Pentagon reports no longer quote Bible

[deminks]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_pentagon_religious_quotes_2

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he did not know how long the Worldwide Intelligence Update cover sheets quoted from the Bible. Air Force Maj. Gen. Glen Shaffer, who was responsible for including them, retired in August 2003, according to his biography.

For a period in 2003, at least, the daily reports prepared for President George W. Bush carried quotes from the books of Psalms and Ephesians and the epistles of Peter. At the time, the reports focused largely on the war in Iraq.

The Bible quotes apparently aimed to support Bush at a time when soldiers' deaths in Iraq were on the rise, according to the June issue of CQ magazine. But they offended at least one Muslim analyst at the Pentagon and worried other employees that the passages were inappropriate.

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Just fyi, for those doubters out there, the Pentagon verifies that the bible briefings did occur.

Edited to add link to original GQ article with 11 of the report covers:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret

[Iris]

1. I'm responding so I'll remember to come back and read this.

bible quotes on pentagon reports? wtf?

[SoCalDem]

4. Onward, Christian Soldiers

:puke:

[blogslut]

6. Here they are

http://men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret

And here is a devastating article about Dear old Donald Rumsfeld:

http://men.style.com/gq/features/landing?id=content_9217

[deminks]

7. Here is a link to the original pictoral of 11 of the briefings.

Truly some scary stuff.

http://men.style.com/gq/features/topsecret

[Fumesucker]

2. Thank God for that.. n/t

[childslibrarian]

3. Wow

I am shocked. Thanks for the post.

[msongs]

5. think of all the money we could save by dropping china made bibles instead of bombs lol nt

[Fumesucker]

8. Do you have any clue how expensive a milspec Bible would be?

Probably ten grand each, in quantity.

[lpbk2713]

9. I heard about it earlier but I didn't do any research.

It had me thinking that the quotes came from some of the bible college grads the BushCo Regime was so fond of hiring.

[gratuitous]

10. Oh, they were to "support Bush"

See, when all those soldiers were dying, and the toll was rising month by month, they included the Bible verses as a way to "support Bush." Isn't that sweet? Almost as if (A) Bush could give a tin shit about all the people dying for his stupidity; and (B) that a Bible verse would make it alllll better. Did they include pictures of fluffy bunnies and cute kittens, too?

[stopbush]

11. Now, how fucking childish was THAT practice?

I mean, c'mon. Fucking Bible quotes on a military report?

JFC!

[Bolo Boffin]

13. Come on! Who was Rumsfeld trying to appeal to by letting it happen?

Bush!

hoo boy, I'm sure glad we've got some adults in charge again...

[fascisthunter]

12. Our Country was Run by Religious Psychos who love to Torture People

yep... nazis

[Zenlitened]

14. It's terrible the way Christians are being oppressed in this country!!!1

Why is the Pentagon attacking Christian Rights!!!1


:crazy: :eyes: :crazy:

[Arctic Dave]

15. They are like an advertising agency targeting the religiously insane

F me running, that falls under the one of the most deranged and sinister things I 've had the dipleasure to see.