According to GQ correspondent Robert Draper, it had become routine for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to deliver his Worldwide Intelligence Updates (daily briefings) with a cover sheet that depicted color images from the previous days' war efforts along with an inspirational quote from the Bible.

On the morning of Thursday, April 10, 2003, Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon prepared a top-secret briefing for George W. Bush. This document, known as the Worldwide Intelligence Update, was a daily digest of critical military intelligence so classified that it circulated among only a handful of Pentagon leaders and the president; Rumsfeld himself often delivered it, by hand, to the White House. The briefing's cover sheet generally featured triumphant, color images from the previous days' war efforts: On this particular morning, it showed the statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down in Firdos Square, a grateful Iraqi child kissing an American soldier, and jubilant crowds thronging the streets of newly liberated Baghdad. And above these images, and just below the headline secretary of defense, was a quote that may have raised some eyebrows. It came from the Bible, from the book of Psalms: "Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him...To deliver their soul from death."

I am not opposed to using inspirational quotes to inspire those around us, but a daily Biblical quote mixed with images of war makes the former leaders of the United States look fanatical, which is exactly what we are up against in the War on Terror.