Bush Had Gog and Magog, Bibi Has Amalek

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Bush Had Gog and Magog, Bibi Has Amalek

May 25th, 2009 by Richard Silverstein writes: 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considers the lifting of the Iranian nuclear threat his life’s mission. Before coming to power, he had mentioned that such an operation might cost thousands of lives, but the price was justified in

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[mercaque]

Recently, Jacques Chirac confirmed that George Bush, in telephone calls leading up the Iraq war, attempted to persuade France to join the coalition of the willing by invoking the Biblical war of Gog and Magog.

I'm just trying to imagine Chirac's face when it dawned on him that, holy shit, Bush was actually serious about this.

[ikilledkenny86]

I think Richard Silverstein is trying too hard. The Iran-Israel issue has nothing to do with religion and using a biblical reference to prove a point doesn't make you a religious fanatic. An idiot, maybe, but not a religious fanatic.

[foolsguinea]

He's appealing the tale of the extermination of the Amalekites? Really? He wants to go THERE? So is he planning to kill every Aryan man, woman, & child?