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So big men in the Military are mixing their religious beliefs with war. (Did you see the GQ article where SecDef Rumsfeld's briefings had bible verses on their cover page?) Does not change the fact that this war should be secular, and the insurgents are doing a damn good job of framing this war as a religious battle. The higher ups in the military should be cognizant that their religious behavior (insomuch as it is inappropriately public) gives ammo for insurgents and al-jazeera to convince misled youths to sign up for the insurgents' cause.
Wow, what a threadjack.
Anyway, this war should be secular, and on one hand you have professionals who treat it as such, and you have misbehaving soldiers. I'm not a service-member yet, so I'll defer to those who've been in to comment on to what extent religious doctrine permeates the military.
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