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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 07:13 AM
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CSPAN Wednesday morning - Call in on Gen. Boykin
Call-in on Gen. Boykin and his statements about Islam while made in military uniform.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-22-03 07:21 AM
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1. Here's some links on the subject
Silencing Boykin shows that the wrong dog is being muzzled
by Cal Thomas

Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, a much decorated soldier, was wounded by the political correctness movement last week over comments he made comparing the war against militant Islam to a battle against Satan. Boykin, who is deputy undersecretary of Defense, had told evangelical Christian audiences that radical Islam threatens to destroy America "because we're a Christian nation." He has also said, according to tapes of his remarks obtained by the Los Angeles Times and NBC News, that Muslims worship an "idol" and not "a real God."
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In muzzling Boykin, the Pentagon has not converted those who believe they have a religious mandate to destroy us. It is silencing, instead of sounding, the alarm that this enemy is bigger than any threat America has ever faced.
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Oct/10222003/commenta/104171.asp

Boykin asks for review by inspector general
General's remarks about Muslims continue to needle Pentagon
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin, under fire for remarks about Muslims to a Christian prayer group, has requested an inspector general review his actions, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/10/21/boykin.review/
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