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October 21, 2004
Is Pat a Liar?
The White House wants you to know that Pat Robertson didn't just lie this week. He's been in league with Satan for months. In Robertson's defense, how was he supposed to know the White House wouldn't care what he says until two weeks before the elections?
CHUNG: Because I'm wondering if you believe the United States should invade Iraq without U.N. backing.ROBERTSON: Connie, I have, over the last year or so, been quite concerned about entering into this war. We should have gone in after him in the Gulf War I.
This thing is fraught with danger. And I think we need to understand that. I told the president that just recently, that we have got to prepare the American people for civilian casualties, for possibly our casualties, for gassing, for various chemical weapons against them.
[CNN CONNIE CHUNG TONIGHT - Transcript - 02-27-03]BROWN: I want to ask you how you feel about the war in Iraq. And if God is calling this war a disaster, does that mean that he is actually opposed to it?
ROBERTSON: Well, I don‘t think God‘s opposed to the war, necessarily, but it was a danger sign. I felt very uneasy about it from the very get-go. Whenever I heard about it, I knew it was going to be trouble. I warned the president. I only met with him once. I said, You better prepare the American people for some serious casualties. And he said, Oh, no, our troops are, you know, so well protected, we don‘t have to worry about that. But it has been messy. And I think we‘re going to come out of it, though. I think we‘ll have a free Iraq. But it certainly has been a mess so far.
['Hardball with Chris Matthews' - MSNBC Transcript - 06-22-04]"But ... if he touches Jerusalem and he really gets serious about taking east Jerusalem and making it the capital of a Palestinian state, he'll lose virtually all evangelical support," Robertson said. "I think this is the key issue."
[Pat Robertson warns Bush against dividing Jerusalem - Virginia Pilot - 10-04-04]
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