Posted on 05/18/2009 12:48:41 PM PDT by Liam2007
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld routinely used militaristic passages from the Bible on the cover pages of White House intelligence documents, according to new revelations by GQ magazine.
It said Rumsfeld displayed the passages over photographs of US forces in Iraq to curry favor with then president George W. Bush, despite concerns about the incendiary impact on the Islamic world if they were ever made public.
One republished on the GQ website came from March 31, 2003, showing a US tank roaring through the desert about 10 days after the United States invaded Iraq to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein.
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I LOVE RUMMY!! Good for him!!
It IS a Holy WAr!
Even after our war with the Barbary Pirates we didn’t make it a holy war, and we said so. We fight only to retain the security of the nation, not to enforce the Bible. Our country has no intrinsic animosity to anyone because of religion.
I understand now. Yes, I agree with you. We, the US, need to understand that the enemy is in a holy war with us, but that we are not in a holy war with them, and fight them from that POV.
I was focusing on the phrase "sinking to their level" which I equate to deliberately attacking civilians, etc., which I do not want us to do. But we can still call them out as waging a holy war on us.
Thank you for helping me clear that up.
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