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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:05 PM Original message |
Petraeus draws criticism for saying Christian book ‘should be in every rucksack.’» |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. If there is a freaky fundie to be found and given a top-level government job..... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I would be surprised if one of them wasn't a Christer. n/t |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True that..... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Can you imagine a law being passed to appease the Christers ... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. This should erase any doubt that Petraeus |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Was there EVER a doubt?????? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. None whatsover from me. |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. The military elite are turning it into a Christian missionary organization |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Someone going to actually read or look at what's in that book before you get huffy? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. "there are no atheists in a fox hole" Wrong. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I would not suggest you put words in the mouths of dead warriors unless you have a special |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:12 PM Original message |
When I think of the accoutrements which attend the ministry of Jesus |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. 'when soldiers need spiritual energy' - how about stop redeploying them year after year? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Here's a Bible . . . "pie in the sky when you die" . . . |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Doesn't sound like he was "establishing a religious requirement" to me. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Highly, highly, highly illegal. A direct imposition of religion by the state. |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Nope, Bibles have been handed to GI's forever and the practice will continue. |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Making a comment is not illegal, forcing every soldier to have one is. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Well, that explains a lot --- fanatics all together --- !!! |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. why doesn't fucking betraeus shove his rucksack up his ass! n/t |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. don't be so sure |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. a quick google search |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. a few more |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I recall no such incident. "Soldier" suggests US Army and I discount this rumor. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Petraeus is a gutless ass-kisser and a disgrace to the uniform. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-20-08 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Air Force is already totally RW Christian. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. That sure ain't the kind of books we carried in our packs. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. So am I to understand... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-21-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. The whole Christian/ Military thing has made me ill for quite some time. |
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