Bush said he derived his moral heft from the
Almighty Himself. What's more, the Lord had proven his
devotion to the Crawford Crusader by crowning his
military efforts with success. In fact, he told Abbas,
God was holding the door open for Middle East peace
right now -- but they would have to move fast, because
soon the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe would
have to give His attention to something far more
important: the election of His little sunbeam, Georgie,
in 2004.
Here are Bush's exact words, quoted by Haaretz: ''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.''
You can't put it plainer than that. The whole chaotic
rigmarole of Security Council votes and UN inspections
and congressional approval and Colin Powell's whizbang
Powerpoint displays of ''proof'' and Bush's own tearful
prayers for ''peace'' -- it was all a sham, a meaningless
exercise.
No votes, no inspections, no proof or lack of proof --
in fact, no earthly reason whatsoever -- could have
stopped Bush's aggressive war on Iraq. It was God's
unalterable will: the Lord of Hosts gave a direct order
for George W. Bush to ''strike at Saddam.''
Global Eye -- Errand Boy
By Chris Floyd
So now we know. After all the mountains of commentary
and speculation, all the earnest debates over motives
and goals, all the detailed analyses of global strategy
and political ideology, it all comes to down to this:
George W. Bush waged war on Iraq because, in his own
words, God ''instructed me to strike at Saddam.''
This gospel was revealed, appropriately enough, in the
Holy Land this week, through an unusual partnership
between the fractious children of Abraham. The Israeli
newspaper Haaretz was given transcripts* of a negotiating
session between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas
and faction leaders from Hamas and other militant
groups. Abbas, who was trying to persuade the groups to
call a cease-fire in their uprising against Israeli
forces, described for them his recent summit with Ariel
Sharon and Bush.
During the tense talks at the summit, Bush sought to
underscore the kind of authority he could bring to
efforts at achieving peace in the Middle East. While
thundering that there could be ''no deals with terror
groups,'' Bush sought to assure the rattled Palestinians
that he also had the ability to wring concessions from
Sharon. And what was the source of this wonder-working
power? It was not, as you might think, the ungodly size
of the U.S. military or the gargantuan amount of money
and arms the United States pours into Israel year after
year.
No, Bush said he derived his moral heft from the
Almighty Himself. What's more, the Lord had proven his
devotion to the Crawford Crusader by crowning his
military efforts with success. In fact, he told Abbas,
God was holding the door open for Middle East peace
right now -- but they would have to move fast, because
soon the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe would
have to give His attention to something far more
important: the election of His little sunbeam, Georgie,
in 2004.
Here are Bush's exact words, quoted by Haaretz: ''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.''
You can't put it plainer than that. The whole chaotic
rigmarole of Security Council votes and UN inspections
and congressional approval and Colin Powell's whizbang
Powerpoint displays of ''proof'' and Bush's own tearful
prayers for ''peace'' -- it was all a sham, a meaningless
exercise.
No votes, no inspections, no proof or lack of proof --
in fact, no earthly reason whatsoever -- could have
stopped Bush's aggressive war on Iraq. It was God's
unalterable will: the Lord of Hosts gave a direct order
for George W. Bush to ''strike at Saddam.''