About time!!

[Pah]

U.S. Acts Against General Who Saw a 'Christian' War

Tue Oct 26, 8:40 PM ET

U.S. National - Reuters

Complete article here at Yahoo

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has taken action against Lt. Gen. William Boykin, who embarrassed the Bush administration by giving speeches in which he described the war on terrorism as a Christian battle against Satan.



Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody declined to give any details of the action taken in response to Boykin's remarks, which violated Pentagon (news - web sites) rules, but said it was not "significant."

"I took the appropriate action based on the recommendations of the Inspector General," Cody told Reuters while attending the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army.

He did not say when the action was taken.

"If it was something significant, it would be something we would talk about. So that should give you an indication," Cody said.

Boykin, who was at the meeting, declined comment.

The Pentagon inspector general concluded in an August report that Boykin should face "appropriate corrective action" because he failed to clear official data in some of the 23 religious-oriented speeches he gave after January 2002.

Although he initially described the war against terrorism as a "crusade," President Bush (news - web sites) has since worked to shore up relations with Muslim states and avoid the appearance of a Christian-Muslim struggle.

The Bush administration has come under fire from Muslim Americans for what they see as heavy-handed law enforcement in a crackdown against groups associated with al Qaeda, blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

 

[Sunstone]

It's a shame this guy, Boykin, got away with making 23 speeches before they told him he was out of line. The last thing this country needs is to demonize the whole Islamic world for the actions of bin Laden.

 

[robtex]

It is a shame but also a reality Sunstone. People over here....who knows how many--see this as a religious war of the good religion vs the evil religion. The same is true over there but in the reverse. It is very widly preceived as Christians vs the Muslims. It is true because both counteries are heavliy dominated by their religion and cannot see religion and morality as seperate ideals. Pah you make some awsome finds on the net...have to frubal that cause there is a lot of propoganda that transfers a war irregardless if you believe in it or not, from a political war to a relgious war. The real mystery to me, is how Americans rationalize it as a the pure Christianity fighting the evil muslim world....I would love to hear the rational for it....