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Army considers rescinding invitation to evangelist
AP via Yahoo ^ | April 21 2010 | By DAN ELLIOTT

Posted on 04/21/2010 11:16:34 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

DENVER – The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Graham, the son of famed evangelist Billy Graham, was to appear at the Pentagon on May 6 on what is the National Day of Prayer. He said he will be a guest of the Pentagon and will speak only if he's still invited.

Army Col. Tom Collins said withdrawing the invitation "is on the table," but no decision has been made. He said Army brass will have the ultimate decision on whether to pull the invite.

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1 posted on 04/21/2010 11:16:34 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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Amazing. Simply frickin amazing.


2 posted on 04/21/2010 11:18:21 AM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

The same version of the US Army that repeatedly gave Nadil Hasan a pass despite his repeated death threats against non-muslims and contacts with Al Qaeda.


3 posted on 04/21/2010 11:19:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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Its a good thing its not the Air Force or Navy, the invitation would have never been extended to start with.


4 posted on 04/21/2010 11:19:46 AM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing leftists and their fellow Defeatists want.)
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The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

I don't expect the Army to come out and agree that Islam is evil, but given the fact that it's true I wouldn't expect them to blacklist someone who is speaking the truth either.

5 posted on 04/21/2010 11:20:06 AM PDT by highlander_UW (First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
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this is the same army that kept a muslim doctor on staff even though he openly fantasized about cutting off the heads of nonmuslim colleagues


6 posted on 04/21/2010 11:20:35 AM PDT by silverleaf (Karl Marx was NOT one of America's Founding Fathers)
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aybe they can substitute him for Jermiah Wright?


7 posted on 04/21/2010 11:20:39 AM PDT by sport
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Read all about “Micky” Weinstein here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikey_Weinstein

O looky he was a Perotista too. I G-D D*()* HATE ROSS PEROT!


8 posted on 04/21/2010 11:21:20 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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Sad but true...


9 posted on 04/21/2010 11:21:53 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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Why not invite Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Blind Sheikh, to address them on this National Day of Prayer? Give him a free pass and promise to be nice to him.


10 posted on 04/21/2010 11:24:43 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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No one stands up to evil. No one is faithful to God. Our great country is no more.


11 posted on 04/21/2010 11:25:49 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( On the cutting edge)
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No one stands up to evil. No one is faithful to God. Our great country is no more.

Fear not, God always has some left who have not bent their knee to Baal.

12 posted on 04/21/2010 11:28:35 AM PDT by highlander_UW (First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
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YEAH ARMY NOW WE KNOW YOU ENCOURAGED HASAN.

Wouldn’t want anyone to consider the filth he CONSTANTLY spewed as wrong.

OR are you afraid Graham might incite the Islamofascist that have infiltrated the Military.


13 posted on 04/21/2010 11:29:00 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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No surprise. The armed foces is very politically correct at the highest levels.


14 posted on 04/21/2010 11:30:14 AM PDT by Comparative Advantage
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Obsessive-Compulsive Political Correctness Disorder,endangers citizens of The U.S.A.

The career bureaucrats just don't get it.

15 posted on 04/21/2010 11:37:10 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
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Great recruiting tool for those evil Evangelists......
16 posted on 04/21/2010 11:40:57 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (November can't come soon enough!)
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To: pissant

PC, PC everywhere and not a brain in sight.


17 posted on 04/21/2010 11:45:34 AM PDT by Bitsy
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No.... say it isn't so!?

But the Pentagon and even on the hill we'll invite radical Imams to speak. That of course because we're “open minded, culturally sensitive, bla bla bla.”

18 posted on 04/21/2010 11:48:53 AM PDT by Red6 (Where's my stuff? I want some more stuff too Mr. President!)
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I’ve read a few articles of late that seem to indicate the armed forces are becoming liberalized. Of course, look at what they have for a commander in chief.


19 posted on 04/21/2010 11:59:24 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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I would hate to think that there aren’t people in the US Army who have the guts to stand up to a challenge from an Islamophile.


20 posted on 04/21/2010 12:10:00 PM PDT by Guyin4Os (A messianic ger-tsedek)
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