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[Antiwar.com Blog] Antiwar.com Blog · Onward, Christian Soldiers: Does finding out that a top military intelligence official was sending Donald Rumsfeld briefings emblazoned with religious crusader talk about the invasion of Iraq, like “open the gates so that the righteous may enter” fit “the left’s narrative that the Iraq war must have been conceived with an ulterior motive ”” war for oil, war for Israel, war because Bush heard God’s voice in his head”?

[Photomaniacal] Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Iraq war briefings headlined with ...: One of the top planners of the US war in Iraq gave President George Bush secret intelligence briefs headlined with biblical quotations, in a bid to boost his standing with the deeply religious president but one that risked sparking a conflagration in the Muslim world if the papers leaked.

[Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com] Pentagon To Drop Bible Quotes From Daily Briefings - cbs11tv.com: 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.

[Kansas City Star: Politics] Pentagon reports no longer quote Bible - Kansas City Star: 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 GQ magazine. But they offended at least one Muslim analyst at the Pentagon and worried other employees that the passages were inappropriate.

[Boing Boing] Donald Rumsfeld's Strangeloveian Defense Briefing Art - Boing Boing: Draper notes that the briefings were "a daily digest of critical military intelligence so classified that it circulated among only a handful of Pentagon leaders and the president; Rumsfeld himself often delivered it, by hand, to the White House." You have to wonder: was Rumsfeld sitting over a well-to-do Department of Defense intern, going through loads of pictures and trying to decide what colors he wanted which quotes to be?

[Online Latest News] Bible quotes in Pentagon papers remind of 'clash of civilisations ...: A series of cover sheets for intelligence reports written for Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials during the early days of the war in Iraq in 2003 were adorned with biblical quotations, the New York Times reported Monday, quoting the material that appeared on the website of the GQ magazine.

[Crikey » Sport] Rumsfeld's Iraq “crusade” revealed - Crikey: As for the Biblical quotes on the briefings, Rumsfeld “likely saw the Scriptures as a way of making a personal connection with a president who frequently quoted the Bible.” While he could distance himself from their creation, they smacked of his cunning, writes Draper.

[AlterNet.org] Rumsfeld's Pentagon Published Bible Verses on Top-Secret Intel ...: I'm waiting to hear God say, "Go ye to Iraq and Afganistan. and thou shalt kill all who YOU BELIEVE ARE TALIBAN." After that happens, I'm all in.

[Blog For Arizona] Blog For Arizona: Donald Rumsfeld's Crusade-like Messaging in ...: In the case of the sheets, publicly flaunting his own religious views was not at all the SecDef’s style””“Rumsfeld was old-fashioned that way,” Shaffer acknowledged when I contacted him about the briefings””but it was decidedly Bush’s style, and Rumsfeld likely saw the Scriptures as a way of making a personal connection with a president who frequently quoted the Bible. No matter that, if leaked, the images would reinforce impressions that the administration was embarking on a religious war and could escalate tensions with the Muslim world.

[God is for Suckers!] God is for Suckers! » Blog Archive » Pentagon reports no longer ...: 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. “Depicting the Iraq conflict as some sort of holy war is completely outrageous,” Lynn said in a statement.

[PoliticalBase.com Blog] Noah Stephenson's Blog: BREAKING: Rumsfeld Quoted Bible in ...: The nation's war chief was using the Bible in its ultra-top secret intelligence briefings to the President. Aside from massively overstepping the constitutional boundary between church and state, injecting the specter of religion into a supposedly secular affair (war), also eliminates the potential for reasoned and rational discourse. 

[PUPPETGOV] PUPPETGOV » Bible quotes adorned covers of top-secret Rumsfeld ...: These cover sheets were the brainchild of Major General Glen Shaffer, a director for intelligence serving both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretary of defense. In the days before the Iraq war, Shaffer’s staff had created humorous covers in an attempt to alleviate the stress of preparing for battle.

[The Gaea News] Bible quotes in Pentagon papers remind of 'clash of civilisations': Pentagon says police foil security breachWASHINGTON ”” An unidentified man tried to push his way past Pentagon security Wednesday and was wrestled to the ground by police and arrested, officials said. The man tried to get into the huge military headquarters near the building entrance that fronts on Washington's subway system and a number of bus routes.

[Hot Air TV] Hot Air » Blog Archive » GQ: Secret 2003 Iraq intel reports began ...: In the case of the sheets, publicly flaunting his own religious views was not at all the SecDef’s style””“Rumsfeld was old-fashioned that way,” Shaffer acknowledged when I contacted him about the briefings””but it was decidedly Bush’s style, and Rumsfeld likely saw the Scriptures as a way of making a personal connection with a president who frequently quoted the Bible. No matter that, if leaked, the images would reinforce impressions that the administration was embarking on a religious war and could escalate tensions with the Muslim world.

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