HAGEE: I certainly am.
GOYETTE: So you think we need a declaration of war to expand this war to Iran?
[over four minutes of Hagee hemming and hawing deleted]
HAGEE: We do not have a war declaration for Iraq, and neither does the president need one to expand it into Iran.
CHARLES GOYETTE: Okay, that's the answer I was looking for. He can do it on his own authority.
HAGEE: He certainly can. We're in Iraq on his authority.
He also says things like this:
From its website and publications it appears that Hagee's Cornerstone Church emphasizes acquiring wealth as a sign of God's favor. Most churches and synagogues have rejected these notions as heresy.
"In an interview this month with the San Antonio Express-News, Hagee all but scoffed at Jews opposed to his domestic agenda:
I think if I could put a dividing line, the Orthodox and Conservatives who have a Torah appreciation give us wholehearted support. The rest who are not driven by the Word of God have a liberal agenda.
And the liberal agenda is they are pro-abortion. They're pro-homosexual. They're pro-gay marriage — they want men to marry men and women to marry women — and their difference with me is not really what I'm doing with Israel. Their hostility to me is poisoned by their liberalism. They take a liberal position that poisons their view of what we could be doing for Israel. "
In the video by Bill Moyers posted at my place, near the end, Hagee suggests that Hurricane Katrina was sent to the US in response to the US support for removing settlers from the Gaza Strip. He has also advocated attacking Iran which he perceives to be a threat to Israel.
Some possible questions for Father Huck:
Does the President need Congressional authority to attack Iran?
Do you support John Hagee's comments about Iran?
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