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17. General Wm Boykin was chastised by GWB when he spoke the truth that the War on Terror is essentially

Thu Jan 15, 2015, 08:45 PM

Jan 2015

a religious war against Islam.

Boykin is board member of The Oak Initiative, a Christian dominionist organization.

So, no, "weaponized rightwing religion" does NOT surprise me, not one bit. Even Obama speaks of employing the "good" of weaponized religion as a top foreign policy strategy, in his Prayer Breakfast speech from 2014.

Christian dominionists have deeply infiltrated to all levels of our government/military; their long term goal is to institute far rightwing "Biblical law" by threat of death.

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SHOCKING PHOTO: U.S. Army Official Recruitment for �Mission for God� [View all] kpete Jan 2015 OP

. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #1

CAN YOU SEE THE LIGHT? Brickbat Jan 2015 #2

That's the first thing I thought of! nt msanthrope Jan 2015 #3

Blues Brothers FTW! Initech Jan 2015 #30

Shocked and surprised. marble falls Jan 2015 #4

No, nothing creepy as hell about that. hifiguy Jan 2015 #5

Wait'll you see what they're replacing the Caisson Song with pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #6

Any officer or NCO who signed off on this needs the be reduced in grade and given a bit ... Scuba Jan 2015 #7

I take immediate other than honorable discharge for 1000 Alex. hootinholler Jan 2015 #33

These "god"s are pretty weak. They get easily insulted and need armies to fight their wars. NightWatcher Jan 2015 #8

Gott mit uns. That makes me feel better. NOT. HereSince1628 Jan 2015 #9

It's certainly not fake hootinholler Jan 2015 #34

This is photoshopped. LawDeeDah Jan 2015 #10

Look again. The visible rear leg has a visible shadow. nt pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #11

It's floating. There should be a lot more shadow. LawDeeDah Jan 2015 #12

The linked article has a link to goarmy.com and claims the official poster is there...but I can not find it. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Jan 2015 #15

The camera is inline with leftmost leg and the sun. Thor_MN Jan 2015 #18

NOT faked. I have seen it. blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author LawDeeDah Jan 2015 #26

All three visible legs have a shadow, pangaia Jan 2015 #29

Even more interesting that you Need it to be fake, Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #43

Nope. Thanks for playing though. n/t hootinholler Jan 2015 #35

* Army commanders order removal of 'God and country' recruiting sign * pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #42

... NuclearDem Jan 2015 #14

What the fucking hell? blackspade Jan 2015 #16

General Wm Boykin was chastised by GWB when he spoke the truth that the War on Terror is essentially blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #17

Not shocking at all. It is the motto of the U.S. Army Chaplin Corps James48 Jan 2015 #19

Would you like to join? James48 Jan 2015 #23

An appropriate motto for the chaplain corps hootinholler Jan 2015 #31

Excuse me, but... James48 Jan 2015 #37

You know who doesn't carry chaplains? hootinholler Jan 2015 #39

I remember our chaplain with 75th Ranger war tab Telcontar Jan 2015 #40

Crusades? mountain grammy Jan 2015 #20

The Marines are more Godly. These are the days of Elijah and all that progree Jan 2015 #21

Members of the Armed Forces sulphurdunn Jan 2015 #24

I love how republicans worried that JFK would be taking his lead from the pope! Fearless Jan 2015 #25

Just wondering tiptonic Jan 2015 #27

For those who think this is photoshopped... unrepentant progress Jan 2015 #28

Gott mit uns. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2015 #32

God, Country and the only fucking paycheck JEB Jan 2015 #36

Any God that would be inspired by the actions of our armed forces. raouldukelives Jan 2015 #38

It is in fact real. justheretoclearthisu Jan 2015 #41

gee we can do isis too........... dembotoz Jan 2015 #44