Why is the US distrusted and reviled in the Middle East? Could it be because of lunatics like this guy?

Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin:
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense over the Global Manhunt for Osama bin Laden, Fundamentalist Crusader

Quoted in L.A. Times, Oct. 16, 2003:

"George Bush was not elected by a majority of voters in the United States. He was appointed by God."

Quoted in L.A. Times, Oct. 16, 2003:

"We in the army of God, in the house of God, kingdom of God have been raised for such a time as this."

On his experience as the Delta force commander, Washington Post, Oct. 17, 2003:

"I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol."!

Speech to First Baptist Church, Daytona, Florida, January 28, 2003:

"My wife of 25 years... walked in and said, 'I don’t love you anymore, you’re a religious fanatic, and I’m leaving you.' "

Speaking at First Baptist Church, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, June 2003, as reported by Newsday , Oct. 17, 2003:

"The battle that we’re in is a spiritual battle. Satan wants to destroy this nation, he wants to destroy us as a nation, and he wants to destroy us as a Christian Army."

I'm thinking that yes, part of our problem IS lunatics like this.

Did you know GWB is one of these lunatics?

Some of the other problems might be the greedy, greasy, demented war profiteers like Cheney, the Likudnik double agents, the free-lance numbskulls, the FOX NEWS watching ignorant 'patriots' who 'don't know much about history' (it's boring, you know? Not like BIG BROTHER on the TV.)

How did we get to a place where it's 'odd' to be informed and 'normal' to be ignorant?

Until the situation is reversed we're pretty much doomed. Party on!
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