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….<\/p>\n
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. Over the image was printed a verse from Ephesians: “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\u2022 During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, President Bush told several people that “‘I am driven with a mission from God’. God would tell me, ‘George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan’. And I did. And then God would tell me ‘George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq’. And I did.” [source<\/a>]<\/ul>\n
\u2022 Evangelical Christians in the military were caught distributing Bibles to Afghanis [source<\/a>]<\/ul>\n
\u2022 All told, there have been over 600,000 civilians dead in Iraq and 80,000 civilians dead in Afghanistan, which have been viewed as little more than modern-day Christian crusades by the predominately Muslim victims [source<\/a>]<\/ul>\n
And yet there has been a complete unwillingness to brand what a significant portion of Americans identify with as dangerous or extremist. But for American democracy to thrive as it was envisioned — equitable, just, and secular — the growing force of Christian radicalism must be confronted in American society.<\/p>\n
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\nExiting The Tent<\/a>, How Should Congress Respond to George Tiller’s Murder?<\/a>, Did Bill O\u2019Reilly, Operation Rescue encourage violence against Kansas abortion doctor?<\/a>, The War on The War on Abortion<\/a>, Bill O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Jihad Against Dr. George Tiller<\/a>, and Domestic terrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n