Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Bible kooks
"These cover sheets were the brainchild of Major General Glen Shaffer, a director  for intelligence serving both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the secretary of  defense. In the days before the Iraq war, Shaffer’s staff had created humorous  covers in an attempt to alleviate the stress of preparing for battle. Then, as  the body counting began, Shaffer, a Christian, deemed the biblical passages more  suitable. Several others in the Pentagon disagreed. At least one Muslim analyst  in the building had been greatly offended; others privately worried that if  these covers were leaked during a war conducted in an Islamic nation, the  fallout—as one Pentagon staffer would later say—“would be as bad as Abu Ghraib.”" (thanks Laleh)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
