ortho - As for the Republican white Christian crowd (Grand Ole Opry), there's this, too. They really should screw their heads on straight or just consider the book, not disinformation and psy-ops via Rumsfeld and others. It's a fourth crusade they launched here with the 9/11 attacks.
Bible texts misused- Rumsfeld '03 re Iraq "full armor of ..."
Ephesians, for example, makes clear that the armor of God refers to the virtues of truth, justice and peace.
Disclosed last week on the website of GQ magazine, the hawkish use of scripture has prompted many faithful to ask whether Americans lost their lives in Iraq defending democracy or fighting a religious crusade...
The disclosure of the intelligence reports added to lingering concerns about the role of religion during the Bush administration. In 2001, Bush called the war on terrorism a "crusade," sparking fears among some Muslims that the fight against terrorism was a battle against Islam.
In 2003, Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, then-deputy undersecretary of Defense for intelligence, compared the war against Islamic militants to a battle against Satan.
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