Sending Badass Apocalyptic "Convert or Die" Game to Troops


	Sending Badass Apocalyptic "Convert or Die" Game to Troops

Johanna_G

8-10-2007 7:47 PM

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

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8-14-2007 11:17 PM

Honoradele

Maybe I'm wrong, but this seems to violate some document or other, but I can't remember which, and neither can the DoD apparently.

8-15-2007 12:17 AM

althebaker43

wtf? thats kinda extreme.

8-15-2007 6:32 PM

kelvin273

You mean the Bush administration would force psychotic evangelical propaganda on a captive audience? Say it ain't so. *rolls eyes*

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