(mr ed)
"Asked by Woodward, an assistant managing editor at the Washington Post, if he had ever consulted the former president before ordering the invasion of Iraq, Bush replied that "he is the wrong father to appeal to in terms of strength; there is a higher father that I appeal to."
g - this paragraph is so rich of possibly publishable points, (apart from the obvious ones):
a) given that some have speculated that the war was, in part, to avenge saddams apparent (blumenthal has doubts) assassination attempt on 41 ('he tried to kill my daddy'), maybe it would have been a good idea to check with the to-be-avenged. misplaced avenging can cause a whole bunch of unnecessary damage. my guess is that mafia bosses would *never* allow unauthorised avenging. (im not sure of my use of the verb 'to avenge')
b) 41 "is the wrong father to appeal to in terms of strength" - sure, but that doesnt preclude asking him for his opinion - the only guy in the world with requisite experience. remember 41 giving his award to teddy kennedy last year - lol. and 41 got sacked from carlyle.
(i dont necessarily agree with any of these points)


and then this:
"The president conceded to Woodward that he had the good sense not to "justify war based upon God" but would ask for forgiveness if he took the wrong path."
- looking at the word 'justify' - it seems that he means 'justify *to others*' - he's (apparently) not denying that Dog made the decision - he just seems to be saying he has the political "good sense" not to say it on the record.

"Of course, as a self-described "messenger" of God who was "praying for strength to do the Lord's will," Bush was not troubled about shredding a little secular document called the U.S. Constitution."
indeed.



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