The HELL?!

Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God'
By Gene Johnson, Associated Press Writer Wed Sep 3, 7:23 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_iraq_war;_ylt=Au3DuJznZOoRozev_mMU84Ss0NUE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."

In an address last June, the Republican vice presidential candidate also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it "God's will."
Palin asked the students to pray for the troops in Iraq, and noted that her eldest son, Track, was expected to be deployed there.

"Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," she said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."
A video of the speech was posted at the Wasilla Assembly of God's Web site before finding its way on to other sites on the Internet.
Palin told graduating students of the church's School of Ministry, "What I need to do is strike a deal with you guys." As they preached the love of Jesus throughout Alaska, she said, she'd work to implement God's will from the governor's office, including creating jobs by building a pipeline to bring North Slope natural gas to North American markets.
"God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that," she said.
"I can do my job there in developing our natural resources and doing things like getting the roads paved and making sure our troopers have their cop cars and their uniforms and their guns, and making sure our public schools are funded," she added. "But really all of that stuff doesn't do any good if the people of Alaska's heart isn't right with God."
Palin attended the evangelical church from the time she was a teenager until 2002, the church said in a statement posted on its Web site. She has continued to attend special conferences and meetings there. Religious conservatives have welcomed her selection as John McCain's running mate.

Rob Boston, a spokesman for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, lamented Palin's comments.
"I miss the days when pastors delivered sermons and politicians delivered political speeches," he said. "The United States is increasingly diverse religiously. The job of a president is to unify all those different people and bring them together around policy goals, not to act as a kind of national pastor and bring people to God."
The section of the church's Web site where videos of past sermons were posted was shut down Wednesday, and a message was posted saying that the site "was never intended to handle the traffic it has received in the last few days."

This woman is insane. This article makes her sound no better than the Taliban, who believe THEY are fighting for their God too! God wants us to build a pipleine in Alaska?? God is FOR destroying thousands of animals habitats and polluting the surrouding water? How does she know this; does she talk to God? She is not only certifiable, she is dangerous. I don't care what religion someone is, claiming that you are speaking For God is so egotistical if makes me want to barf. I can even put her complete lack of experience on the back burner because of this nonsense. If a democrat claimed they spoke to God, the republicans would have a fucking field day with it.

It is true that I don't like this woman. I dislike her more than I do McCain actually. But the reasons I don't like her were always political ones; I don't like to attack a specific religion (with the exception of Scientology, which isn't a real religion). However, this is the biggest crock of shit I have ever heard. I would sooner believe that God is a giant cat giving orders in Aramaic to all of the people in the world while they sleep to feed them tuna on a silver platter. This woman has no idea what God wants nor does she use her faith for the good of the people. The republicans had so many choices for sane women to run along side McCain; what the hell happened??