On A Mission From God

Crikey. He's nuts. BBC (10.06.05), via AmericaBlog:

"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..., Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, describe their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003."

George Bush on Elusive Peace

"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.'"

Huh. Reminds us of this:

Jake: Ma'am, would it make you feel any better if we told you that what we're asking Matthew to do is a holy thing?

Elwood: We're on a mission from God.

Yeah, well it was funny then.