From Europe News:
A coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans has asked the Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to rescind retired Lt. Gen. William Boykin's invitation to the upcoming National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 8, saying the general's history of "incendiary rhetoric" regarding Islam and Muslims is incompatible with the values of the U.S. military.
In a letter addressed to Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon, the superintendent of the military academy, the members of the veterans issues organization VoteVets argued that the extremist remarks the now-retired Boykin is known for jeopardizes the armed forces' relationship with the Muslim community in the U.S. and abroad.
"LTG Boykin has repeatedly characterized our war against al-Qaeda and other extremist groups, a war that we are both Veterans of, as a religious war pitting Christianity against Islam," wrote Jon Solz, an Iraq war veteran, and Richard Allen Smith, an Afghanistan War veteran. "The Pentagon Office of the Inspector General later found that LTG Boykin's remarks were improper for a military officer." (...)
Veterans Want West Point to Cancel Speech by General for Anti-Muslim Remarks
International Business Times 27 January 2012
By Ashley Portero
By Ashley Portero
In a letter addressed to Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon, the superintendent of the military academy, the members of the veterans issues organization VoteVets argued that the extremist remarks the now-retired Boykin is known for jeopardizes the armed forces' relationship with the Muslim community in the U.S. and abroad.
"LTG Boykin has repeatedly characterized our war against al-Qaeda and other extremist groups, a war that we are both Veterans of, as a religious war pitting Christianity against Islam," wrote Jon Solz, an Iraq war veteran, and Richard Allen Smith, an Afghanistan War veteran. "The Pentagon Office of the Inspector General later found that LTG Boykin's remarks were improper for a military officer." (...)
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