Television evangelist Pat Robertson has admitted to CNN that President Bush claimed to him that there would be no casualties during the US invasion of Iraq. Robertson said Bush dismissed his warnings that the US would suffer heavy casualties in Iraq. Robertson said Bush told him before the invasion “we’re not going to have any casualties.” Robertson’s comments come as the U.S. death toll in Iraq has topped 1,100. Robertson, who backs Bush’s re-election said, “I met with him down in Nashville before the Gulf war started. And he was the most self-assured man I ever met in my life… He was just sitting there, like, I’m on top of the world, and I warned him about this war. I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, ’Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.” Robertson said Bush responded “Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.” Robertson then said ” 'Well,' I said, ’it’s the way it’s going to be. . . . The Lord told me it was going to be, A, a disaster and, B, messy.’ ”