Danger Room reports the US military taught its officers to use "total war" against the world's 1.4 billion Muslims.
"We have now come to understand there is no such thing as moderate Islam," Army Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley, who taught the course, said. "It is therefore time for the United States to make our true intentions clear. This barbaric ideology will no longer be tolerated. Islam must change or we will facilitate its self-destruction."
International laws protecting civilians are "no longer relevant," continued Dooley, who suggested using the tactics of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki to Islam's holiest cities, and destroying Mecca and Medina.
The program was first brought to the public's attention by Danger Room and subsequently cancelled in April of this year.
Such talk in no way represents the beliefs of the majority of those in our armed services, and certainly none that I have met. Every soldier, marine, and sailor I have spoken with would be appalled with the suggestion of complete annihilation of a society, no matter their political orientation. Those who would advocate such tactics are in the minority, but their radicalism is what gets noticed and mars the reputation of the United States military abroad. These classes, as well as mistaken drone strikes killing women and children and Staff Sgt. Robert Bales massacring innocent Afghans reinforces this idea the United States is at war with Islam.
The Arabist flagged Danger Room's report. The site's main admin, Issandr el-Amrani, is a respected blogger. To see the extent of the damage such reports do to our reputation abroad, just see his posting on the subject.
Our military is respectable, professional, and determined to protect the innocent at home and abroad. But idiots like Dooley and Bales (and not to mention their supervisors) drowns them out.
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| From Dooley's slides |
"We have now come to understand there is no such thing as moderate Islam," Army Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley, who taught the course, said. "It is therefore time for the United States to make our true intentions clear. This barbaric ideology will no longer be tolerated. Islam must change or we will facilitate its self-destruction."
International laws protecting civilians are "no longer relevant," continued Dooley, who suggested using the tactics of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki to Islam's holiest cities, and destroying Mecca and Medina.
The program was first brought to the public's attention by Danger Room and subsequently cancelled in April of this year.
Such talk in no way represents the beliefs of the majority of those in our armed services, and certainly none that I have met. Every soldier, marine, and sailor I have spoken with would be appalled with the suggestion of complete annihilation of a society, no matter their political orientation. Those who would advocate such tactics are in the minority, but their radicalism is what gets noticed and mars the reputation of the United States military abroad. These classes, as well as mistaken drone strikes killing women and children and Staff Sgt. Robert Bales massacring innocent Afghans reinforces this idea the United States is at war with Islam.
The Arabist flagged Danger Room's report. The site's main admin, Issandr el-Amrani, is a respected blogger. To see the extent of the damage such reports do to our reputation abroad, just see his posting on the subject.
The US military: the world's most advanced fighting force, technologically bleeding edge, probably the most complex logistics and planning effort by anyone on the planet. The core of the American empire. Unfortunately, it is also plagued by complete morons and apparently a culture of genocide.
Our military is respectable, professional, and determined to protect the innocent at home and abroad. But idiots like Dooley and Bales (and not to mention their supervisors) drowns them out.
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