The Pentagon has announced that it is suspending a special course taught to mid-level officers which urged them to view all Muslims as the enemy and advised policies of destruction of entire Muslim cities, including Mecca and Medina, with no regard for civilian deaths.
Lt. Col Matthew Dooley, the instructor of the course, taught that laws protecting civilians are “no longer relevant” and urged a blockade of all food to Saudi Arabia, imposing mass starvation, with a goal of seeing “Islam reduced to a cult status.”
Dooley conceded that mass starvation and deliberate destruction of major cities would “not be seen as politically correct in the eyes of many.” Officials say Dooley will retain his position, but he is on leave pending investigation into the class.
Gen. Martin Dempsey said that the class was “objectionable” and “academically irresponsible.” Other officials say that the class was originally scrapped last month, following repeated complaints, but it is not clear how long the class was being taught before that.
So who are the real haters?
Of course it's clear how long the course had been taught…the military keeps records when anyone takes a dump… The problem is Dooley and those who believe as he does. Why is he still there? If the class is "objectionable" and "irresponsible" then the one who devised and taught the course is…"objectionable" and "irresponsible" – wouldn't you think? If this is the type of thinking they want to get out of the military environment then start with those who advocate it. That is, of course, if they're really interested in getting rid of it.
Yes, DOD obviously finds the course acceptable, but momentarily embarrassing. DOD and the KKK apparently have the same values and ethical standards today.
Those actions reflect on those of us who have served in the military. One thing is inappropriate actions by individual soldiers; another is planning and training for mass genocide by senior officers. This reads like a horror story.
“… blockade of all food to Saudi Arabia…” seems like a mighty good idea. Hungry Saudis may become more concerned about what to eat than to terrorize the Syrian population by blowing them up.
Morgenthau plan revivial?
To the Pentagon: All you assholes are the enemy to muslims until otherwise proven.
No, the Pentagon is the enemy of all mankind.
This is disgusting.
This report is not going to make the work of our brave lads in Afghanistan, the Yemen, etc., etc. any easier. You have to wonder what these guys in the Pentagon were thinking…I guess there is an easy answer to that…
The soldier accused of murdering all those civilians should call these people as witnesses. He was just doing what the Army taught their officers. The neo-cons are being rallied in the same way people disgust at the Abu Ghraib torture and abuse incident where suddenly everything was ok, it was nothing more than Frat hazing, and American descended into the next ring of Hell. Torture is All-American. Murdering children is collateral damage cause we don't mean it and we're the good guys.
Aaaaawe…how very nice of the Pentagon.