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Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Christianity of the Inquisition in the US Army

Author:     Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, USA (Ret.)
Source:     The Real News
Publication Date:     14-May-13
 Link: Christianity of the Inquisition in the US Army
Stephan:   This is what I mean by the Theocratic Right's aggressive program to convert armed services personnel. Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army colonel, and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on US national security. He also instructs a senior seminar in the Honors Department at the George Washington University entitled 'National Security Decision Making.'

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. And welcome to this week’s edition of The Wilkerson Report with Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson.

Larry was the former chief of staff for Colin Powell for many years. He teaches at the William & Mary College, often appears on The Real News.

Thanks for joining us.

COL. LAWRENCE WILKERSON, FMR. CHIEF OF STAFF TO COLIN POWELL: Thanks for having me, Paul.

JAY: So you recently joined the board of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Why?

WILKERSON: I didn’t know the problem was as rampant as it is. And when Mikey Weinstein, who is the head of the foundation, identified to me that his board member Doherty, Glen Doherty, had just been killed in Benghazi and he needed a replacement, I was a little reluctant, because I understand that sometimes Christ is necessary in the foxhole, or Buddha, or whomever. And so I wasn’t really interested in it. And then Mikey showed me the depth and profundity of the violations of the Constitution going on in the Armed Forces of the United States, and I changed my mind immediately.

JAY: Okay. So I said the name very quickly when I said Military Religious Freedom Foundation, so we […]

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