This isn't bad enough, but the Bush admin. has hung him out to dry! Here is a quote from a Newsmax article:
" Remarks about religion by Lt. General William G. Boykin drew the disapproval of President Bush, who told a gathering of moderate Muslims in Bali, Indonesia, that the general's comments "didn't reflect my opinion ... it just doesn't reflect what the government thinks."
Gen. Boykin, deputy under secretary of defense for intelligence and war-fighting, had been quoted as comparing the war against Islamic militants to Christianity’s struggle against Satan and had told evangelical gatherings that a militant Muslim militia leader in Somalia worshiped an "idol" and not a "real God."
This makes me sick. First of all, what does Bush know about theology? Who made him theologian-in-chief? Second, to abandon a Christian man like this is cowardly.
Mr. Bush, like it or not, ISLAM IS NOT PEACE! It is Satanic and the sooner you recognize this TRUTH, the sooner we can defeat it! We are in a RELIGIOUS WAR! Get that through your head and stop making declarations about a religion you obviously do not understand!
While I disagree with Bush's assesment of the nature ofIslam, I have no problem with his claim - even assuming it's true - that the administration policy is not one of "War on Islam"
He did not - in the quotes I've seen - slam Boykin or say he was wrong to say those things...he only said that they were Boykin's own opinion and not those of the U.S. Government.
In saying that, he probably spoke the truth. I'd be stunned, frankly, if any politicain at that level had the spiritual discernment to recognize the truth of Boykin's words.
Bush is a product of the power structure that allowed him to rise to that position. I think he's ahead of the curve in terms of spirituality and such for a politician (given how far the curve lags in that profession) but he's still a long way from one whom you would expect to have a real theological outlook on such things. That's to be expected in the world we live in.
Still, I never miss a chance to say: THREE CHEERS for Gen Boykin! You tell 'em soldier!