NEWS: US General Gives Speeches Detailing War On Terror As "Battle Against Satan"

A US Army General failed to clear certain speeches in which he spoke about the current War on Terror as a Christian battle against the forces of Satan. The general gave 23 speeches of this nature since January of 2002. The US Army is currently considering how to punish the general for his actions.



Many are outraged that this occurred, but it must be considered that the general did not receive official approval for these speeches. While the general will be in trouble for his statement, the main reason he will reprimanded is because he did not get these statements cleared by the Pentagon. There is good reason to believe that the Pentagon would not have allowed a speech of this nature to be given because of its controversial nature.

[edit on 8-19-2004 by Valhall]

very true......wasn't bush quoted saying something to the efect that god told him to attack al-queda or iraq or to solve the middle east conflict......this almost seems like a new crusade...lead of course, by 'AMERICA..gods chosen people'....(i've seen that in a lot of signatures.....i hope that there are 'tongue in cheek'. )
AMERICAS two-faced forgien policies have gotten us to where it is today.....hated by many, dispised by alot, liked by just a couple.....but , hay, we're AMERIKA, we don't care...the world does actually revolve around us....since, you know, ...we are gods chosen people....praise be god...death to the ...unbelievers.

Can you say Religious freedom?

Where's Tom!!!!!

Just wanted to explain why I moved this to a discussion thread.

You can't make the following jump in a legitimate news article:

This general (whom the article states didn't get clearance for his speeches and therefore is at risk of punishment) making these statements

DOES NOT EQUAL

Bush believing he's on a crusade.

Originally posted by lockheed
An Army General failed to clear certain speeches in which he spoke about the current War on Terror as a Christian battle against the forces of Satan. The general gave 23 speeches of this nature since January of 2002. The US Army is currently considering how to punish the general for his actions.

Personally, as a Christian and a veteran, I'm tellin' ya, this General has absolutely NO right to proslytize his religion using his position. That is for when he retires the uniform. He KNOWS better! This is just what kind of crap happens when fascists are in charge.

And one more thing, can you imagine the outrage of Christian soldiers if a MUSLIM (U.S. General) was using his stars to preach to them? The outcry would be deafening. These people are so hypocritical it's disgusting!

Totally understand Valhall, ATSNN is about facts and we need to put facts into our articles. Me saying that Bush believes he's on a crusades dosen't add up to anything unless I put proof that he thinks he is into the article. I'll be sure to watch that from now on :-)

No problem, lockheed, and if you wish to re-write the closing statements, I'll be glad to promote to article. Just u2u if you decide to.

(Sometimes when these situations come up I find out the writer would just as soon have a discussion thread so that they can make their statement...that's why I tend to move articles like this to discussion instead of "re-writing" the person's words and potentially taking out a message they truly wanted to convey.)

Clearly, Lt. Gen. Boykin occupies a much higher rank in the U.S. Army than he should, given his emaciated IQ, if he did (indeed) refer to the opposition specifically as being "the forces of Satan."

This is no time for high profile government officials to assist the opposition with its propaganda campaign by asserting to confirm a (mutual) military stance motivated by religiosity.

So let me pose this question: How is this so different the bush jr.'s 'Axis of Evil' comment?

I think Satan is a little misunderstood. When was the last casualty from a satanist?