What I saw in the Cadet Chapel was a fusion of iconography—Christian symbols wedded with militaristic emblems. It was Constantine placing Christian symbols on implements of war all over again. Fighter jets forming a house of Christian worship. Mars mashed-up with Jesus. The god of war subsuming the Prince of Peace. That’s what I saw. A cross transformed into a sword. The irony is deep. Originally the Roman cross was a weapon of war.
