Remember General Boykin ? Inspector General's report says...He should be

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punished. Will he be sent to his room without dinner or will he get a 20 minute time-out? Will the Pentagon bother to punish him? I Reeeeeeally doubt it.

This is on AOL...so, if you hate AOL....don't click on the link.


General Broke Rules With 'Satan' Speeches
By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters



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Lt. General William G. Boykin

WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) - <snip>A U.S. Army general violated Pentagon rules by failing to properly clear speeches in which he described the war on terror as a Christian battle against Satan and should be punished, according to an inspector general's report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.

The Department of Defense's watchdog agency said Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a top-ranking intelligence officer, used official data in some of the 23 religious-oriented speeches he gave after January 2002 which should have been cleared.

Boykin touched off a firestorm last October after giving speeches while in uniform in which he referred to the war on terror as a battle with Satan and said America had been targeted "because we're a Christian nation." He said later he was not anti-Islam or any other religion.

Boykin was obliged to clear the speeches, given "the sensitive nature of his remarks concerning U.S. policy and the likelihood that he would be perceived by his audiences as a DOD spokesman based on his official position and his appearance in uniform," the report said.<snip>

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[AlCzervik]

1. Jeez, how long did this take?

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2. Exactly.

This will go the way of the Plame case, I'm sure. :(

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3. dropping like a lead balloon