Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) wants Gen. William G. Boykin for Special Ops job

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gen04.html

Controversial general touted for Special Ops job

WASHINGTON -- A Senate Republican wants an Army general who drew criticism for church speeches casting the war on terrorism in religious terms to lead the U.S. Special Operations command.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) recommended Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, the Pentagon's deputy undersecretary for intelligence, for the open post.

''I am told, and I believe it to be true, that no Special Operations officer currently on active duty is more highly respected or admired by his superiors, peers or subordinates alike, than Jerry Boykin,'' Allen wrote. snip

In 2003, Boykin gave speeches at evangelical Christian churches in which he painted the war on terror as a Christian fight against Satan.

[tanyev]

1. Special Ops Religious Warriors. That's a scary thought.

[napi21]

2. I heard this AM on CNN that Warner is opposing this appt.

Since Warner is the other Va. Senator, and a BIG GUN on the Defence Committee and in the Senate, it sounds like this isn't going to happen.

[ContraBass Black]

3. Few things would please me more then to see John Warner

Lay the smackdown on George Allen.

[cali]

5. I heard that too.

Allen's a fool to go up against Warner on this. No way he'll prevail.

[rurallib]

4. Hard to believe that left on his own, Allen would do something sttupid

This guy must be hands down the dumbest person in the senate. And Boykin must be the dumbest general (although Meyer was certainly seemed 'special'). These guys are a match.

[theHandpuppet]

6. Allen is a dangerous nutjob

Cross the idiocy of GWB with the lunacy of Rick Santorum and the racism of David Duke and you have George Allen.

[Virginia Dare]

7. Loons of a feather flock together...

''I am told, and I believe it to be true, that no Special Operations officer currently on active duty is more highly respected or admired by his superiors, peers or subordinates alike, than Jerry Boykin,'' Allen wrote. snip

Probably it was Boykin who told him that.

:crazy:

[donsu]

8. Boykin is seriously religiously insane

he must be blackmailing the neo cons for a job

[LibDemAlways]

9. Allen is shamelessly pandering to the

"religious" right.

Such a hypocrite. His family's house of worship was the football stadium. Here's an interesting piece written by his sister a few years back. Includes a family photo taken in 1969 - around the time Allen was spraypainting racist graffiti on the walls of Palos Verdes High.

http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000924mag-allen.html