[Chankama]

This guy sounds kindda crazy to be in the pentagon.. lol

In late 2003, Maj. General William G. Boykin (serving as Deputy Undersecretary for Intelligence under Stephen Cambone) took a lot of heat when the press suddenly noticed a bunch of his wacky statements. Before being placed in charge of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the former Delta Force commander had recently made several in-uniform appearances at church congregations to explain why Jesus is on America's side.

* Speaking of Somali militia leader Osman All Otto, captured in 1993: "I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God, and his was an idol." After this comment started drawing flak, Boykin backpedaled: "Comments to Osman Otto in Mogadishu were not referencing his worship of Allah hut his worship of money and power; idolatry."

* Regarding the convoluted election of President George W. Bush: "Why is this man in the White House? The majority of Americans did not vote for him. He's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this." On another occasion, Boykin put it this way: "George Bush was not elected by a majority of the voters in the United States. He was appointed by God."

* In a slideshow program he presented at various church groups, Boykin showed a photo he had taken from a helicopter over Mogadishu in 1993 depicting black patches in the sky. "Whether you understand it or not, it is a demonic spirit over the city of Mogadishu. Ladies and gentlemen, that's not a fake, that's not a farce."

* Another comment from the slideshow: "Well, is he (Osama bin Laden) the enemy? Next slide. Or is this man (Saddam Hussein) the enemy? The enemy is none of these people I have showed you here. The enemy is a spiritual enemy. HeÂ’s called the principality of darkness. The enemy is a guy called Satan."


Regarding this last point, magician and celebrity atheist Penn Jillette responded thusly:

A guy? A guy? A guy named "Satan." We can't even find a guy named Bin Laden, and now we're looking for an evil tooth fairy? Satan's not a guy, it's just someone else's imaginary friend. How did we end up fighting a war against a sock monkey?


According to Boykin, his religious conversion broke up his marriage: "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.'"

Source: http://www.nndb.com/people/357/000058183/

[desiboi]

What the ****? That's BS!

[Chankama]

CNN source: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/10/17/boykin.apology/

I doubt they would lie also

[desiboi]

This is weird..

[macdude425]

Talk about a nut...

[Powerslave]

Well, he obviously is highly religous. Theres nothing really wrong for that. But those statements are a bit odd I have to say.

[Jorsoft]

That's funny stuff
It's stupid that a nut like that is running the show, too.