Bush: God told me to do it

According to the BBC:

President George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden's stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a state for the Palestinians.

The President made the assertion during his first meeting with Palestinian leaders in June 2003, according to a BBC series which will be broadcast this month. (More)

And according to the White House:
A senior White House official has denied that the US president, George Bush, said God ordered him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.

A spokesman for Mr Bush, Scott McClellan, said the claims, to be broadcast in a TV documentary later this month, were "absurd". (More)

But this brings up the debate of the whole "God on our side" issue, which I find very interesting. I see at least two compelling viewpoints, one is the danger of God-ordained nation-invading, Old Testament style, as Bob Dylan sardonically explains in this song. The other is a genuine desire of a president who wants to do the will of the Divine. I know which of these viewpoints I most adhere to, and I know there are many others, but I'd like to hear what you all think.

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