And while technically a type of mercenary, Bin Laden did fight with Afghani rebels against Russia.
Washington was respectful toward Christianity, but I'm not aware that he ever professed it as a theological proposition. The balance of informed contemporary opinion is that Washington was a Deist.
Bin Laden did fight with Afghani rebels against Russia.
If fighting Soviets who've invaded foreign countries makes you a "rebel", you can count me as a rebel sympathiser.