General Apologizes to Those Offended by His Anti-Muslim Comments

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA5VR6UWLD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - A top Pentagon general apologized Friday to those offended by his statements casting the war on terrorism in religious terms.

In a statement, Army Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin said he never meant to offend Muslims.

"I am not anti-Islam or any other religion," Boykin said. "I support the free exercise of all religions. For those who have been offended by my statements, I offer a sincere apology."

Pentagon officials released Boykin's statement late Friday after spending hours deliberating how to calm the storm of criticism surrounding Boykin's comments. The general's statements came in speeches - some made in uniform - at evangelical Christian churches.

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[SoCalDem]

1. Typical "apology"

..."sorry you were offended"...never ... "sorry I ever SAID it."...

I sure wish the military would go back to being silent on religion & politics..

[NNN0LHI]

4. Thats why I didn't post this in LBN

When he resigns I will post that one there.

Don

[BrotherBuzz]

21. Damn them for trying to fly it...

under the Friday afternoon radar.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. They are trying to calm the shit storm

time to write more letters

[Terwilliger]

3. commit suicide, general! go to your god!!

:nuke:

[kayell]

7. It would be traditional for a general to fall on his sword

after dishonoring his country, but after * it's just so hard to further dishonor the US.

[bluestateguy]

5. Staff written language

He probably never even read it. Apology is not accepted.

[Hieronymus]

6. The White House...

is all over his ass for daring to say what they think. They want this to be a theocracy, bigtime. :crazy:

[teryang]

8. The pentagon is riddled with these fascists

...In Dec. 2000, they finally succeeded in taking it over and they feel there is no limit on their power.

[LibertyorDeath]

9. With people like this at the helm how can things possibly go wrong

Talk about playing into terrorists hands. I'm sure their recruitment must increase every-time an imbecile like this Boykin show the world
exactly how fucked their thinking truly is.

What a fucking Knob.

[DuctapeFatwa]

11. Nothing can come close to the all time greatest terrorist recruitment

speech, and such a short one, too.

"You are with us, or you are with the terrorists"

Imagine the surprise of billions all over the world, not to mention millions of Americans, who had never realized until that moment that they were terrorists.

[MasonJar]

10. Barfkin

Kin to Bush no doubt. I am insulted and I am not ever Muslim. And I do not accept the bigot's apology.

[beanball]

13. Give that general clown

the David Duke tin cross and a clean white sheet.

[pansypoo53219]

12. not good enough

he has to fuckin leave his position.

[FlyByNight]

14. "I am not anti-Islam or any other religion," Boykin said.

He's just really, really pro-Christian. Is that it?

[legin]

15. Likewise apology not accepted

we know damn well this is what he thinks, he is just apologising for being caught saying it in public.

Nasty thought for the day, Boykin replaces Rumsfeld as defence secretary so that bush*, Ashcroft and Boykin can form the 'triumvirate of the looney toons'.

[Individualist]

16. Another sorry I got caught statement

This is the typical reaction of repugs whenever they're nailed for making some sort of vile statement.

[JohnyCanuck]

17. So the next time the dumbass general sees the mark of Satan

on a spy satellite photo, he'll just keep it to himself. Why am I not reassured?

[gratuitous]

18. "I support the free exercise of all religions."

Even the wrong ones, eh Mr. Boykin? What would your "true" God say about that?

[depakid]

19. Looks like Gen. Boykin got taken to the woodshed

where someone graciously afforded him a talking to....

which probably went something like this: the next time you attend an evangelical event and are moved to speak in tongues, you may well be compelled to handle poisonous snakes. :spank:

[ex_jew]

20. Meanwhile, Satan is LAUGHING !

His number 1 enemy (the US Army) has been told to back off. This will not stand !

[jobycom]

22. In related news, same commander promises to raise his victims from dead

"Just to prove there are no hard feelings, I will raise several of the infidel from the dead, with the help of the one true Lord and Savoir, and give them the chance to convert and spend an eternity in our Heaven, which beats their Heaven because we have streets of gold, and anyway ours is real but theirs is just in their stupid infidel minds. The newly risen will then be able to settle the matter once and for all, since they have no doubt been in Hell since we sent them there, and can thus testify that our god is real and theirs isn't."

I think that's the right quote. Seems sincere to me.

[prolesunited]

23. Apology NOT enough!

He should be forced to resign. He was speaking in full military dress in a church and actually said that my God is bigger than their God and that Islam was not a true religion.

This was no more of a mistake than Bush's use of the word "crusade." They want to play out their vision of Armeggedon and I don't want to be a part of it. And the people who's minds have been conditioned by LaHaye's Left Behind series embrace the signs they are seeing.

These people truly frighten me. :scared:

[Mari333]

24. Ever notice how DEAD those guys look, this guy too

Evil, if there is a Look to describe it, describes how they look to me...white, pasty, dead lizard eyes, flabby mottled skin, angry, impotent, gout stricken , wasting away as they blather on and on and power trip..
what a waste of oxygen these people are.

[leesa]

25. What is sad is that he is too stupid to realize that HE is one of those

"so-called Christians of those white supremacist groups". He is a so-called christian full of irrational hatred for a particular group of people based on the God they choose to worship...I believe this is called BIGOTRY.