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Palin: Iraq war ‘a task that is from God’
The Moderate Voice — Palin: Iraq war ‘a task that is from God’ 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.” As a left leaning independent this is way over the line for me. ...

Palin: Iraq War 'a task from God'
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... 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." Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_pal... What is she smoking?

Too bad the Ds already sucked up to the Christianists
Corrente — Otherwise, they could go to town on statements like this: 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.” Well, er. Ick.

A War that Must Be Won in the Name of Truth
Obsidian Wings — ... Perhaps that is so, but there will be real costs in terms of the radicalization of a new wave of terrorists.  To the extent that we take the "war on terror" seriously, our dubious role in Iraq should not be underestimated.  And someone should probably tell Sarah Palin that God doesn't root for such callousness. ...

Yawn: The AP smears Palin over prayer for troops in Iraq
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... ; the money part runs from about 5:30 to 6:15. HuffPo quotes her, accurately:“Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God,” she exhorted the congregants. “That’s what we have to make sure that we’re praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God’s plan.” Here’s what the AP turns it into : Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq ...

Sarah Palin: The Xena of the War Party
Antiwar.com Original — ... with the Alaska Independence Party, which advocates secession from the US. But her secessionist days are over, I believe: in the future she'll be attacking the sucessionist Ossetians as Russian agents-of-influence and defending US intervention there, as in Iraq , as a mission divinely ordained. ~ Justin Raimondo

The difference between Palin and Bush? Lipstick.
The Moderate Voice — ... that “I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.”). However, speaking to ministry students, she has described the war as “a task from God.” That’s eerily similar to language Bush has used, and considering ...

Cooking with Gas
Fraters Libertas — ... the claim. I guess Zimmern isn't a Power Line reader. Maybe he should be. 3. The Iraq war is a mission from God - as characterized by Zimmern, not true. From the AP, her full quote , delivered while asking school kids to pray for the troops in Iraq: "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." Sounds to me like she had some uncertainty there. Struggling with the unknown (God's will), while having faith that our national leaders ...

Palin's memory better than Gibson's research skills?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... sense, given that what she originally said was (via HuffPo): "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan." It was the AP that turned it into this: "Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from ...

Remember when people asked why Palin wasn't rushing to do MSM interviews?
Stubborn Facts — ... Yes, those were Palin's "exact words" - but Gibson is misrepresenting the quote with the material omission of the rest of the sentence from which those words are wrenched. Palin did not say "Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God"; she said, "we need to pray that our leaders, that our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God." The words Gibson left out utterly change the meaning of the quote from a prayer ("we must pray that they are") to an assertion ("they are"). ...

Charlie Gibson's Attempt to Twist Sarah Palin's Words
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Here is a tip for the future Charlie.  Try not to rely on the AP for your "exact quotes".  It makes you look like a total fool, especially after condescendingly insisting you are correct. ...

Gibson Blows the Exclusive
Confederate Yankee — ... a plan and that that plan is God's plan." The words in bold are those journalists simply removed from their report, in order to try to cast Palin as a religious extremist. They tried turning a servant's simple prayer asking God for guidance, into the raving of a false prophet telling the congregation that she knows the mind of God. Journalists doctored the quote so that this manufactured Palin would scare American voters. Nice work trying to set a trap, Charlie. And great work doctoring the original quote, Gene Johnson of the Associated Press. I'm sure you've both made ...

Matthew Filipowicz: Exclusive "Not Seen On TV" Video Of Sarah Palin's First Interview
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... So, sorry Charile. Jerry's the man. In part two, Jerry and Sarah discuss the complexities of the of the situation in Iraq. They delve into the minute details of the ...