Reuters: U.S. Acts Against General Who Saw a 'Christian' War

Steelangel

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Wed Oct-27-04 01:47 AM
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Reuters: U.S. Acts Against General Who Saw a 'Christian' War

Edited on Wed Oct-27-04 01:48 AM by Steelangel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has taken action against Lt. Gen. William Boykin, who embarrassed the Bush administration by giving speeches in which he described the war on terrorism as a Christian battle against Satan.

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody declined to give any details of the action taken in response to Boykin's remarks, which violated Pentagon rules, but said it was not "significant."

"I took the appropriate action based on the recommendations of the Inspector General," Cody told Reuters while attending the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army.

More... http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6620017&pageNumber=0

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aquart

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Wed Oct-27-04 01:51 AM
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1. Is the man still alive?

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rooboy

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Wed Oct-27-04 01:52 AM
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2. He was probably told to pray about what he did. n/t

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ahem

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Wed Oct-27-04 02:49 AM
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3. who embarrassed the Bush administration ...

by giving speeches in which he described the war on terrorism as a Christian battle against Satan. :eyes:

Yeah right, he embarrassed them by saying it outright instead of saying the same thing in the fundie-code-speak which the Bush administration endorses wholeheartedly.

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Dob Bole

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Wed Oct-27-04 02:57 AM
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4. He's a General. His job is to effectively kill people...

does it really matter what his motivation is? What if he saw it as a battle between oompaloompas and Munchkins?

That's probably stupid. Sorry, I just woke up.

And through the fog, I am slowly realizing that I might have just defended that Boykin guy...

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Wed Oct-27-04 05:01 AM
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5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x935180

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