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Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
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Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:48:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
   Did you know that Shrub once called the invasion and occupation of Iraq a “Crusade”?

As if on cue...

American Jihad

http://www.alternet.org/print.html?StoryID=17002

snip

   Much has been made of the evangelical Christianity of President Bush. He has tried to blend his courting of evangelical voters with attempts to extend an olive branch to a growing political force, Arab-Americans. But the President and his administration cannot have it both ways. They cannot restrict the meaning of “true American” to “Christian-American,” and also purport to believe in a pluralistic society. And they cannot allow the military to promote the idea of an American Jihad -- a religious war -- while claiming to fight a religion-neutral war on terrorism as well.

-- Hop-Frog

Scary, ain’t it?

K, all religious debate aside, what do we do when generals and political appointees believe their ‘god given mandate’?

At what point do the citizens actually shut this fiasco down?

Dave K



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  Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
 
(...) I'd like it shut down immediately. On the other side of things are people like John Neal. I think it would be fair to say that he and I are on completely opposite sides of this issue. And so far we haven't slipped completely into a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: Holy crap! (was Re: The partisian trap in California)
 
(...) As if on cue... American Jihad (URL) Recently NBC News broadcast footage of Army Lt. General William Boykin, a deputy undersecretary of defense, equating our campaigns in the Middle East to a religious war. Among his arguments: that Islam is (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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