The Times of London: "'Islam is violent' says President Obama's new pastor Carey Cash"
Last week, I was contacted by the Washington Post for a statement from MRFF about Lt. Cash for an upcoming article about him, an article that came out on Wednesday. While most of the WaPo article is a fluff piece about the chaplain, it's clear from the reaction around the world to this article that the international community doesn't give a rat's ass about Cash's football stardom at the Citadel or that he's Johnny Cash's great-nephew. The world is focusing on one thing and one thing only from the WaPo article -- the revelation of the deprecating statements about Islam made by this chaplain who Obama is recorded as complimenting with statements like he "delivers as powerful a sermon as I've heard in a while. I really think he's excellent." The headline Thursday in The Times of London, for example, is "'Islam is violent' says President Obama's new pastor Carey Cash," and a search of the web shows a growing list of articles and blog posts from around the world, some in languages I can't read, but with headlines containing words that are clearly understandable in any language. MRFF founder and president Mikey Weinstein had the following to say upon seeing the worldwide attention being paid to Lt. Cash's statements:
While the WaPo article did at least expose Lt. Cash's statements about Islam, it minimized Cash's connections to the military-wide para-church organization Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) Military Ministry to a point where anyone reading the article would wonder what the problem was. The article quoted only part of the statement I provided its author, leaving out a crucial reason for MRFF's concern about Cash's involvement with CCC, and quoted a thoroughly innocuous description of CCC's Military Ministry rather than any one of a slew of available quotes from the organization revealing its true mission and tactics. (The article also described me as a "spokesman" for MRFF, although I'm female -- a mistake I've gotten used to with a name like Chris, but the first time it's ever happened after I've actually spoken to a reporter on the phone.) So, to clarify why MRFF, in addition to Lt. Cash's statements about Islam, is so concerned about this chaplain's (or any other chaplain's) involvement with or support of CCC's Military Ministry, here's what I posted back in June:
Since posting this piece, MRFF has found out a bit more about Lt. Cash's completely inappropriate actions as a chaplain, like his driving around Iraq in a Humvee decorated with large crosses. If you don't see the utter stupidity of that, just read Jeff Sharlet's cover story from the May issue of Harper's Magazine, "Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian military," or my recent post, "Top Ten Ways to Convince the Muslims We're On a Crusade." Lt. Cash also appeared, in uniform, with Pat Robertson on The 700 Club to promote his book A Table in the Presence, the book from which the Washington Post quoted Cash's anti-Islamic statements. The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), which sells Lt. Cash's book in its online store, immediately capitalized on the attention bestowed on Lt. Cash by the WaPo article, posting "some new, exclusive video and remarks from the man who is preaching God's Word to President Obama at Camp David's Evergreen Chapel" on its website. CBN also included a link to Lt. Cash's 2003 address to The National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces, a speech in which Cash, after recounting the miraculous protection of his unit in Iraq during the heaviest fighting, explained how "our" god, who, after all, had "fought against Satan in the wilderness and defeated his schemes," "knows something about battle." Even George Bush denounced the anti-Islamic and 'our god is bigger than their god' statements when they came from Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin. So, will President Obama denounce the statements of Lt. Cash, or continue to attend his Camp David services and compliment him on his sermons?
The Times of London: "'Islam is violent' says President Obama's new pastor Carey Cash" | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 hidden)
The Times of London: "'Islam is violent' says President Obama's new pastor Carey Cash" | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 hidden)
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