05-23-2004, 06:53 AM
Bush team checks with loony religious freaks before addressing Gaza situation
The linked article arguably does the tired 'Zionists influence Bush' angle (which is obviously true - Bush is pro-Israel, but that's no conspiracy). Nonetheless, it includes some amusing tidbits about how the US National Security Council seeks the advice of the Apostolic Congress, which isn't actually jewish, but Pentecostal.
This sounds pretty cracked, but it's fairly accurate in terms of both the depiction of the apostolics and their agenda.
Some details:
- The National Security Council's top Middle East aide consults with apocalyptic Christians who form the Apostolic Congress
- They object to an Israel withdrawal, on the grounds that all of Old Testament Israel belongs to the Hebrew people (eh, sure, why not?). Until Israel is intact and David's temple rebuilt, they believe, Christ won't come back to earth. (uh, ok, that's why)
- The Apostolic Congress's representative in Israel claims that "Two of the three nights in my apartment I have been attacked by a hair raising spirit of fear," noting the sublet contained a Harry Potter book; "at this time I am associating it with witchcraft"
The linked article arguably does the tired 'Zionists influence Bush' angle (which is obviously true - Bush is pro-Israel, but that's no conspiracy). Nonetheless, it includes some amusing tidbits about how the US National Security Council seeks the advice of the Apostolic Congress, which isn't actually jewish, but Pentecostal.
This sounds pretty cracked, but it's fairly accurate in terms of both the depiction of the apostolics and their agenda.
Some details:
- The National Security Council's top Middle East aide consults with apocalyptic Christians who form the Apostolic Congress
- They object to an Israel withdrawal, on the grounds that all of Old Testament Israel belongs to the Hebrew people (eh, sure, why not?). Until Israel is intact and David's temple rebuilt, they believe, Christ won't come back to earth. (uh, ok, that's why)
- The Apostolic Congress's representative in Israel claims that "Two of the three nights in my apartment I have been attacked by a hair raising spirit of fear," noting the sublet contained a Harry Potter book; "at this time I am associating it with witchcraft"