"Plans by a Christian group to send an evangelical video game to U.S.
troops in Iraq were abruptly halted yesterday by the Department of Defense after
ABC News inquired about the program. Operation Start Up (OSU) Tour, an
evangelical entertainment troupe that actively proselytizes among soldiers, will
not be sending the 'apocryphal' video game in care packages as planned,
according to the department. 'Left Behind: Eternal Forces' was inspired by about
the battle of Armageddon, in which believers of Jesus Christ fight the
Antichrist."
This is wrong on so many levels. I am not going to suggest that our troops are so poorly trained, or not smart enough to understand the difference between a game and reality - there are other problems
The first problem I see with this, is the event of not if, but when it would leak to the Iraqis. Nothing would harm us on a publicity level more than a video game that shows a religious war of Christians against unbelievers. The Arab street would be outraged, and I would agree that they would have reason. The American image abroad, in Iraq and other parts of the Arab world, is not that strong right now. There are a number of people who want to make this into a battle of the West versus Islam, this would give them more ammo to do that.
Besides, sending a video game about war to troops in a war zone, does that make any sense to you. I would think that they would want sports video games - something to get their minds off the war.
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