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<let name=data index=Title>Shocking video of Evangelical Christian missionaries embedded with American combat troops in Afghanistan</let> | <let name=data index=Title>Shocking video of Evangelical Christian missionaries embedded with American combat troops in Afghanistan</let> | ||
<let name=data index=TitlePlain>Evangelical Christian missionaries embedded with American combat troops in Afghanistan</let> | <let name=data index=TitlePlain>Evangelical Christian missionaries embedded with American combat troops in Afghanistan</let> | ||
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| − | ...the missionaries were completely embedded and, thus, actually permitted to stay on U.S. military bases, travel with a public affairs unit, and accompany and film troops on patrols, all for the purpose of [[evangelizing]] Afghanis and producing a television show promoting the [[Christian]] religion. The number of DoD Public Affairs regulations violated in the military's participation and assistance in producing a religious program alone is staggering, not to mention other violations (including [[separation of church and state|constitutional]]) documented in the content of the program, which include the outrageous violation of the [[United States Central Command's General Order 1-A]], which absolutely prohibits any proselytization whatsoever in the Middle Eastern theater of operations. In complete disregard of this bedrock standing order, the U.S. Army facilitated these evangelizing Christian missionaries in their distribution of New Testaments in Dari, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan. | + | ...the missionaries were completely embedded and, thus, actually permitted to stay on U.S. military bases, travel with a public affairs unit, and accompany and film troops on patrols, all for the purpose of [[evangelizing]] Afghanis and producing a television show promoting the [[Christian]] religion. The number of DoD Public Affairs regulations violated in the military's participation and assistance in producing a religious program alone is staggering, not to mention other violations (including [[separation of church and state|constitutional]]) documented in the content of the program, which include the outrageous violation of the [[United States Central Command's General Order 1-A]], which absolutely prohibits any proselytization whatsoever in the Middle Eastern theater of operations. In complete disregard of this bedrock standing order, the U.S. Army facilitated these evangelizing Christian missionaries in their distribution of New Testaments in Dari, one of the two official languages of [[Afghanistan]]. |
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'''Commentary''': [http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/12/mrffs_latest_discovery.php Dispatches from the Culture Wars] (Ed Brayton), [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/joyous-fucking-crusades.html En Tequila Es Verdad] (Dana Hunter)</let> | '''Commentary''': [http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/12/mrffs_latest_discovery.php Dispatches from the Culture Wars] (Ed Brayton), [http://entequilaesverdad.blogspot.com/2008/12/joyous-fucking-crusades.html En Tequila Es Verdad] (Dana Hunter)</let> | ||