The Times reports this morning the story of a U.S. soldier forced back to the States from Iraq because he was being threatened by fellow U.S. soldiers for being an atheist. I somehow hadn't realized that being a God-fearing Christian was a prerequisite for serving our country. My bad.
Also in the news, the military is preparing to start it's first war crimes trial of a Guantanamo detainee! It's only taken six years! But it might not happen because the detainee in question, Osama Bin Laden's driver, has apparently been essentially driven mad by his years in confinement at Gitmo.
Guantanamo's defense? Come on! We're not so bad! Only ten percent of our prisoners are mentally ill whereas more than half of the general American prison population can be diagnosed as such.*
Poor military. So close, and yet thwarted (by itself) once again.
*See also this article on the sheer size of our prison population. Doesn't make for a pretty picture, does it?
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I don't get it. I just don't get it.
But hey! Let's elect moderate centrist John McCain! BECAUSE THEN THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT. Or something.
one more snide remark on the atheist thing -- the military's recruiting felons now, but not believing god is grounds for being threatened?
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