This appeasement behavior is not really part of the warfighter mentality I always envisioned in our Army.
I can see General Patton rolling over in his grave.
Posted on 05/17/2008 5:09:19 PM PDT by Prole
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A soldier used the Quran -- Islam's holy book -- for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology on Saturday.
Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond apologizes after a soldier admitted using the Quran for target practice. Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, apologized to leaders in Radhwaniya, in the western outskirts of Baghdad, for the staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader assigned to the headquarters of the 64th Armored Regiment.
He also read a letter of apology by the shooter. It was the first time the incident -- which tested the relationship between U.S.-backed Sunni militiamen and the military -- was made public since it was discovered May 11. "I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others at the apology ceremony.
"In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers." Another military official kissed a Quran and presented is as "a humble gift" to the tribal leaders.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Literally forced a commanding officer to kiss a Koran.
< / Nuclear Barf >
Where o where are the Black Jack Pershings?
Yes and no. The shooter should have had some sense and waited until he got back stateside to do it.
He needs a medal.
Lot of good Mohammad got out of burning down all those wooden idols in Mecca.
Arabs are probably incapable of change ~ they like their little cellulose gods.
I think I would like to see what my .308 does to one. Or maybe my .50 flint long rifle. Sounds like fun.
That soldier needs a major ass kicking for that. The reality is that he put his fellow soldiers and Marines in harm’s way.
He could have used one for TP and kept his mouth shut.
Heck I’ve been buying ‘em at the used book stores and using ‘em for TP.
But then I decided I didn't like having evil that close to me, so I just burn them now.
Thank you freekoran.com. See you in hell... with me looking down from Heaven.
This appeasement behavior is not really part of the warfighter mentality I always envisioned in our Army.
I can see General Patton rolling over in his grave.
Welcome home, soldier.
Did the taxpayer have to finance a "ceremony" for this?
Would have hated to be the S3 or S1 during the planning of that claptrap.
Please forgive me and my soldiers. Certainly there was something more worthless to shoot at than some book, yet would have brought more worthwhile results. It is unfortunate that we are allied with those who would find a book, or the words within, more valuable than the lives and destiny of those who profess to uphold and learn from such a book. When the book is more important than the message, beware. The end is near. If we may hasten that end and save you suffering, we are honored to do so.
Sickening.
I want to buy that soldier a beer when they come home.
“Our Country won’t go on forever if we stay soft as we are now! There won’t be any AMERICA because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!” ~ Lt. Gen. Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, USMC
No kidding. Blech....
A single shot of .50 BMG makes confetti out of one.
Toilet paper?????
He shouldn’t be shooting that cult book in Iraq but it should be banned in the United States.
This sickens me.
Whatever you think of the Koran, openly defiling one in a country where we’re trying to get people on our side is extremely dumb.
In all fairness, if Iraq were here removing violent, extremist Christians from our neighborhoods then used the Bible as a target, you’d all be screaming for an explanation and apology as well.
Seriously, the inability for some of you to think outside your personal space is rather unsettling.
I have a .40 cal.S&W Sigma that will do the trick too.
The chapters about killing Jews and non-muslims are especially disgusting.
The bottom line is that there are many non-PC Soldiers in the ranks today, and we are seeing what happens to them.
They get into deep excrement the instant they demonstrate any behavior outside of the politically correct crap being shoved down our throats.
It's all in keeping with the "Islam is a Religion of Peace" LIE.
The Army is fast becoming the last place a non-PC American should find himself.
Can you imagine General Patton being forced to kiss "Mein Kampf" during his apology ceremony to the Nazis?
Seriously, you should have the PC removed, and soon.
I can think of a lot less sanitary uses for there
book of lies. Amen.
Where is his cigar??
I don’t think what he did was too bright. I am wondering if he did it to get out of Iraq.
I don’t think this was a political incorrect incident, it was stupidity. He doesn’t realize how much damage this could have cause and the additional lives he put at risk because of it.
There would be people here on FR who would be upset if a Bible had been used for target practice.
I still can't quite picture General Patton begging for forgiveness of the Nazis and giving "Mein Kampf" a big, fat smooch and kneeling.
If the US had followed the idea that he was associated with, that we should ally with the Germans against Stalin, damned right he would have had to kiss it.
A problem (but not NOT “the”) is that when anyone, anywhere does something like this, muslims the world over riot over what ONE MAN did. The US didn’t do this. ONE MAN did. Just like the story about the kran in the toilet. Considering we’re trying to help Iraq, and get Iraqis to help us, it is very unhelpful. Still, the worst part of it is our military being “forced” to apologize for it.
Waste of a good bullet.
This article deserves a barf alert.
As unappealing to some as it may seem, this sort of behavior makes it harder for us to succeed in Iraq and draws out our mission.
“The shooter should have had some sense and waited until he got back stateside to do it.”
Should this have happened in the USA, the shooter would be in jail and the local mayor would have been forced to kiss the koran at the local mosque. So, what else is new?
“A military investigation found the shooter guilty and relieved him of duty; he will be redeployed to the United States for reassignment away from the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division.”
“Welcome home, soldier.”
So it worked.
Mein Kampf and the Koran are loaded with terrible, racist statements about killing Jews. They are something out of a Louis Farrakhan speech.
I am inclined to believe our military leaders today are too politically correct.
What kind of American kisses the Koran and grovels for forgiveness? Then they booted the sniper out of theater after "finding him guilty?" Guilty of what?
It's just weakness on display if you ask me. And it sends a message to the troops about being feeble-minded fools lest they upset the PC gods that govern our military.
“I can see General Patton rolling over in his grave.”
Why only Patton? The entire Greatest Generation probably wonders why they went through all the trouble, suffering and dying for a generation that is throwing its identity in the toilet.
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