Leading Evangelical Blasts Bush

By: Lowell
Published On: 6/2/2005 1:00:00 AM

Leading evangelical http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/
">Hal Lindsey, best-selling author of 20 books, including "Late Great Planet Earth" and "the Father of Apocalyptic Christian Zionism," has come out blasting.  Not against the usual suspects - gays, feminists, liberals, judges, the US constitution - but against President George W. Bush, leader of all that's right and good in the world. 

Well, apparently Bush is not so "right and good" anymore, in Lindsey's view.  In fact, Lindsey slams Bush for what he calls "the greatest betrayal of Israel committed by any American president in history."  Here are some excerpts from Lindsey's article, entitled, "Bush's 3 little words, 1 big betrayal": 


The Israelis are reeling from the body blow delivered them by President Bush following his meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. In one pronouncement, Bush totally scuttled all the hard-fought, blood-bought gains Israel has made in the three wars forced upon her.

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All peace negotiations and concessions by Israel in the pursuit of peace with the Muslim Nations and Palestinians since 1949 have been rendered null and void.

President Bush's astonishing and unexpected statement reversed long standing American policy. In his joint statement with Abbas, he declared that any final status changes in the peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians must be mutually agreed to on the basis of the 1949 armistice lines.

To my horror, this statement is the greatest betrayal of Israel committed by any American president in history.

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Based on this new equation, there is nothing left for Israel to negotiate. Victory: Palestinians. Method: Terrorism. Is it possible that President Bush didn't consider the implications?

The message, "Terrorism pays, negotiation doesn't" was delivered personally to the Palestinians and the rest of the Islamic world by George W. Bush. President Bush did all of this when he uttered those three little words, "1949 Armistice Lines." It might be time for Israel to start looking around for a new peace broker. This one appears to have taken on a new client.

But there is an even graver consequence for the USA. I have believed for decades that God has protected America despite our growing sin. He has done so because the USA has been a base for world evangelism and we have supported Israel's right to exist in the land God promised them. This betrayal, if followed through, will effectively remove God's protective shield. May God help us.

Yeah, and may God help the Republicans and Bush if the Evangelicals turn against them.  Now that would be apocalyptic - politically apocalyptic, that is. 

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