Why?
It would seem to me to be common sense.
If you are writing something to the President of the US regarding a war situation, and you know it could become public record, why not make your case with information and facts, particularly when you are talking about a war with a nation that is not Christian...not with quotes from the Bible. It makes it look as though you are religiously motivated, not motivated by facts and information.
Not that the two are mutually exclusive, but I think that writing down Biblical quotes on a document about war absolutely WILL feed the enemy’s furore AND will make the previous administration look as though they used Christianity to make the case for war.
Doesn’t anyone else think that if this is true, it was stupid of Rumsfeld to insert religion into the equation for war??
Now, I know that the Muslims have...you don’t need to tell me. I know what Jihad means and I’m familiar with Iran’s apocalyptic 12th Imam ideology. But this will make us look like religious hacks who use Jesus for war.