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Home Front: Culture Wars
Retired Special Forces General declines prayer breakfast engagement
2012-01-31
Islam critic backs out of West Point cadet event after protests

Leftest groups like VoteVets.org, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and the Forum on the Military Chaplaincy petitioned (Issues Demand) Army leadership to stop General Jerry Boykin from speaking the truth.

Referring to the general as "Islamophobic", MRFF founder Mikey Weinstein said 27 faculty members at West Point and 74 students
none of whom would make a good blemish on Boykin's ass
have reached out to his group to protest Boykin's invitation, calling him a shameful representative of religious views.
A sad day indeed. A very sad day.
Elsewhere, CAIR takes credit.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  Bio.

It's important to note that unconventional warfare types are often unconventional themselves. It is very hard for them to get promoted beyond Colonel, because they are looked at very questioningly by conventional types.

However, after retirement, some of them will "go off the reservation", and tend towards extremism in what they pursue. My attitude is to admire what they were, and cut them slack for what they have become.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-01-31 21:34  

#4  Boykin, now a fundamentalist Christian minister . . . . Since his retirement in 2007, he has repeatedly called Islam the greatest threat that America faces, and compared its followers to Satan.

I'd hope that's what a fundamentalist Christian minister is saying. Or else I'd worry that he's, oh, say, Episcopal, and feel kinda cheated on the price of admission. I presume attendance was optional?

"This is exactly the wrong kind of message for the military to send,” Weinstein said. “We’re just handing al-Qaida material to use against us.”

Right. Because if we'd just shut up it would all be hunky-dory and they'd leave us alone. Good thing they don't know about our Billy Graham Bible Blasters.
Posted by: RandomJD   2012-01-31 18:45  

#3  Seems like some people are not much interested in the truth anymore.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-01-31 16:35  

#2  No foot to the head. Gen. Boykin is retired and only because he is retired can speak against the official line.
Posted by: Shimble Guelph5793   2012-01-31 09:51  

#1  so I guess everyone have their rights too their own religous views except the general? Too bad some of these cadets are gonna be officers and probably high ranking officers in the future. Maybe Boykin can get a list of the ones that bitched about him and hold his foot on thier head while they trying too come up the ranks.
Posted by: chris   2012-01-31 09:03  

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