Mike Pence: “last week Army Lieutenant General William Boyken was embroiled in controversy over suggesting that in our struggle…”

“last week Army Lieutenant General William Boyken was embroiled in controversy over suggesting that in our struggle against the regime of Saddam Hussein, that God was on our side. One commentator on the Fox News Network said, and I am quoting now, ``That it is `folly' to argue that God takes sides on battlefields.'' It may be wise to ask the question, but as President Lincoln famously said, it is more relevant to ask whether we are on God's side, rather than whether God is on ours.'' But to the General's point, that in our struggle against the tyranny of the murderous regime of Saddam Hussein, I say the General was right. It is written that ``Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.'' And, therefore, in the struggle against tyranny in all of its forms, Mr. Speaker, God is not neutral in this cause in the struggle between freedom and tyranny, between dictatorship and human dignity. Let it be said that in this Congress, God is on our side. And may it ever be so.”