Congress Members Seek Officer's Dismissal (Boykin)

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON - A group of congressional Democrats is asking President Bush (news - web sites) to dismiss a senior military intelligence officer who made church speeches that included inflammatory religious remarks while discussing the war on terrorism.

In a letter to Bush released Thursday, Rep. Barney Frank (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., and 10 others said action in the matter of Lt. Gen. William Boykin is long overdue, and he must be removed from his post as deputy undersecretary for defense.

A Pentagon (news - web sites) investigation concluded that Boykin violated regulations by failing to make clear he was not speaking in an official capacity when he made nearly two dozen church speeches beginning in Jan. 2002. It also found that Boykin, who made most speeches wearing his uniform, did not get prior clearance for the remarks.

Boykin's comments, said the lawmakers, "demonstrate a serious lack of the objectivity that should be accompanying military intelligence."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040902/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/boykin_investigation

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Boykin's remarks are repugnant

and have gone far towards helping extremists portray our nation as one of Muslim haters.

[hang a left]

3. And advocating it amongst it's citizens as an official of the government.

I hate these people.

[Parche]

2. boykin

Go to the krishtun coalition site and see what they say about
this rogue general moron

[Pallas180]

4. Ah. The democrats have woken up.

something or someone is giving them backbone - or encouraging them.

[truthisfreedom]

6. prospect of winning the presidency, i'd say. bush is not getting a bump

from the RNC, and he's been snapping the legs off of his platform by relying on a Democrat (albeit a fraudulent one, zellout), an Austrian, and his own unpredictable behavior (war on terra unwinnable.)

[Hobarticus]

5. ASKING??? Boykin works for us! Dems should censure him...

...and promise to block every spending bill until this clown is kicked to the curb!

Men on the front line are dying because of inflammatory horseshit like this.

GRRRR!

[donkeyotay]

7. an interesting thing about Boykin

He sort of seems like the Forest Gump of special operations, but one of his more notable achievements is that he was a Delta force commander in "the failed effort to rescue US hostages in Iran..."

This from The religious warrior of Abu Ghraib by Sidney Blumenthal, May 20, 2004.

guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4928237-103550,00.html

[Rose Siding]

8. The main requirement to be a player in this admin, is to have...

been a HUGE failure at something else.

[donkeyotay]

10. yes, being a f'-up helps

But was it a failure or a success?

[struggle4progress]

9. kick for troglodytes

:kick:

[Geo55]

11. Yes....

No more flying under the radar neo cons !!

[PurityOfEssence]

12. A Republican would quote Boykin lines and says that Bush agrees with him

Why not? Bush obviously believes that these people are deluded and worship an inferior god, or he wouldn't let a trusted head of Special Forces say so.

"George Bush was not elected by a majority of voters in the United States...he was appointed by God."

I'd like to hear Junior say whether he agrees with this.

Boykin says that our enemy "Will only be defeated if we come at him in the name of Jesus." Any comments, George?

To Boykin, the Muslim god is "just an idol"; funny how they take the graven images schtick seriously, whereas we have plenty of maniacs who look to a crucifix with the same idolatry as one would at a golden calf.