[media-dakwah] Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max,' Explains How God Shapes His Foreign Policy

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:52:18 -0700


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=== News Update ===

Bush Says He Tried to Avoid War 'To The Max,' Explains How God Shapes His
Foreign Policy

By E&P Staff
Published: April 24, 2006 4:45 PM ET


That the same God that says "Thou shalt not kill?" "Thou shalt not steal?"
"Thou shalt not bear false witness?" "Thou shalt not covet they neighbors
property?"
THAT God? Or are we talking some other ethereal spirit in control of the
situation here?


NEW YORK President Bush today said he had tried to avoid war with Iraq
"diplomatically to the max."

Speaking to a business group in Irvine, Ca., he admitted mistakes were made
in planning for the Iraq invasion, but he defended the troop level, saying
"it was the troop level necessary to do the job," and he would commit the
same number if given a second chance.

The remarks came as another former general joined seven others who in
recent days have called for the resignation of Pentagon chief Donald
Rumsfeld, saying he had mismanaged the planning and execution of the war.

Bush also explained, in unusually stark terms, how his belief in God
influences his foreign policy. "I base a lot of my foreign policy decisions
on some things that I think are true," he said. "One, I believe there's an
Almighty. And, secondly, I believe one of the great gifts of the Almighty
is the desire in everybody's soul, regardless of what you look like or
where you live, to be free.

"I believe liberty is universal. I believe people want to be free. And I
know that democracies do not war with each other."

A new CNN poll released today shows Bush with his lowest approval rating in
any poll so far, at 32%.

Taking questions from members of the Orange County Business Council, Bush
said the United States erred in attempting large reconstruction projects
soon after the invasion was completed. This "didn't make any sense," he
said, because they "became convenient targets for the enemy."

Bush said he'd sat in a California church on Sunday near a mother and
stepfather grieving for their son who had been killed in Iraq. "I also want
to let you know that before you commit troops that you must do everything
that you can to solve the problem diplomatically," he commented. "And I can
look you in the eye and tell you I feel I tried to solve the problem
diplomatically to the max and would have committed troops both in
Afghanistan and Iraq, knowing what I know today."

One decision he questions: After the successful invasion, "preparing an
Iraqi army for an external threat. Well, it turns out there may have been
an external threat but it's nothing compared to the internal threat." He
did not explain what external threat the Iraqis were being trained for.

In his remarks, the president repeatedly referred to the need to stay in
Iraq to deny terrorists a "safe haven." He asserted, according to the White
House transcript that, "Iraq has -- had weapons of mass destruction and has
the knowledge as to how to produce weapons of mass destruction." He also
said that our enemies "know, and it doesn't take much to realize, that when
you put carnage on our TV screens, it causes us to weep."

He also said: "It's not easy work, by the way, to go from tyranny to
democracy. We had kind of a round go ourself, if you look back at our
history. My Secretary of State's relatives were enslaved in the United
States even though we had a Constitution that said all were -- that
believed in the dignity, or at least proclaimed to believe in the dignity
of all. The Articles of Confederation wasn't exactly a real smooth start
for our government to begin. And what you're watching on your TV screens is
a new democracy emerging."

source:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002385210

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