Army Theocrat Promoted

[Echo In Light]

Army theocrat promoted
PRESS RELEASE May 2nd, 2008

A Statement by Mikey Weinstein, President and Founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, on the Promotion of General Caslen

"Today, the U. S. Army has completed a tragic 'trifecta of travesty' with Brigadier General Robert Caslen, infamous star of the 2006 Christian Embassy video scandal at the Pentagon. Despite being specifically singled out for wrongdoing by the DoD Inspector General in a 2007 investigation which advised that 'corrective action' be taken against him, the Army (1) assigned him to become the prestigious 70th Commandant of Cadets at West Point; (2) very quietly promoted him to Major General, and (3) has now assigned him to the even more prestigious Command of the storied 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii.

View the Pentagon Christian Embassy video:
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/Media_video/christian-embassy/index.html

PDF report:
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/press-releases/christian_embassy_report.pdf

"Imagine if the U.S. Army had put a dangerous extremist like Islamic fundamentalist Muqtada Al Sadr and his mahdi fighters in control of the 25th Infantry Division. Well, the Army has done exactly that! Astonishingly, all the while, Caslen has retained his position as the President of a virulently fundamentalist Christian organization devoted to gaining unconstitutional control of the U.S. armed forces: the Officers Christian Fellowship (OCF) which has among its goals the creation of a 'spiritually transformed U.S. military' with 'Ambassadors for Christ in uniform', 'empowered by the Holy Spirit.'

"The OCF's asserted purpose is to have 'Christian officers exercise biblical leadership to raise up a godly army'. One of its official study guides makes clear that OCF's aim is to 'not allow the opposition, all of which is spearheaded by Satan, to prevent us from reclaiming territory for Christ in the military.' Simply replace that fundamentalist Christian rhetoric of the foregoing with fundamentalist Islamic rhetoric, and you will understand why MRFF will certainly include this brazenly unconstitutional Caslen injustice in its current Federal litigation against DoD in Kansas City, Kansas."

http://markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/2008/05/army-theocrat-promoted.html

[SammyWinstonJack]

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[DrDan]

2. this promotion has to have Senate approval

"General officers are nominated for promotion by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the Senate. You can't get more "political" than that. The services hold in-service promotion boards to recommend officers for general officer promotion to the President. When vacancies occur (a general officer gets promoted or retires), the President nominates officers to be promoted from these lists (with advice from the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the applicable service, and the Service Chief of Staff/Commandant)."

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/promotions/l/blofficerprom.htm