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April 18, 2007
Crusaders

Via Danger Room a piece from an official U.S. military paper, the Freedom Watch Afghanistan (pdf), made for and about troops in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Headline:

Three night revival rocks Bagram Airfield

Caption:

Army Chaplain (Maj.) Terry Simmons anoints Army 2nd Lt. Rosilyn Woodard as part of the Enduring Faith Prayer Ministry during Spring Revival services.

The article quotes a participant:

"It is time to take a stand. A stand for faithfulness, a stand for understanding,
a stand for guidance, a stand for love, a stand for learning and doing God’s will," Thompson said. "No
longer is it our will, but
allow His will to be done."

Enduring Freedom, Enduring Faith …

Other military news that rocked Afghanistan:

In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped a guided bomb unit-31 and GBU-38s on an anti-coalition militia firing position near Kajaki. A joint terminal attack controller confirmed all weapons hit the desired targets.

Comments

Can others not see that the Xtian Taleban have a very tight hold on the United States armed forces, near total in the Air Force I’m told, and are working that leverage for more?
That it is not only the fedaral armed forces, but the cops, the prison guards, an increasing number of school districts…
Please read Christianists on the March if you have not already.

Posted by: John Francis Lee | Apr 18 2007 11:56 utc | 1

dog wills it!!!

Posted by: jcairo | Apr 18 2007 12:29 utc | 2

No atheists in foxholes, JFL.
70s, this crap was nonexistent, and would have been laughed out of town. Probably the salient difference between the military then and the military now.

Posted by: Ms. M. | Apr 18 2007 12:31 utc | 3

ah yes, the foxhole sophism

Posted by: jcairo | Apr 18 2007 12:37 utc | 4

70s, this crap was nonexistent, and would have been laughed out of town.
I agree. Now people are afraid to laugh it out of town. It’s not funny anymore.
It’s got nothing to do with “fear of the lord” either, I don’t think. It’s got to do with fear of the intolerant minority… and the cowed ones then make it a hollow, shadow majority.
It is crying out for its own desruction… Lenny Bruce where are you now that we so desperately need you?

Posted by: John Francis Lee | Apr 18 2007 13:33 utc | 5

There are no true believers in the foxhole either–only the cynical and the wily survive. The trouble with the air force and such is that they don’t fight in foxholes.

Posted by: khc | Apr 18 2007 16:35 utc | 6

The revealer: Inside Christian Embassy.
link

Posted by: Noirette | Apr 18 2007 17:46 utc | 7

Beginning of the new American Taliban? Hope not. I find it a sickness.

Posted by: Ben | Apr 18 2007 21:29 utc | 8

holy shit

Posted by: Dismal Science | Apr 19 2007 17:58 utc | 9