http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18030105Why was the US military teaching 'total war' on Islam?
America's top military officer has condemned a course taught about Islam at one of America's top military schools as "totally objectionable".
It is not surprising. The story, first broken by Wired, is fairly astonishing, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, must be furious.
The course taught officers there was no such thing as moderate Islam and that they should consider the religion their enemy.
It advocated "total war" against all the world's Muslims, including possible nuclear attacks on the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and the wiping out civilian populations.
The Pentagon has confirmed the course material found on their website is authentic.
'Something weird'
As far as I can see this is not intended in any sense as a rather sick academic exercise in stretching the bounds of what could be thought. It is actually what the officer teaching it believes.
In other words: completely nutty stuff that would disgrace the wilder fringes of the blogosphere.
So, not surprisingly, Gen Dempsey has ordered a full investigation into what other US military schools might be teaching about the religion.
The voluntary course aimed at senior officers was taught at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, for a year.
Gen Dempsey described the course as "counter to our values of appreciation for religious freedom and cultural awareness" and "just objectionable, academically irresponsible".
It came to light when one of the officers on the course complained last month. There is now an investigation into how the course was approved and why it was part of the curriculum.
A lieutenant colonel has been suspended from teaching, but for the moment keeps his job. The Pentagon hopes a full report will be out by the end of the month.
What does seem rather surprising is that all those commanders, captains and colonels must have sat through the course and not felt the need to tell someone that something rather weird was going on.
nopeunnamednewbie13 wrote:
Just? Didn't she have dual-citizenship for years?eleven bravo wrote:
michelle bachman just became a swiss citizen
What do you mean "nope?"eleven bravo wrote:
nopeunnamednewbie13 wrote:
Just? Didn't she have dual-citizenship for years?eleven bravo wrote:
michelle bachman just became a swiss citizen
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_pol … tizenship/Referring to the Swiss citizenship as an "automatic" designation conferred upon her when she married her husband Marcus Bachmann, the son of Swiss immigrants, Bachmann said she was withdrawing the citizenship to make clear her allegiance to the U.S.
"Today I sent a letter to the Swiss Consulate requesting withdrawal of my dual Swiss citizenship, which was conferred upon me by operation of Swiss law when I married my husband in 1978," Bachmann said in a statement. "I took this action because I want to make it perfectly clear: I was born in America and I am a proud American citizen.
You're insane.13rin wrote:
Those 'birthin baggers' still crazy?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government … sia-Hawaii
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you actually read the article? it say's it's not evidence that he was born outside the USA, just that his origins are portrayed differently depending on the subject13rin wrote:
Those 'birthin baggers' still crazy?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government … sia-Hawaii
Breibart admits nothing. He's dead.AussieReaper wrote:
You're insane.13rin wrote:
Those 'birthin baggers' still crazy?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government … sia-Hawaii
Oh and Breibart even admits as much:
The errant Obama biography in the Acton & Dystel booklet does not contradict the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate. Moreover, several contemporaneous accounts of Obama’s background describe Obama as having been born in Hawaii.
Yeah I don't know American journalists.Macbeth wrote:
Breibart admits nothing. He's dead.AussieReaper wrote:
You're insane.13rin wrote:
Those 'birthin baggers' still crazy?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government … sia-Hawaii
Oh and Breibart even admits as much:
The errant Obama biography in the Acton & Dystel booklet does not contradict the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate. Moreover, several contemporaneous accounts of Obama’s background describe Obama as having been born in Hawaii.
oh and the article says the thing you are looking at is from a book publishers promo material.
According to wiki (lawl), his mom was boning an indonesian geological surveyor and he had work in Indonesia, so the whole family moved. And he studied in a Catholic school too, so only retards say he's a muzzi.Macbeth wrote:
Yes. A former Hillary campaign staffer started this rumor before the then upcoming DNC. Hillary had already conceded but the staffer had hoped a a legitimacy controversy would derail Obama and force the Democrats to pick Hillary.
Despite that I think this would have been happened on its on eventually anyway. Somebody would have came with it since the whole Kenyan father, living in Indonesia stuff.
On side note, why was Obama living in Indonesia? This is something even I am unsure about.
Facebook raised $16 billion in its initial public offering Thursday, valuing the company at $104 billion. Trading throughout Friday could increase that figure significantly. Facebook's market cap is already larger than Amazon.com, Visa, and McDonald's.
If the stock pops just 30%, Facebook's market cap will eclipse JP Morgan, making it more valuable than any bank in the United States.
The graph below compares Facebook, in red, to about 30 of the most valuable companies in America.
lolin return for reopening the routes, Pakistan has called for:
A public apology for the killings
A review of US policy on drone attacks inside Pakistan
An increase of the transit charge from $250 (GBP158) to $5,000 per vehicle.
lololCorrespondents say US President Barack Obama is unhappy about the fee, given that US is already giving Pakistan large amounts of aid.
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yeah fuck pakistanDilbert_X wrote:
lolin return for reopening the routes, Pakistan has called for:
A public apology for the killings
A review of US policy on drone attacks inside Pakistan
An increase of the transit charge from $250 (GBP158) to $5,000 per vehicle.lololCorrespondents say US President Barack Obama is unhappy about the fee, given that US is already giving Pakistan large amounts of aid.
$38 IPO -> $34.03 Monday -> $31.00 Tuesday.Criticism of the Facebook Inc. stock deal grew as the shares dropped below their offering price in their first full day of trading Monday, wiping $11.5 billion off the social network's market value.
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The company, its investment bankers and the Nasdaq Stock Market came under fire for failing to ensure a smooth debut for one of the most anticipated deals in recent memory. Facebook shares, which began trading Friday at $38 and managed to add just 23 cents by the end of that day, fell 11% Monday to $34.03.
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At $34 a share, Facebook has a price-to-earnings ratio, a measure of how expensive or cheap a stock is, of about 85 times projected earnings for the next 12 months, according to CapitalIQ. By comparison, Google Inc. trades at 13 times earnings.
Nice job fucking idiot.George Brady, a 66-year-old recruiter in North Carolina, bought 1,000 shares of Facebook a few minutes after it opened for trading Friday. He said by Monday morning, he sold his holding, taking a $2,770 loss.
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What is this I don't even...RTHKI wrote:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-26/naked-attacker-chewing-face-killed/55224874/1
florida again
