Posted on 02/03/2005 3:06:54 PM PST by Brian Mosely
Press Release
Source: Council on American-Islamic Relations
Muslims Call For Pentagon Action Over General's Remarks Thursday February 3, 3:30 pm ET
Commander of Marine Division in Iraq Says Shooting People is 'Fun'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Pentagon to discipline a top general who earlier this week said it is "fun to shoot some people."
At a public event in San Diego, Calif., Lt. Gen. James Mattis said:
"Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot ... You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." The audience applauded the general's remarks.
Mattis leads the 1st Marine Division in Iraq. He is based in Quantico, Va.
SEE: TOP MARINE GENERAL'S BLUNT COMMENTS DRAW FIRE http://www.nbc4.tv/politics/4155808/detail.html (Video of the general's remarks is available at this site.)
"We do not need generals who treat the grim business of war as a sporting event," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "These disturbing remarks are indicative of an apparent indifference to the value of human life." Awad urged that "appropriate disciplinary action" be taken against Gen. Mattis.
In 2003, CAIR called for similar action against Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, who told church audiences that he is in "the army of God" and claimed Muslims worship an "idol." A Pentagon investigation of Boykin's remarks concluded that he violated regulations by failing to make clear he was not speaking in an official capacity and did not obtain prior clearance for the remarks.
CAIR, America's largest Muslim civil liberties group, has 31 offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
To read CAIR's Mission, Vision Statement and Core Principles, go to: http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=About
CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726, E-Mail: ihooper@cair-net.org; Rabiah Ahmed, 202-488-8787 or 202-439-1441, E-Mail: rahmed@cair-net.org
NOTE: CAIR offers an e-mail list designed to be a journalist's window to the American Muslim community. Subscribers to the list, called ISLAM-INFONET, receive news releases and other materials dealing with American Muslim positions on issues of importance to our society.
To SUBSCRIBE to ISLAM-INFONET, go to: http://cair.biglist.com/islam-infonet/
I'm not sure they understood that, could you please re-iterate that a little more succinctly?
This guy is telling us not to be offensive to him when Private Akbar murdered Americans. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to do one's job and having fun doing it. If this guy can't stomach Muslim enemies of the US being killed in war and soldiers having fun killing them then he should leave the US.
They're too busy watching them over and over and over again and again.
(Hey, they got a right to have fun, don't ya know)
(CAIR is slime)
he was right.....and some DESERVE shooting
I am so sick of this crap...F all of them.
"I can't spare this man. He fights." Abe Lincoln
Give him more men and let him bring more terrorists to justice.
He should be severely reprimanded for talking about the fun of shooting poeple while ignoring the importance of breaking things.
He is keeping true to the spirit of one of Democracy's greatest warriors.
General George Patton.
I don't CAIR what the mooslims think! I want our military to be composed of the meanest, nastiest, scariest, smartest, bravest men we can find. Screw political correctness.
Give him a medal.
...instead of Ismail Royer (CAIR former contact), who is in jail for terrorist activities"
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I say we ought to put every person who calls themself a muslim into a concentration camp and ship them all back to the middle east.
How about we promote the guy and throw a barbeque party with lotsa pork ribs and sausage. We'll make sure CAIR gets an invite.
Did he say shooting muslims is fun or shooting people was fun? I believe he said shooting people who are terrorists was fun. I would think this would be a fun thing a soldier who is fighting a WAR. CAIR needs to stop being so sensitive.
As I recall, feminists have called for men who beat women to be horse whipped. I don't remember any particular outrage at that!
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