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+ | * '''2007-05-14''' [http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/05/navy_conversion_070513w/ Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me] | ||
* '''2007-04-21''' [http://www.alternet.org/rights/50696/ Birth of the Christian Soldier: How Evangelicals Infiltrated the American Military], excerpt from the book ''[[With God on Our Side]]'' by Michael L. Weinstein and David Seay. | * '''2007-04-21''' [http://www.alternet.org/rights/50696/ Birth of the Christian Soldier: How Evangelicals Infiltrated the American Military], excerpt from the book ''[[With God on Our Side]]'' by Michael L. Weinstein and David Seay. | ||
* '''2006-12-31''' [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061231_chris_hedges_americas_holy_warriors/ Chris Hedges: America’s Holy Warriors] by Chris Hedges: "The former ''New York Times'' Mideast Bureau chief warns that the radical Christian right is coming dangerously close to its goal of co-opting the country’s military and law enforcement." | * '''2006-12-31''' [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061231_chris_hedges_americas_holy_warriors/ Chris Hedges: America’s Holy Warriors] by Chris Hedges: "The former ''New York Times'' Mideast Bureau chief warns that the radical Christian right is coming dangerously close to its goal of co-opting the country’s military and law enforcement." |
Revision as of 12:29, 4 July 2007
Overview
There have been repeated warnings from different sources that the United States military is being taken over, through replacement of officers at the highest levels, by "far-right" Christian evangelists.
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This appears to be happening with at least the cooperation of the Bush Jr. administration, and may be an active project of that administration.
This is yet another way in which George W. Bush seems to be willingly participating in an attempt to pilot the US towards a Nehemiah Scudder scenario.
Links
News
- 2007-05-14 Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me
- 2007-04-21 Birth of the Christian Soldier: How Evangelicals Infiltrated the American Military, excerpt from the book With God on Our Side by Michael L. Weinstein and David Seay.
- 2006-12-31 Chris Hedges: America’s Holy Warriors by Chris Hedges: "The former New York Times Mideast Bureau chief warns that the radical Christian right is coming dangerously close to its goal of co-opting the country’s military and law enforcement."
- mirrors: RichardDawkins.net
- 2006-05-22 WTF? 'Navy SEALS' at Christian Youth Rally?
- 2005-11-12 Group Trains Air Force Cadets to Proselytize (mirror@truthout) by Alan Cooperman, Washington Post Staff Writer
- 2005-11-10 Senate OKs academy prayer by Tom Roeder, The Gazette: this actually sounds fairly innocuous, but may be worth further checking
- 2005-06-09 Flying Over the Line by Richard Cohen