I’ve heard similar things he’s said by seemingly credible sources. I forget now what they were. Even if Pres. Bush did say this, it was in a context that has now been lost. I thought the left was so much into context? Taking it out of context easily changes the meaning of what he may (or may not) have been saying. This is a desperate attempt at a smear from the left.
I doubt that Jacques Chirac knew what Gog and Magog are or understood the reference; and that if Bush tried somehow to explain it to him, through a translator to boot, Bush’s meaning would no doubt have been lost on Chirac.
(And hence, Chirac’s recall of the conversation would have been garbled.)
I do not trust Chirac. I do not trust a newspaper of this era. I do trust Mr. Bush.