"pushing a particular virulent worldview down the throats of people who are helpless to argue against it,"

Guess who the quote is referring to, The US Military or Al Qaeda?

Unfortunately it's drawing a comparison between the two. From Yahoo, via TomPaine.com

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has suggested there is a core of Christian extremists in the U.S. Military and the Pentagon.

These empowered Fundamentalists (IMO they get this label for trying to undermine the separation of church and state) are "using their rank and influence to coerce soldiers and airmen into adopting evangelical Christianity"

Maybe the "there are no atheists in foxholes" saying is actually true. True because our service men and women are being forced to become Christians.