The Pentagon Sends Messengers of Apocalypse to Convert Soldiers in Iraq


	The Pentagon Sends Messengers of Apocalypse to Convert Soldiers in Iraq

Johanna_G

8-10-2007 8:03 PM

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armageddon, army, end time, evangelicals, fundamentalism, religious right, theopolitics, usa

Johanna_G says:

Oh, when the worms are marching on...

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8-13-2007 11:02 AM

wiccantexan

I'm not sure what's more disturbing, sending the video game or a Baldwin brother.

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