Western support for the continued existence of the State of Israel has been declared part of a "war against Islam." Osama bin Laden has declared that "the West's rejection of the fairly elected Hamas government is a reaffirmation of the 'injustice, aggression, and rancor' against Palestinians."[34] Enver Masud, an Indian Muslim and author of the book The War on Islam complains that while there are no Muslims in high-level policy making and media jobs in the United States, "Jewish Americans occupy nearly every single position relating to US Arab-Israeli policy."[35] In modern day, events alleged to be attacks on Islam include media portrayal of the religion and the War on Terrorism.[36] Statements portraying Islam as a destructive ideology have been made by Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Benny Hinn, V.S. Naipaul[37] and Ann Coulter following the 9/11 attack.[38] Franklin Graham, the son of famed American Christian evangelist Billy Graham, declared in November 2001 that "the God of Islam is not the same God. He's not the son of God of the Christian or Judeo-Christian faith. It's a different God and I believe it is a very evil and wicked religion."[39]
U.S. and UK soldiers in Helmand province. George W. Bush's reference to the invasion of Afghanistan as a crusade[40] fuelled the idea that the West was at war with Islam On September 16, 2001, George W. Bush referred to the war in Afghanistan as a Crusade: "This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while. And the American people must be patient. I'm going to be patient." [40] According to Boston-based novelist and author James Carroll, the conflict between Muslims and Westerners "has its origins more in `the West` than in the House of Islam." And can be traced to "the poison flower of the Crusades, with their denigrations of distant cultures," and other Western injustices.[41] Proponents of this view often consider the War on Terrorism with the accompanying 2001 military activity in Afghanistan, 2003 invasion of Iraq to be part of the war against Islam.[42][43] The Western colonial domination of the Middle East for a good part of the 20th Century is also regarded as such an attack by some. On Apr 18, 2:24 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Problems in the U.S. Military > Denying Islam's Role in Terror**** > > *by David J. Rusin > Middle East Quarterly > Spring 2013 (view PDF) <http://www.meforum.org/meq/pdfs/3485.pdf>***** > > *http://www.meforum.org/3485/us-military-islam***** > > Editors' note: This article discusses many public figures in the context of > the positions they held in December 2012 when the article was submitted. > There has been much turnover in government and military posts since then, > but the problems caused by political correctness remain despite the changes > in personnel.**** > > As U.S. service members risk their lives to combat violent jihadists > abroad, military leaders, both uniformed and civilian, capitulate to > stealth jihadists at home. By bending to Islamists' appeals for religious > sensitivity, these leaders ignore the most crucial lesson of the Fort Hood > massacre: Political correctness can kill.**** > The War on Training**** > > [image: cid:[email protected]]**** > > The U.S. Army seems to have succumbed to PC-Islamist sensitivities. It has > issued a special handbook for soldiers that appears to justify jihad as > "communal military defense … when [Muslims] are threatened or under > attack." In addition, U.S. servicewomen have been urged to don head scarves > when interacting with Afghan locals while all soldiers are warned to > "respect Islam" in order to prevent violence there.**** > > A key battleground in the war of ideas between Islamists and the West is > military > training<http://frontpagemag.com/2011/ryan-mauro/islamists-demand-counterterro...> > because > Islamists seek to suppress knowledge of their beliefs and > goals.[1]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > This > campaign hit high gear in 2011 when journalist Spencer Ackerman of > *Wired*launched > a series of articles documenting "offensive" training employed by various > government agencies. He highlighted, among others, FBI > materials<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-muslims-radical/> > stating > that Islamic doctrine calls for war against non-Muslims and equating > greater religious devotion with the potential for > violence.[2]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > On October 19, 2011, dozens of Muslim groups, many Islamist in nature, > signed a letter to John Brennan, President Barack Obama's counterterrorism > advisor, with a copy to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, demanding that the > administration "purge … biased materials" and jettison "bigoted trainers." > [3]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > However, > Panetta's Department of Defense was already on the case. Five days prior, > Jose Mayorga, deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, > had > directed<http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2011/11/mayorga.DOD_.CVE...> > the > Joint Staff to compile information on the "current processes used to vet > CVE [countering violent extremism] > trainers."[4]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > The Islamists' most notable scalp to date—presented to them by the chairman > of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army general Martin Dempsey—is that of Matthew > Dooley<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/05/rising-career-us-army-officer-ma...>, > a decorated Army lieutenant colonel who had taught at the Joint Forces > Staff College of the National Defense > University.[5]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > At > issue was Dooley's > course<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > on > Islam and Islamic radicalism during which he spoke of Islam as an ideology, > not just a faith, and war-gamed provocative scenarios in which it would be > confronted as > such.[6]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > A colonel enrolled in the class complained to his superiors, leading to the > course'ssuspension<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/military-islam-training/> > in > April > 2012.[7]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > On > May 10, *Wired* published course > materials<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > focusing > on a handful of slides conjecturing about "total war" and taking the > conflict to civilians, but which also included a disclaimer that the > specific counter-jihad model was meant "to generate dynamic discussion and > thought" and did not constitute government > policy.[8]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > According > to*The Washington Times*, Dooley's attorneys at the Thomas More Law Center > (TMLC) > havemaintained<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > that > "the discussion about all-out war … was conducted by a guest speaker. It > involved theoretical 'out of the box' thinking on what happens if Islamic > extremists commandeer Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and begin destroying U.S. > cities: How does the U.S. > respond?"[9]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > External lecturers in the class were a major target of *Wired*, which > highlighted <http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > their > politically incorrect statements such as that the Crusades had been > initiated after centuries of Muslim incursions and that Islamists see the > fall of Arab regimes as stepping stones to global > dominance.[10]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Ironically, > one maligned guest speaker, Stephen Coughlin, had been fired from his > post<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/4/inside-the-ring-8-3430...> > with > the Joint Staff years earlier because of his own controversial work on > Islamic > warfare.[11]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Though one could debate whether aspects of Dooley's approach were > unbalanced, the military's reaction surely was. Hours after the *Wired* exposé > appeared, Dempsey condemned the > class<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/military-class-suspended-_0_...> > at > a news > conference.[12]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > "It > was just totally objectionable, against our values, and it wasn't > academically sound," he said, adding that Dooley, referred to as "the > individual," was no longer teaching. Soon Dooley was ordered > removed<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > "for > cause," and his superiors produced a negative officer evaluation report, > derailing his > career.[13]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > On > November 26, Ackerman > relayed<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/dooley/> that > Dooley had been transferred to a "bureaucratic > backwater."[14]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > TMLC lawyers > argue<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > that > the military chose to "throw him under the bus in public" without ever > privately instructing Dooley to tweak the course's > content.[15]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > The > center further > asserts<http://www.thomasmore.org/news/muslim-influence-pentagon-prevails-mat...>that > Dempsey's words prejudiced the investigation, that the syllabus had been > approved, and that university policies guarantee the right to academic > expression "free of limitations, restraints, or coercion by the university > or external > environment."[16]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Two > congressmen > alsoobjected<http://www.thomasmore.org/sites/default/files/files/LtrGenDempsey_101...> > to > what they saw as excessive > punishment;[17]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > in > response, the Pentagon issued a > report<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/29/pentagon-report-defen...> > defending > Dooley's dismissal on the basis that the class "did not meet appropriate > academic standards" and was "overtly negative with respect to > Islam."[18]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > According > to a TMLC press > release<http://www.thomasmore.org/news/muslim-influence-pentagon-prevails-mat...>, > the military's primary goal was to appease Islamists and make an example > out of Dooley, so others "will refrain from telling the truth about Islam > or confronting the difficult strategic challenges facing our nation for > fear of jeopardizing their professional > careers."[19]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > A second trainer in the crosshairs is Reza Kahlili, a onetime CIA operative > inside Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and now a critic of Islamic > supremacism. On July 23, 2012, the Council on American-Islamic Relations > (CAIR) announced, via a press > release<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cair-asks-pentagon-to-drop-an...> > oddly > citing Kahlili's conversion to Christianity, that it was asking Panetta to > drop him as a lecturer at the Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy, > calling the situation "another unfortunate example of our nation's military > and counterterrorism personnel being trained by individuals who weaken > America's security by promoting their own religious and political agendas." > [20]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>A > Pentagon spokesman backed > Kahlili<http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/24/cair-pushes-dod-to-drop-ex-cia-oper...> > but > was taken to task for clarifying that he "does not lecture on or about > Islam."[21]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > In > the > opinion<http://pjmedia.com/blog/why-is-the-pentagon-listening-to-hamas-linked...> > of > Jihad Watch's Robert Spencer, "the Pentagon accepted Hamas-linked CAIR's > false premise that there would be something wrong with bringing in Reza > Kahlili to speak about Islam, and implicitly accepted also the idea that > Hamas-linked CAIR has a legitimate voice in these matters. And that is, in > a word, > shameful."[22]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Combat training has also been influenced by CAIR. On June 26, 2012, *The > Virginian-Pilot*published an > article<http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/fort-story-range-creates-combat-scena...> > about > a new close-quarters training range for Navy SEALs at Joint Expeditionary > Base Fort Story in Virginia Beach. Included was a photograph of a target > depicting a hijab-wearing woman aiming a gun, part of exercises in which > SEALs make split-second decisions to distinguish unarmed civilians from > combatants.[23]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Just > four days later, however, the paper > reported<http://hamptonroads.com/2012/06/group-criticizes-image-muslim-woman-s...> > that > the Navy had pulled the figure "hours after the Council on American-Islamic > Relations asked the Pentagon to remove the target." Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's > communications director, lamented, "Why would you use this particular image > in training people how to kill? … It creates the impression … that you > should view Muslim women in head scarves with hostility and > suspicion."[24]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Female Muslim > terrorists<http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frank-crimi/al-qaedas-female-suicide-bom...> > are > all too > real,[25]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > but > now elite U.S. forces must be shielded from this reality, potentially > nurturing a deadly complacency on the battlefield.**** > Unlearned Lessons of Fort Hood**** > > It would not be the first time that political correctness put lives in > danger. Case in point: the Fort Hood massacre by Army major Nidal Malik > Hasan on November 5, 2009. The tragedy is worth reviewing because it > perfectly encapsulates the see-no-evil mindset of U.S. military leaders.**** > > Despite ample indicators of Hasan's Islamist > outlook<http://frontpagemag.com/2009/daniel-pipes/major-hasan%E2%80%99s-islam...> > [26]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>—which > included giving a talk sympathetic to violent > jihad<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR200...> > ,[27]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > obsessing > about Muslims with dual > loyalties<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR200...> > ,[28]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > and > telling colleagues that infidels should be > beheaded<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6526030/Fo...> > and > have boiling oil poured down their > throats[29]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>—his > superiors did nothing <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/us/04hood.html>, > other than promote him to the next > rank.[30]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > The > Associated Press > noted<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33753461/ns/us_news-tragedy_at_fort_hood/...> > days > after the shooting that during his medical training, "fellow students > complained to the faculty about Hasan's 'anti-American propaganda,' but > said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a Muslim student kept > officers from filing a formal written > complaint."[31]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > A > 2010 Senate > report<http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/377.pdf> > confirms > this > reluctance.[32]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > So great was the Army's willful blindness that, in the > words<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/us/04hood.html> of > Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Independent, Conn.), Hasan's commanders > "outrageously suggested that the evidence of his radicalization showed a > knowledge of Islam that could benefit our military and our > country."[33]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > As > such, Hasan's previous supervisors at Walter Reed "tried to turn his > growing preoccupation with religion and war into something productive by > ordering him to attend a university lecture series on Islam, the Middle > East, and terrorism," according to a *Washington Post* > article<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR200...> > .[34]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > "You > don't want to close him down just because it's different," one staffer > explained. Even when Hasan's communication with al-Qaeda's Anwar al-Awlaki > put him on the radar of terrorism task forces, it had little effect on the > rose-colored narrative. "A Defense Department analyst on one of the task > forces concluded that the chatter was innocent and in keeping with Hasan's > research interests," *The Post* found.**** > > Political correctness remained in full bloom long after the bloodshed. Gen. > George Casey, then the Army's chief of staff, > claimed<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/09muslim.html> that > "as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I > think that's > worse."[35]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > The > military proceeded to double down onrecruiting > Muslims<http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-12-10-military-recr...> > .[36]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Furthermore, > Louay Safi—whose Islamist baggage includes being an unindicted > co-conspirator in the prosecution of Palestinian Islamic Jihad bigwig Sami > al-Arian, as well as serving in senior positions with the Islamic Society > of North America, an unindicted co-conspirator in the successful trial of > the Holy Land Foundation (convicted of funding Hamas)—was lecturing at Fort > Hood<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/191177/somebody-fort-hood-should...> > soon > after the > attack.[37]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Though > he was > latersuspended<http://www.dallasnews.com/news/20100206-U-S-torn-over-whether-9330.ece> > ,[38]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > why > had he been instructing soldiers in the first place?**** > > Official Defense Department reports also bear the stamp of political > correctness. In January 2010, the department released *Protecting the > Force: Lessons from Fort > Hood<http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/DOD-ProtectingTheForce-Web_Security_...> > *, based on an investigation chaired by former Army secretary Togo West and > Adm. Vernon > Clark.[39]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > The > report is noteworthy for the striking > absence<http://www.humanevents.com/2010/01/21/pentagon-on-fort-hood-jihad-wha...> > of > the words "Islam," "Muslim," or their > variants.[40]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > This > is despite overwhelming evidence of Hasan's religious motives, which > culminated in his giving a neighbor a > Qur'an<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/07/AR200...> > and > saying that he was "going to do good work for > God"[41]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > just > hours before he shouted the Islamic war > cry<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/robert-cone-nidal-malik-h_n_...> > and > mowed down fellow > troops.[42]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > The > report does not even mention Hasan's name. Identical patterns are seen > in aninternal > Army > review<http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2010/ft-hood_ai...> > [43]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > and > a 2010 memo <http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100820FortHoodFollowon.pdf> by > then-defense secretary Robert Gates on implementing the > recommendations.[44]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > The problems continue to this day: Hasan's actions are classified as > "workplace > violence<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/06/military-growing-terrorist...>," > a banal phrase used repeatedly in these documents, rather than as terrorism, > [45]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > though > survivors of the Fort Hood massacre are pushing to > overturn<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/19/victims-want-200-fort-hood-shoot...> > this > designation.[46]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Justice > for Hasan's victims also has been delayed by a > dispute<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/03/judge-removed-in-fort-hood-shoot...> > over > his desire to wear a religiously inspired beard in military > court.[47]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > To > top it all off, Hasan is still drawing government > paychecks<http://abcnews.go.com/Business/fort-hood-suspect-nidal-hasan-find-ban...> > .[48]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > Appeasing an Unnamed Enemy**** > > The Pentagon's verbal tiptoeing is not limited to the Fort Hood rampage. > The Defense Department-produced "Quadrennial Defense Review" (QDR) provides > a measure of current trends. Whereas the 2006 > QDR<http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/QDR20060203.pdf> features > more than a dozen instances of "Islam," "Muslim," and their > variants,[49]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > the 2010 QDR<http://www.defense.gov/qdr/qdr%20as%20of%2029jan10%201600.PDF> > has > none, instead describing challenges in vague terms such as "violent > extremists."[50]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Then > there was the > testimony<http://nation.time.com/2011/12/08/anti-islamic-hyperventilation/> > of > Paul Stockton, an assistant secretary of defense, on December 7, 2011. When > Congressman Dan Lungren (Republican, Calif.) asked if America is "at war > with violent Islamist extremism," Stockton replied, "No, sir. We are at war > with al-Qaeda, its affiliates." Questioned whether al-Qaeda is "an exponent > of violent Islamist extremism," Stockton could muster only that these > "murderers" are "dedicated to overthrowing the values that we intend to > advance." He added, "I don't believe it's helpful to frame our adversary as > Islamic with any set of > qualifiers."[51]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Though military officials hold their tongues about Islamism, they do not > hesitate to speak out against private citizens exercising their First > Amendment rights in ways that could offend Muslims and serve as excuses to > attack U.S. troops. While threatening to burn a Qur'an in 2010, fringe > pastor Terry Jones received a call from Defense Secretary > Gates<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20016023-503544.html> > imploring > him not to do > so.[52]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Army > general David Petraeus, then the top officer in Afghanistan, issued apublic > appeal <http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/06/florida.quran.burning/index.html>. > [53]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > After > Jones finally incinerated a Qur'an the following spring, > Petraeuscriticized<http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-03/world/afghanistan.protests_1_quran...> > the > move as "hateful" and > "intolerant."[54]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Similar > scenes played out in September 2012 as unrest blamed on a video mocking > Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, erupted across the Middle East. Jones did > little more than express interest in the clip, but Dempseytelephoned > him<http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/09/joint-chiefs-chair-calls-p...> > to > request that he "consider withdrawing his support for the > film."[55]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Moreover, in an intriguing footnote to the sex scandal that toppled > Petraeus as CIA director in November 2012, it was revealed that he and > Marine general John Allen, the current commander in Afghanistan, had asked > Jill > Kelley<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irUXbP2C6WGPXURPUP...>, > the Florida socialite linked to the affair's exposure, to help dissuade a > radio personality named Bubba the Love Sponge from "deep fat frying" a > Qur'an. "I have Petraeus and Allen both e-mailing me about getting this > dealt with," Kelley wrote to Tampa's > mayor.[56]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Also of significance is the response to the accidental burning of > Qur'ans<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > in > February 2012 at a U.S. base in > Afghanistan,[57]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > fueling retaliatory > homicides<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/25/us-afghanistan-korans-idUST...> > of > U.S. personnel by enraged > Muslims.[58]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Beyond > Allen's > apology<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/02/afghanistan-enraged-crowd-of-2000-r...> > to > "the noble people of > Afghanistan,"[59]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > the > Pentagondispatched<http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/02/pentagon-apologizes-at-local-mos...> > Peter > Lavoy, an acting assistant secretary of defense, to the All Dulles Area > Muslim Society near > Washington.[60]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > "It > was very satisfying, very heartwarming to hear an apology three times in > one speech," said the center's imam, Mohamed Magid, who doubles as > president of the Islamic Society of North America. In August 2012, six > soldiers > werepunished<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-usa-afghanistan-idUSBRE8...> > for > the burning even though "the investigation found that the texts were > removed … due to concerns that detainees were using books to pass messages." > [61]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > In contrast, the military unabashedly oversaw the torching of > Bibles<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.bu...> > sent > by an American church to a soldier stationed in Afghanistan. "The decision > was made that it was a 'force protection' measure to throw them away, > because, if they did get out, it could be perceived by Afghans that the > U.S. government or the U.S. military was trying to convert Muslims," a > Defense Department spokesman announced in > 2009.[62]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > A Culture of Accommodation**** > > A full accounting of the military's myriad concessions to Islamists and its > disturbing relationships with them could fill several articles, but the > following examples offer some taste of their variety. In 2010, the > Army rescinded > an > invitation<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/21/army-weighs-rescinding-inv...> > to > evangelist Franklin Graham to participate in the Pentagon's National Day of > Prayer service, citing his comments critical of > Islam.[63]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > A > year later, the Defense Department gave in to CAIR's demands that high > school students in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps be allowed > to wear > hijabs<http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/22/army-to-allow-hijabs-turbans-in-jun...> > with > their > uniforms.[64]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > In > July 2012, a military judge postponed a > hearing<http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/07/16/guantanamo-hearing-postponed-...> > for > five accused 9/11 plotters in deference to > Ramadan.[65]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > For those on the front lines, the Army has issued, in the > words<http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2011/11/u-s-army-makes-soldiers-cul...> > of > Judicial Watch, "a special handbook for soldiers that appears to justify > Islamic jihad by describing it as the 'communal military defense of Islam > and Muslims when they are threatened or under > attack.'"[66]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>Servicewomen > have been urged to don head > scarves<http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/31/dont-forget-your-hijab-soldier-amer...> > when > interacting with Afghan > locals[67]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>while > all soldiers are warned to "respect > Islam<http://truth-out.org/news/item/11096-pocket-guide-advises-us-troops-t...>" > in order to prevent violence > there.[68]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > A draft Army > manual<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412788732402400457817156123064...>, > which faults Western cultural ignorance for helping motivate deadly > "insider attacks" by Afghan forces, counsels U.S. troops not to speak about > Islam, advocate the rights of women, mention homosexuality, or criticize > pedophilia in the presence of their hypersensitive > "allies."[69]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Furthermore, > the military remains largely unperturbed by the radicalism of Muslim groups > that certify > chaplains<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/01/exclusive-concerns-militar...> > ,[70]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > and > the Pentagon continues collaborating with Islamist-tinged defense > contractors<http://frontpagemag.com/2011/dgreenfield/the-defense-contractors-of-i...> > .[71]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > > Although such failings have worsened under President Obama's > administration, the problems predated him. It was President George W. > Bush's Pentagon that hosted al-Qaeda's Awlaki at a post-9/11 > luncheon<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/al-qaeda-terror-leader-dined-pen...> > [72]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > and > ousted Coughlin, the Islamic warfare scholar, after he ran afoul of a > Muslim > official<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/4/inside-the-ring-8-3430...> > .[73]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > During > the Bush years, the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute > published what has been called an "apologia for > Hamas<http://www.investigativeproject.org/979/us-army-war-college-publishes...> > "[74]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > while > the drive to refrain from verbally linking terrorism to Islam can be partly > traced<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24297050/ns/world_news-terrorism/t/jihadi...> > to > a pair of government documents released in > 2008.[75]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > **** > Conclusions**** > > Whoever deserves the lion's share of the blame—the generals, the political > appointees, or the presidents who install them—the devastating impact of > this PC-addled approach is unmistakable.**** > > Curbing frank discussion of jihad and the theological foundations > referenced by jihadists means ignoring a central tenet of warfare since the > days of Sun Tzu: Know your enemy. Indeed, one of Dooley's slides > presciently > asks<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...>: > "How can we properly identify the enemy, analyze his weaknesses, and defeat > him, if we are NEVER permitted to examine him from the most basic doctrinal > level?"[76]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > With > regard to Islamists inside the ranks, of which Hasan is the leading example > to date, counterterrorism expert Patrick Poole > explains<http://pjmedia.com/blog/willful-blindness-army-unprepared-for-another...> > that > cloaking the subject in talk of "violent extremism" and "pretending that > the threat is random and unknowable gives them [officials] license to do > nothing" and thus opens the door to future > attacks.[77]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Finally, > kowtowing to Islamist organizations such as CAIR, pressuring citizens not > to offend Muslims, and issuing apologies to mollify those who kill over a > charred book can only project timidity, thereby breeding greater contempt > and convincing Islamists of their own righteousness. It is especially > damaging when weakness is conveyed by the armed forces, the institution > most identified with American strength.**** > > At his Senate confirmation > hearing<http://www.nysun.com/national/petraeus-iraq-surge-crucial-to-mission/...> > on > January 23, 2007, evaluating his nomination to guide the war in Iraq, Gen. > Petraeus offered an observation that applies equally well to the broader > conflict with radical Islam: "This is a test of wills at the end of the > day. … A commander in such an endeavor would obviously like the enemy to > feel that there is no > hope."[78]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...>Unfortunately, > by caving to Islamists, he and other military leaders have accomplished > just the opposite: They have encouraged jihadists to believe that victory > against a cowering America is within reach.**** > > *David J. Rusin* is a research fellow at Islamist Watch, a project of the > Middle East Forum.**** > > [1]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *FrontPage Magazine* (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), Dec. 13, > 2011<http://frontpagemag.com/2011/ryan-mauro/islamists-demand-counterterro...> > . > [2]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *Wired* (San Francisco), Sept. 14, > 2011<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-muslims-radical/> > . > [3]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Various > organizations to Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, Oct. 19, > 2011. > [4]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Jose > S. Mayorga to Joint Staff, "Request for Joint Staff > Coordination<http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2011/11/mayorga.DOD_.CVE...>," > U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, > Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2011. > [5]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *Fox News*, Oct. 5, > 2012<http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/05/rising-career-us-army-officer-ma...> > . > [6]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > * Wired*, May 10, > 2012<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > . > [7]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Ibid., Apr. 24, > 2012<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/military-islam-training/> > . > [8]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Ibid., May 10, > 2012<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > . > [9]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The Washington Times*, Oct. 14, > 2012<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > . > [10]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *Wired*, May 10, > 2012<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/total-war-islam/all/> > . > [11]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Bill > Gertz, "Inside the > Ring<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jan/4/inside-the-ring-8-3430...> > ," *The Washington Times*, Jan. 4, 2008. > [12]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Associated > Press, May 10, > 2012<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/military-class-suspended-_0_...> > . > [13]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The Washington Times*, Oct. 14, > 2012<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > . > [14]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *Wired*, Nov. 26, 2012 <http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/dooley/>. > [15]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The Washington Times*, Oct. 14, > 2012<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/14/colonels-class-on-rad...> > . > [16]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > "Muslim Influence in Pentagon Prevails; Material on Radical Islam > 'Purged,' Outstanding Army Officer 'Disciplined,' TMLC Enters > Case<http://www.thomasmore.org/news/muslim-influence-pentagon-prevails-mat...>," > Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, Sept. 17, 2012. > [17]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Rep. > Thomas J. 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Joseph I. Lieberman and Sen. Susan M. Collins, U.S. Senate > Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Washington, D.C., > Feb. 2011.* > [33]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The New York Times*, Feb. 4, > 2011<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/us/04hood.html> > . > [34]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The Washington Post*, Nov. 12, > 2009<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR200...> > . > [35]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *The New York Times*, Nov. 9, > 2009<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/09muslim.html> > . > [36]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *USA Today*, Dec. 10, > 2009<http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-12-10-military-recr...> > . > [37]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Andrew > C. 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[59]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Associated > Press, Feb. 21, > 2012<http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/02/afghanistan-enraged-crowd-of-2000-r...> > . > [60]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Ibid., Feb. 24, > 2012<http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/02/pentagon-apologizes-at-local-mos...> > . > [61]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > Reuters, Aug. 27, > 2012<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-usa-afghanistan-idUSBRE8...> > . > [62]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *CNN News*, May 20, > 2009<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.bu...> > . > [63]<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghans-protest-impr...> > *Fox News*, Apr. 22, > 2010<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/21/army-weighs-rescinding-inv...> > . > 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