[Theoria]

' Pershing buried slain jihadists with pigs so that they faced the prospect of going straight to hell (according to their Mohammedan beliefs) rather than inheriting a paradise of virgins.'

Any evidence or documents that Pershing ever did this?

[blackdog]

Seems a waste of a perfectly fine pig IMHO. Wouldn’t just the muck from the pig barn in the same hole be good enough?

[gusty]

From my reading the pig thing is a myth, no evidence of it actually occurring. But I will give the author a pass on it because the gist of his article on Pershing is correct. Pershing, like many other officers of his generation, understood the basics of counter insurgency warfare. The American and European militaries of the time had vast experience with successful COIN operations.