Hmmm. What do you think of this?

[lonestarnot]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080307A.sht

Video, Report Details Evangelism at Highest Levels of US Military
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Friday 03 August 2007

A report released publicly on Thursday by the Defense Department's (DOD) inspector general has found high-ranking Army and Air Force personnel violated long-standing military regulations when they participated in a promotional video for an evangelical Christian organization while in uniform and on active duty.

The report recommended Air Force Maj. Gen. Jack Catton, Army Brig. Gen. Bob Caslen, Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, Maj. Gen. Peter Sutton, and a colonel and lieutenant colonel whose names were redacted in the inspector general's report, "improperly endorsed and participated with a non-Federal entity while in uniform" and the men should be disciplined for misconduct. Caslen was formerly the deputy director for political-military affairs for the war on terrorism, directorate for strategic plans and policy, joint staff. He now oversees the cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. Caslen told DOD investigators he agreed to appear in the video upon learning other senior Pentagon officials had been interviewed for the promotional video.

The inspector general's report recommended the "Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Army take appropriate corrective action with respect to the military officers concerned."

The officers did not return phone calls or emails to respond to the report's findings.

[Fierce]

1. This broke several months ago.

I remember reading about it.

[lonestarnot]

2. Did you watch the video?

[Fierce]

3. No,

and your link isn't working for me.

[hootinholler]

5. Link...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080307A.shtml

[dkofos]

4. Old news. This type of shit has been going on since I was in the Air Farce

in the early 70's.
I does seem to be getting worse tho.

[TahitiNut]

10. Yes. It's gotten worse.

I attended the Coast Guard Academy in the early 60s and it was VERY CLEAR that church attendance was the "politically correct" thing to do ... in order to get preferable treatment from the officers and senior cadets. It was even better than being on a sports team. The pressure to attend was ENORMOUS.

[dkofos]

13. The first indication for me was the looks I got when I told them to

put no religious affiliation on my dog tags.
The second was when the chaplain asked why he never saw me at services, and I showed him my dog tags.

[bluestateguy]

6. What do I think? I think that anything written by Jason Leopold is bullshit.

nt

[lonestarnot]

7. This video, the video.

[hootinholler]

8. Then you are throwing out babies with the bathwater...

This is a serious issue in this country, the Christianification of the body politic.

-Hoot

[AndyTiedye]

9. That is How They Intend to Make Martial Law Work

[lonestarnot]

11. I'm scared for the first time.

:scared:

[mrreowwr_kittty]

12. I recall there being more religiosity than I was comfortable with back when I served

Religion is a useful tool to foster fear, obedience, and the willingness to accept absurd ideas without question. It doesn't surprise me at all that there would be an increase in Christian proselytizing to impressionable young troops. How better to keep them in line and supporting *'s disastrous and futile policies?

[RC]

14. Religion = Afterlife

Go out there, be a hero and die for your god and you will be rewarded.

[Kuz478]

15. Old news.

Very old news. Some frontline programs did a story on this years ago. But enough cannot be said about it.

Nothing ruins a democracy like religion.