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The Minuteman, linking to this post by Emma at Notes on the Atrocities, completely had me going with this Gen. Boykin post. (The only hint of a wink I noticed was the lack of a link, which then drew my attention to the name of the newspaper that supposedly carried the story: Toledo’s [...]
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October 26th, 2003
Category: The General Boykin affair
Howie Kurtz has a rundown of the chit-chat on the Boykin affair, on the theme that it’s become part of the culture wars. That general thesis seems right to me.
But anyone who thinks that Kurtz is either a dupe or a tool of the right wing won’t find anything in the article to disabuse [...]
October 23rd, 2003
Category: The General Boykin affair
The editors of the National Review think that Gen. Boykin is a whacko, and insubordinate to boot, and propose that he be sacked forthwith. They draw a parallel with Gen. MacArthur, which only works if you squint at it hard: MacArthur was a military genius and a threat to the democratic order, [...]
October 16th, 2003
Category: The General Boykin affair
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and War Fighting:
“I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.“?!
Where do they find these people?
Update It turns out that Boykin’s incapacity to distinguish his official duties from his religious [...]
