{"id":27446,"date":"2012-04-18T09:25:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/the-few-the-proud-the-christian-warriors-out-to-conquer-the-holy-land.html"},"modified":"2012-04-18T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T15:25:35","slug":"the-few-the-proud-the-christian-warriors-out-to-conquer-the-holy-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/the-few-the-proud-the-christian-warriors-out-to-conquer-the-holy-land.html","title":{"rendered":"The few, the proud, the Christian Warriors Out to Conquer the Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really? Someone thinks this is a good idea?<\/p>\n<p>The Marine air unit, when formed in WWII, was known as the &quot;Werewolves.&quot; In 1958, when they were flying F8 Crusaders, they were redubbed the &quot;Crusaders.&quot;  Going over to Iraq in 2008, the unit commander at the time took the original name back &#8212; figuring that, y&#39;know, it probably sent the wrong message to Muslims in the country we were ostensibly helping to have jets emblazoned with a <i>giant red Crusader cross<\/i> flying overhead.<\/p>\n<p>And now the new unit commander, Lt. Col. Wade Wiegel, has decided to revert the name, and the insignia, supposedly reflecting the &quot;heritage&quot; of the unit.  Which, honestly, strikes me as a bit disingenuous.  #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi487.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Frr235%2Fusername1960%2FF-181.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/rodda\/2012\/04\/17\/marines-return-to-being-crusaders\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed:+freethoughtblogs\/rodda+(FTB:+This+Week+in+Christian+Nationalism)&#038;utm_content=Google+Reader'>Marines Return to Being \u201cCrusaders\u201d | This Week in Christian Nationalism<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn 2008, when Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 was preparing to deploy to Iraq, the unit&#39;s commander, Lt. Col. William Lieblein, did something very wise and\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Really? Someone thinks this is a good idea? The Marine air unit, when formed in WWII, was known as the &quot;Werewolves.&quot; In 1958, when they were flying F8 Crusaders, they were redubbed the &quot;Crusaders.&quot; Going over to Iraq in 2008, the unit commander at the time took the original name back &#8212; figuring that, y&#39;know, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/18\/the-few-the-proud-the-christian-warriors-out-to-conquer-the-holy-land.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The few, the proud, the Christian Warriors Out to Conquer the Holy Land&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-27446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":153528,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/07\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years.html","url_meta":{"origin":27446,"position":0},"title":"Still chatty after all these years","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Mar-21 12:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Stupid Evil Podcast is ... well, it was fun.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DDtB-SEB Podcasts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DDtB-SEB Podcasts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/podcasts\/ddtb-seb-podcasts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25852,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/01\/remembering-columbia-and-her-crew.html","url_meta":{"origin":27446,"position":1},"title":"Remembering Columbia and her crew","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 1-Feb-12 7:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"Nine years ago today. #ddtbReshared post from +Space Shuttle ColumbiaRemembering ColumbiaNASA and the world lost seven brave explorers on Feb. 1, 2003, when the shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry. 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