I haven't seen this anywhere else yet, so it must be an April fool's joke. But, wait, this is October!
These people are definitely going to get us all killed!
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are defending a new deputy undersecretary of defense "who has reportedly cast the war on terror" in religious terms.Mine's bigger than yours? He really said that?Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, whose promotion and appointment was confirmed by the Senate in June, has said publicly that he sees the war on terrorism as a clash between Judeo-Christian values and Satan, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
Appearing in dress uniform before a religious group in Oregon in June, Boykin said Islamic extremists hate the United States "because we're a Christian nation, because our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christians. ... And the enemy is a guy named Satan."
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Discussing a U.S. Army battle against a Muslim warlord in Somalia in 1993, Boykin told one audience, "I knew my god was bigger than his. I knew that my god was a real god and his was an idol."
Hey, this just in, spotted here at one in the morning. The NYTimes has the story in Friday's editions. It's there that we finally learn how Bush became president.
In another speech, General Boykin said God had selected George W. Bush as president. "Why is this man in the White House?" he asked. "The majority of Americans did not vote for him. Why is he there? And I tell you this morning that he's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this."The Times tells us that he was he was wearing his military uniform and was speaking at religious functions each time he is reported to have delivered the messages now being reported.
I guess they're no longer trying to hide the nature of the regime, but we can't expect that to help turn off many Americans.
UPDATE Thanks to Cursor today, we're now reminded that back in April The Nation had already reported on the nature of Boykin's magnificent obsession, but his appointment was still easily approved by Congress in June.]
Jim,
What irks me most is the failing of the American public and the media to recognize Bush for the petty thief that he is. Contracts and subsidies to all his buddies, and you know the cash will be waiting for him when his presidency is over as a big fat thank you. Bush Sr. and the Carlysle group probably haven't stopped laughing for three years.
Men in power, unchecked, will invariably fatten their pockets. That's really what power is all about anyway, isn't it? Wealth (and its evil cousin, Fame) drive men to try and steal power whenever possible. It's male human nature, I fear, and can really be combatted in one way only: we need to elect women to run the world's countries. I think men have shown, without a doubt, that they do a lousy job of it.