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"Open The Gates That The Righteous Nation May Enter": Rumsfeld Used Biblical Quotes In Top-Secret Iraq War Briefing

by via Democracy Now
Tue, May 19, 2009 7:24AM
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 :GQ Magazine has revealed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld repeatedly gave President Bush top-secret briefings adorned with Biblical quotes during the early days of the invasion of Iraq. One briefing paper showed an image of a US soldier in Baghdad below the Biblical quote: "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
Another briefing paper included a photograph of a US tank next to the quote “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”

A third briefing paper showed US tanks entering an Iraqi city alongside the quote “Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.” Some Pentagon officials were concerned if publicly disclosed the briefings could be interpreted as a suggestion the Iraq war was a battle against Islam. One Pentagon official warned the fallout “would be as bad as Abu Ghraib.”

Robert Draper, GQ Magazine correspondent and author of the article ‘And He Shall Be Judged’, appearing in the June issue of GQ Magazine. Robert Draper is also author of the book “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.”

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