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Top U.S. Military Officer Calls Pastor Over Film
Reuters ^ | Wednesday, September 12, 2012 | Phil Stweart and David Adams

Posted on 09/12/2012 12:09:03 PM PDT by kristinn

General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with Pastor Terry Jones by phone on Wednesday and asked him to withdraw his support for a film whose portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad has sparked violent protests - including one that ended with the death of America's envoy to Libya

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To: kristinn

Surprised he could even use a phone since his head is up his butt so far. He is one of those two bit brown noses that rose in the ranks by butt kissing and not by skill, intelligence, proficiency, etc. Saw a lot of them in the service and you could fairly smell them before you saw them.


241 posted on 09/12/2012 2:02:03 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Skittle pooping unicorns are more common than progressives with honor & integrity.)
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To: kristinn

What? Is this a joke? We have a murdered ambassador and our JCOS wants a pastor to do what? Take down a youtube? Incredible.


242 posted on 09/12/2012 2:02:46 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: jazusamo

Exactly. Dempsey should be fired immediately and sent into early retirement. His job is to defend the American people, the American constitution, and all of the constitutionally-protected freedoms that make America (at least for today) a great country. With this pathetic and cowardly phone call, Dempsey has clearly failed to do his job and therefore he should be dismissed immediately and replaced with someone who knows how to defend America and out freedoms. On Romney’s first day as President next January, one of his first actions should be to fire this pathetic excuse for a military leader.


243 posted on 09/12/2012 2:03:02 PM PDT by socialism_stinX (If knowledge is power, then why is the MSM mafia so powerful?)
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To: Incorrigible
And just who told the Afghan muzzies about Terry Jones that time?
244 posted on 09/12/2012 2:03:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: kristinn

You go to hell, “General”.


245 posted on 09/12/2012 2:04:09 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
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To: All
FWIW (DEBKA),

Al Zawahri personally ordered Al Qaeda to murder US Ambassador Stevens

246 posted on 09/12/2012 2:05:10 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Uncle Miltie

If a bunch of us go out and burn down a movie theater and kill the guy who sells popcorn maybe General Kneepads will give Michael Moore a call and tell him to STFU.


247 posted on 09/12/2012 2:06:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: ExSoldier; GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
I've been here 10 years and I stand with GeorgeWashingtonsGhost.

Alter Kaker should move to Europe where they arrest people for improper speech.

248 posted on 09/12/2012 2:06:22 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: kabar

I know, but WHO came up with the idea it was a film to blame?


249 posted on 09/12/2012 2:06:38 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: socialism_stinX

If people in the Middle East are offended by video on the internet posted by people in Western nations, then they should just stop watching those videos. We’re not going to retreat one inch in this battle for freedom of speech.


250 posted on 09/12/2012 2:06:38 PM PDT by socialism_stinX (If knowledge is power, then why is the MSM mafia so powerful?)
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To: kristinn

So I interpret this article to mean that General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, just seceded the war on terror to the terrorists? Where will the articles of unconditional surrender be signed? Mecca?............/frothing at the mouth mad & sick of this liberal shiite sarc


251 posted on 09/12/2012 2:07:13 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Vote for Paul Ryan 2012...... oh, and that other guy running on his ticket that's not Obama.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Maybe if the Marxist General could find a better strategy to neutralize the Islamic threat he would not have to call a small town preacher and beg him to back off.

Are you kidding me?


252 posted on 09/12/2012 2:08:12 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: plain talk
IT'S YOUTUBE! EVERYONE GET AWAY FROM YOUTUBE!!!

(coincidentally The Jerk was born a poor black boy too!)

253 posted on 09/12/2012 2:09:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: nutmeg

This is Bush-Obama neocon-leftist policy of appeasment and near treason. We need Muslim support for Democracy, ergo we must debase ourselves like Dhimmi. And all to help spread Islamism with the Democracy Jihad.


254 posted on 09/12/2012 2:10:51 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: Alter Kaker; All

Hey, where’d ya go? You’re still getting your ass handed to you in this thread, would hate to see you miss one glorious moment of it! LOL


255 posted on 09/12/2012 2:11:58 PM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in America's panties, 0bama is the yellow stain in front!)
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To: kristinn

Blaming Jones is a convenient excuse. He’s being used as a patsy.

The whole “film caused the riots” story is too quick, too easy, and too insistent from this crew to be believed.

These were staged, coordinated attacks on our people resulting in murder, by the groups that this POS admin put in place.

And they want to blame some obscure American Pastor - who has every damned right in the world to make whatever film he decides to make, if in fact he DID make a film - to conveniently cover up whatever intelligence failure they may have had.

After Operation Fast And Furious and their blatant, outright attempt to wipe out our Second Amendment, I believe NOTHING that comes out of their lying faces.

That a US General Officer should be calling a private citizen to “suggest” that he back off is just beyond the pale - but again, with this crowd, why is ANYTHING surprising to anyone out here. “Suggestions” from the govzilla are ultimately backed up with the implied threat of coercive force. To me, it appears to be an attack on the First Amendment now - a ready-made excuse to label anything that offends these animals as “Hate Speech”.

Election Day in November is Take Out The Trash Day. Priority One.


256 posted on 09/12/2012 2:15:25 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: TigersEye
You bring up a good point there. What about the movie about the raid on bin Laden that the 0bama administration has approved and cooperated in making? Shouldn’t General Buttkiss call up 0bammy and tell him not to inflame Muslim sensibilities?

If leftist idiots can dream up a connection between Sam Bacile's film and the murders in Libya, I wonder what they will say when this film comes out and innocent Americans die as a result???

 

 

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257 posted on 09/12/2012 2:17:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Girlene

No doubt the mob organizers—MB and AQ. It is just a pretext to draw a big crowd to cover their activities.


258 posted on 09/12/2012 2:17:35 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kristinn
Is this a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?
259 posted on 09/12/2012 2:18:29 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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To: kristinn

Dear General Dempsey: The pastor might feel constrained by his vocation from giving you the only answer that is appropriate. So allow me to do so in his stead: ..l.


260 posted on 09/12/2012 2:19:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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