George Bush apparently believed that [гад and Afghanistan were singled out in end times prophecy. In a 2003 phone call to French President Jacques Chirac, Bush appealed to their common Christian faith

George Bush apparently believed that [гад and
Afghanistan were singled out in end times prophecy. In a
2003 phone call to French President Jacques Chirac, Bush
appealed to their common Christian faith as a basis for
the invasion: “Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle
East. This confrontation is willed God, who wants to
use this conflict to erase His enemies before a
new age begins.”
Chirac, a Roman Catholic, promptly
asked his staff to call the French Federation of Protestants
and find out what Bush was talking about.