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| Pentagon still unsure of whether to link Islam with violent jihad |
| 2016-10-08 |
"Staffers in various departments in the Pentagon (the U.S. Defense Department) are busy preparing a document known as the National Military Strategy ‐ but have not yet come to an agreement on at least one critical point regarding the worldwide terror threat. The biennial document, intended for senior U.S. military commanders around the world, sets out big picture strategy guidance in light of the myriad threats they may face in the line of duty. This is the first one prepared under the guidance of Gen. Joseph Dunford, who took office as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff exactly a year ago. The debate taking place at present concerns whether or not to clearly specify the strong connection between extremist Islam and terrorism." |
| Posted by:Vast Right Wing Conspiracy |
| #5 Slow? compared to the pentagon, glacial flow is a top fuel dragster. maybe in January the brakes will be released and chocks pulled..... any more Stupid Donald Speaks tho' and iits all over |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-10-08 11:46 |
| #4 Progress is very slow at the Five-Sided-Nut. I can remember a time in the not too distant past when the 'Haqanni Network' was not considered a terrorist threat. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-10-08 08:56 |
| #3 In August 1988 some forty radicals met in Khost, Afghanistan, to declare war on the West. Al Qaeda was born, Osama bin Laden was its leader, and the organization had its own Imam to lead it in prayers. Bin Laden, his friend Zawahiri and others chose an Iraqi mujahideen to serve as their Imam. All were influenced by the atavistic Salafist philosophy of Ibn Tammaya. Yes, a radical preacher dead for centuries was alive and well, and he is the same radical who influences ISIL, Abu Sayyaf and the myriad crazies who inhabit Pakistan and Afghanistan. He is the same radical who influences the radical wing of the international Muslim Brotherhood. I wonder what the Pentagon does to inform its fighting force of the history of Islamic radicalism? I'll bet not much. |
| Posted by: Shick de Medici6262 2016-10-08 06:08 |
| #2 Tell me again what the Barbary wars were about? |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-10-08 04:23 |
| #1 Honesty or integrity are of course irrelevant to the decision during this administration. However the American people will judge General Dunford by the honesty of this document. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-10-08 02:33 |