It is one of the supercilious assertions of many on the left that George W. Bush has, at one point or another, said that he went to war with Iraq based on explicit, personal instructions from a pretty smart, even omniscient guide, none other than God himself.
They will laugh sarcastically as they tell you this thing — what a moron this president is, they imply — and then they will shake their heads woefully. How is this country ever going to make it with a modern-day, male version of Joan of Arc leading us, someone relying not on thoughtful analysis, but the voice of God?
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