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> With insane Christianists and
> dispensationalists in charge of
> the Air Force
As a grad of our fine federal service academies (and 10+ yrs) of service, I can personally attest as to how scary the Christianists are. It's a subtle thing, but very, very real. If you're not one of 'them', your career miraculously (no pun intended; sorry) goes off into a non-lifer direction.
From my experience (albeit anecdotal), it's a big problem.
Mikek,
Thanks for your comment. I remember some years ago meeting a fellow at a party who mentioned that his career plans had changed because his political views were so strongly opposed by his senior management.
He was a officer with a year's experience in Iraq.
And a West Point grad. There's an well-documented brain-drain in most of the services now, and a good part of the reason is political correctness.
I'm more afraid of Christianists in the US Air Force than I am of Islamists elsewhere. The Christianists have infinitely better training and vastly more weapons. The Islamists, maybe, are a tad more nuts (but I'm not even sure about that). But the Christianists are nutz enough for me.
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