Posted on 08/24/2011 2:16:33 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
There are so many weird aspects of this story. Don't these Marines have mothers, or someone in their lives who told them as children that audible passing of gas was offensive? And the high command has to tell them to cut it out because it offends Afghans, as if such a reaction were different from that of any normal person? And unfortunately, the friendly-fire jihad attacks by Afghans that regularly punctuate the working relationship between U.S. and Afghan troops are not going to be ended by this small gesture in "trust building." "For Marines in Afghanistan: be careful where you fart," by Gina Cavallaro in Military Times, August 23 (thanks to David):
OH please our next Republican president.......PLEASE STOP THIS NONSENSE!!!
Islamists consider farts to be unclean. If you fart while saying your prayers while washing your hands after going to the toilet, you have to begin the cleansing ritual all over again.
Islam is institutionalized Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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