General My-God-is-great-and-your-God-wears-womens-underpants Boykin.

[TacticalPeek]

Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo (and a reader) note that this guy is pretty much our head of military intelligence, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin. Right, the General Boykin who is well known for his enlightened religious views, and STILL under investigation for his ill-chosen remarks.

The perfect guy to set the tone for his interrogators in Iraq. (STILL under investigation???)

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"Remember him? He's the one who got in trouble last year
for describing his battle with a Muslim Somali warlord by
saying "I knew that my God was bigger than his God. I
knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol",
saying President Bush was chosen by God, and generally
that the war on terror is an apocalyptic struggle between
Christianity and Satan.

Last fall, after Boykin's efforts to channel Charlemagne or
perhaps Urban II became known, he asked Don
Rumsfeld to initiate an 'investigation' into whether his
comments "violated any Pentagon rules or procedures"
whatever that might mean. Just this week it was reported
that the 'investigation' still continues; and Boykin has not
been disciplined in any way.

In any case, I doubt very much that all this mess we've
gotten ourselves into is attributable to this one man. But at
what point in this scandal does someone ask whether
some of this might have some connection to the fact that
the guy running military intelligence believes the war on
terror is a literal holy war pitting Christian America against
Satan and his Muslim minions?"

[Jacobin]

1. And "no one can figure out HOW this could have happened?"

:eyes:

Forking crusading neo-con fundie maniacs have taken over our government in the coup of 2000, and few seem to have noticed.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I was wondering where that MoFo was hiding

If Kerry is elected, wanna bet he will put in for his retirement?

Then he will make excuses about no longer being able to serve under a man who is no longer god fearing

[RBHam]

3. Bush and Boykin are committed to ennabling the Rapture...

"Kill 'em all! Let Jay-zuz sort 'em out!"

[gratuitous]

4. My God's Bigger 'Cause He Eats Ken-L-Ration

For those of us who saw this eschatological madness the last time around in the 1970s, I have to say that the revival (npi) has more flash, but it hasn't aged well at all. Sort of like the touring company of "Starlight Express."

Here's hoping they both go bust soon.