Legal group comes to aid of Army instructor ousted over Muslim groups' complaints

Fox News ^ | October 5, 2012 | Perry Chiaramonte

[jazusamo]

An Army lieutenant colonel who was on the fast track until Muslim groups complained about a course he taught on radical Islam has a legal foundation in his foxhole.

Attorneys for Lt. Col Matthew Dooley, a West Point graduate and highly-decorated combat veteran, was an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College at the National Defense University, where by most accounts he won praise from students and faculty alike. But when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey excoriated Dooley during a Pentagon press conference in May, characterizing his course, “Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism” as objectionable, unprofessional, and “against our values,” Dooley's once-bright career effectively hit a dead end, say his backers.

“This was a very heavy-handed approach from the very top,” said Richard Thompson, chief counselor and president of the Thomas More Law Center, a national nonprofit public interest law firm handling Dooley’s case. “He had a brilliant career ahead of him," Thompson said. "Now, he has been flagged.”

Following Dempsey's criticism, Dooley received a negative Officer Evaluation Report (OER) after acing them for the past five years, according to Thompson. In military circles, the bad OER was a scarlet letter.

“They [superiors] ordered a negative evaluation. He will never have the opportunity for promotion unless this is overturned,” Thompson said.

[jazusamo]

I agree, especially since he's the one behind saying the transformation to openly gay in the military has taken place without a hitch, that's a flat out lie.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for that link!

[job]

All kidding aside, you are right center on target. We have become so wrapped up in this PC movement that it prohibits people from thinking critically, and prohibits the plain truth from being told. Just read the Koran for what it says. It will get to the point where you cannot say anything the Bible says for fear of hurting the feelings of any other group or person, not take appropriate actions against people who intend to do this country harm because it would be seen as “insensitive.”

[publius911]

The first thin a new Romney administration should do is fire Gen.Dempsey.
He’s bad for the morale of the U.S. forces.

Amen.

Brown nosing the Manchurian Muslim-loving President.
And an Enemy of the American People!

[Coldwater Creek]

I can't say much because I live in an active duty home. Retirement should not even b e an option for Dempsey. Hang him on harassment of an subordinate.

[onedoug]

Dempsey is an islamist or islamist sympathizer himself. Pray God it’s not too late to clean out these vermin when Romney is elected.

[PoloSec]

Thank You...Excellent work, to me the islamization of America is the most important issue facing our country, except for LTC West, it appears very few in government has the courage to even speak about it.

[TurboZamboni]

I’d include Michelle Bachmann with West.

[ViLaLuz]

thanks for the links

[Rappini]

Thanks