[GJM] Fw: [globalnetnews-summary] Robertson Advocates Israel Striking Iran Before The 2008 Election

[mary rose]

My in box is filled with msgs of bad news, but I  want to
concentrate on what we can do as a people, operating
from our "collective consciousness" to mitigate the
present circumstances.

However, I do feel that this is newsworthy in that it shows
what segment of the population is pushing for an attack on Iran.

Also, I have learned that e-mails sent to me are bouncing
and I know not why.  So, if you have sent me something
that was not published, it may be that I did not get it.

mary rose

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Robertson Advocates Israel Striking Iran Before The 2008 Election
http://thinkprogress.org/

On yesterday's edition of The 700 Club, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson 
sharply criticized the "moderate tone" the Bush administration has allegedly 
taken toward Iran and its nuclear weapons program. Robertson advocated that 
Israel look out for the "survival of its nation" and "make some kind of a 
strike" against Iranian nuclear facilities. He also predicted that it will 
likely happen before the 2008 elections:

    But nevertheless, I think we can look in the next few months for Israel 
to make a strike - possibly before the next election - because I think 
George Bush - to use the term an "amber light" - he's given the amber, the 
yellow light, saying, "Caution, but go ahead."

Watch it:

Robertson's predictions often turn out to be wrong. In 2004, Robertson 
claimed that the Lord told him it would "be like a blowout" re-election for 
President Bush. (Bush ended up receiving just 51 percent of the vote.) In 
2006, he incorrectly predicted that "the outcome of the war and the success 
of the economy will leave the Republicans in charge."

He does, however, have an inside track into the Bush administration. Last 
year, Robertson's Regent University estimated that one in six of its 
graduates were employed in government work. Approximately 150 served in the 
Bush administration.

Today, top McCain surrogate Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is also talking to 
controversial Pastor John Hagee's organization. In 2006, Hagee declared:

    The United States must join Israel in a pre-emptive military strike 
against Iran to fulfill God's plan for both Israel and the West. a 
biblically prophesied end-time confrontation with Iran, which will lead to 
the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second Coming of Christ.

Other members of the right wing have also been unifying around the idea of 
striking Iran before Bush leaves. Both John Bolton and Bill Kristol have 
made the same argument.