Thanks for sharing this Travis.....Friggin' unbelievable and I had no idea that we had implemented such ridiculous nonsense.
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1111/west110411.php3?printer_friendly*** > * > > ** ** > > Nov 4, 2011 / 7 Mar-Cheshvan 5772 **** > > *Careful with that weird, Quran-doting uncle ***** > > By Diana West **** > > > *http://www.JewishWorldReview.com <http://www.jewishworldreview.com/> |*Uncle > Sam is getting a little weird -- make that a lot weird. Having dumped > hundreds of billions of dollars into a sinkhole called Afghanistan > populated by misogynistic, pederastic, tribalistic and religiously > supremacist primitives to no avail, he has hit on a new plan for winning > those ever-elusive Afghan "hearts and minds." **** > > Uncle Sam has decided that the answer lies in the latrine with the U.S. > Marine Corps. No kidding. When nature calls, Uncle Sam has decided he wants > every U.S. Marine equipped with a map and compass, or some other way of > knowing direction. This is to ensure that no U.S. Marine in Afghanistan > urinates in the direction of Mecca ever again. **** > > Now, there's a winning strategy. **** > > It's still OK, of course, to spread baksheesh (payola) indiscriminately, > chase jihadis into twisting mountain gorges, clear any road laced with > improvised explosives -- blow up, even, and bleed all over the place. Just > make sure your sense of direction is sharp when it really counts. **** > > Take spitting. According to an article in the North County Times, the word > is: Ix-nay on itting-spay toward ecca-May, guys. If there's a pinch between > teeth and gum while you're hiding out in a cold valley, figure out where > Mecca is (2,000 miles away) before letting anything out of your mouth. Oh, > and when it's time to catch some shut-eye "when sharing a base with Afghan > army troops" -- if you can sleep, given the frightening odds an Afghan > National Army soldier might turn his gun on you -- don't, whatever you do, > let your combat boots point toward you-know-where. **** > > That would be "culturally insensitive" and, therefore, it seems, worse > than anything Afghani (or Pakistani) jihadist butchers might do > (beheadings, rape) because they, as Muslims, are automatically "culturally > sensitive." Apparently to compensate, senior Pentagon brass created > something called the USMC Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning > to teach Marines to exist in the Islamically approved fashion. **** > > When Marines learn not to excrete in the direction of Mecca -- home of the > black cube known as the Kaaba -- and not to sleep with their boots toward > Mecca, what are they really learning? They are learning to become intensely > sensitized to the whereabouts of Mecca; how to be guided by that magnetic > north for Muslims as a matter of the most personal habits and hygiene, all > in accordance with Shariah (Islamic law). They are learning to act like > Muslims. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? **** > > Such "culture learning" blends seamlessly with an International Security > Assistance Force (ISAF) guidance to all troops in Afghanistan to revere the > Quran and its teachings. That's the unmistakable message of COIN Advisory > #20100924-001, which I found on the ISAF website. **** > > "Never talk badly about the Quran or its contents," says the guidance, a > no-nonsense formulation of Islamic prohibitions against any criticism of > Islam. Touching it is out, too. "It is considered culturally insensitive > for any non-Muslim to touch a copy of the Quran," ISAF explains. Why that > is indeed the Islamic case, ISAF doesn't explain. Presumably, it might > upset troops to learn that this injunction exists because Muslims consider > non-Muslim "najis," or unclean, and thus unfit to touch their religious > book. Before searching people, ISAF advises, "ask them if they have a Quran > or religious item present. If so, ask them to remove it or put it in a > suitable place before conducting the search." **** > > Think the Navy SEALS who zapped Osama bin Laden asked him to put his Quran > in a "suitable place" first? We can only hope. **** > > Of course, there's more: "Additionally," ISAF continues, "verbal > disrespect for Islam and/or the Quran is considered as inappropriate as > physical desecration of the Quran. Insulting the Quran is an act of > blasphemy." **** > > The way Islam treats women stinks = verbal disrespect for Islam. The > verses of the Quran that call for jihad against infidels are heinous = > insulting the Quran. But ISAF, veritable mouthpiece of the coming > caliphate, deems such talk "inappropriate" and outright "blasphemy." This > might win the generals an extra cushion at the foot of the caliph's throne. > But, as the Marines are learning in their Culture Learning classes, they'll > have to drink all their chai and finish their goat, first. **** > > ** ** > > > > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
