SpeedRacer 1 #1 October 20, 2004 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/9969357.htm?1c Posted on Wed, Oct. 20, 2004 Robertson: Bush Said No Deaths in Iraq Associated Press WASHINGTON - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he warned President Bush before U.S. troops invaded Iraq that the United States would sustain casualties but that Bush responded, "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." Robertson, in an interview with CNN that aired Tuesday night, said God had told him that the war would be messy and a disaster. When he met with Bush in Nashville before the war Bush did not listen to his advice, Robertson said, and believed Saddam Hussein was an evil tyrant who needed to be removed. "He was just sitting there, like, 'I'm on top of the world,' and I warned him about this war," Robertson said. "I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, 'Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.' 'Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.' 'Well,' I said, 'it's the way it's going to be.' And so, it was messy. The lord told me it was going to be, A, a disaster and, B, messy." In a statement for the Kerry campaign, adviser Mike McCurry said Wednesday: "We believe President Bush should get the benefit of the doubt here, but he needs to come forward and answer a very simple question - was Pat Robertson telling the truth when he said he didn't think there'd be any casualties or is Pat Robertson lying?" Robertson, the founder of the Christian Coalition and a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1988, said he supports Bush's re-election and believes the president is blessed by God. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
