Sunday, October 24, 2004
Christian leader faults Bush on Iraq deaths
Guardian Unlimited | US elections 2004 | Christian leader faults Bush on Iraq deaths:
"Suzanne Goldenberg
Thursday October 21, 2004
The Guardian
Suzanne Goldenberg
George Bush suffered an embarrassing rebellion in the ranks yesterday when the founder of the conservative Christian Coalition said the White House had dismissed the very idea of US casualties in Iraq during the run-up to the war.
In an interview with CNN, the movement's founder, Pat Robertson, described a conversation with Mr Bush shortly before the war in which Mr Robertson voiced his fears for American troops, and suggested it was time to prepare the country for loss.
'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,'' Mr Robertson said. He said Mr Bush had replied: 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.'"
"Suzanne Goldenberg
Thursday October 21, 2004
The Guardian
Suzanne Goldenberg
George Bush suffered an embarrassing rebellion in the ranks yesterday when the founder of the conservative Christian Coalition said the White House had dismissed the very idea of US casualties in Iraq during the run-up to the war.
In an interview with CNN, the movement's founder, Pat Robertson, described a conversation with Mr Bush shortly before the war in which Mr Robertson voiced his fears for American troops, and suggested it was time to prepare the country for loss.
'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,'' Mr Robertson said. He said Mr Bush had replied: 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.'"
