I heard about Gen. Boykin on NPR this morning. Boykin is a fundamentalist "Christian." Hearing the report reminded me that when Bush first started lining Iraq up in his sights, he used the word "crusade" a lot, until someone in the inner circle told him cool it. The word "crusade" comes from crux, Latin for "cross." Many Muslims regard a "crusade" as the Christian equivalent of a "jihad." By using the word, Bush was rapidly alienating friendly Muslims.

Here is an alternate Christian view.

Another interesting article from the same source.

Don Firth