This was their headlines yesterday. Bias in the media much?
Posted on 02/20/2016 5:33:52 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Donald Trump on Friday cited an apocryphal story about a U.S. general who purportedly dipped bullets in pigs' blood to execute Muslim prisoners a century ago in an effort to deter Islamic terrorism.
Speaking at a rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, Trump reiterated his claim that the U.S. should "go much further" than waterboarding suspected terrorists, telling the story of Gen. John Pershing in the Philippines, who Trump said captured 50 Muslim prisoners a century ago and dipped 50 bullets in blood.
"And he lined up the 50 people and they shot 49 of those 50 people, and he said to the 50th, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened -- and in 25 years there wasn't a problem," Trump said to the audience, which grew quiet as he told the story.
Coming in contact with swine is forbidden under Islamic law.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about what Trump was suggesting in referencing the story, which Snopes, a website that investigates urban myths and legends, was unable to corroborate a year ago.
The story took place during a rally in which Trump reflected on his campaign's unanticipated success.
"This all began June 16. Who knew this was going to happen? I figured maybe I'd be in the pack," a subdued Trump said as he began his final rally before South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday, which could hand Trump his second consecutive electoral victory. "I thought it was going to be like a horse race. I'd be in the middle of the pack and at the very end I'd inch it out."
But Trump isn't in the middle of the pack, ready to inch out a victory in South Carolina. He's leading it, with CNN's average of South Carolina polling showing Trump with a double-digit lead over his closest competitor, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The victory would be a momentous one for Trump and a blow to several of his opponents, including Cruz, who has positioned himself as the conservative capable of rallying the South to capture the nomination.
At Friday's rally, Trump ripped Cruz as someone "who lies more than any other human being I have ever seen" and slammed politicians broadly as "all taken care of by every industry."
And while Trump touted his 20-point victory just a week earlier in the New Hampshire primary, he also sought to undercut his supporters' -- and the media's expectations -- urging them not to look at the polling showing him poised to clutch a decisive victory, but instead to get out and vote like they were preparing for a nail-biter.
"Who knows what the numbers are. The polls are very nice. Who knows? We can't take a chance," Trump said in comments starkly in contrast with his predictions of a "tremendous victory" in Iowa the day he ultimately faltered with a second-place finish.
"It's crunch time, folks. It's crunch time," he reminded the audience.
But Trump ended the night on a reflective note, reminding his supporters that they are part of a movement of which he is simply the "messenger" -- and urging them to get out and vote.
"You're going to say to yourselves this was one of the greatest evenings and one of the great days of your lives," Trump said.
"We're going to make America great again. Thank you, everybody. I love you."
This was their headlines yesterday. Bias in the media much?
Lol. “S. C. Yokels Cheer”.
Youtube video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiL4OTb6NkI
Only works as a deterrent if its use is advertised!
Just when Trump was starting to lose me.... he says something AMAZING like this!
Donald Trump will make a deal with ISIS that is so tough ISIS will only be able to cut your head off half way.
LOL! And they (the media, that would be) STILL can't figure out why he's leading in the polls and is gonna kick butt in South Carolina and Nevada.
They throw stuff like this out there hoping it will hurt him... good for... oh let's say conservatively, +3 in the polls.
The story I read has Trump making up this tall tale.
As i’ve heard in the past Pershing buried the Moros with pig entrails.
Don’t know the true facts but whatever he did seemed to work.
IIRC those encounters with the drugged up Moros gave rise to the military looking for a real manstopper handgun round, enter the .45ACP.
Who gives a damn about the UK. I do not as they were in on the lying about Iraq to build this nation and the UK up for a war. Yes, they started a publicity campaign long before we went into Iraq the second time. Bush went along with it also. Blair and Bush were preparing their countries for war. Bush was upset about a very low profile so called Iraqi agent in Kuwait who said he and his pals were going to kill Bush’s old man. I have always maintained the war was about that. Bush’s advisors damn sure did not listen to the brass. The retired Gen who Bush had in charge then turned away 500K Iraqi soldiers with AK’s in hand over 50 each back pay.
Who gives a damn about the UK. I do not as they were in on the lying about Iraq to build this nation and the UK up for a war. Yes, they started a publicity campaign long before we went into Iraq the second time. Bush went along with it also. Blair and Bush were preparing their countries for war. Bush was upset about a very low profile so called Iraqi agent in Kuwait who said he and his pals were going to kill Bush’s old man. I have always maintained the war was about that. Bush’s advisors damn sure did not listen to the brass. The retired Gen who Bush had in charge then turned away 500K Iraqi soldiers with AK’s in hand over 50 each back pay.
I researched it long time ago. Could not find that J.J. Pershing true or not. But, it aapeared that the Brits actually did and they found out that the Moozies fear that more than anything.
I always heard that General “Black Jack” Pershing threw a bunch of dead Muslims in a hole and poured pigs blood over them. And that’s why we didn’t have any trouble with the Muslims for about 70 years after that.
John J Pershing is the only commander who has had success in dealing with guerrilla war.
J. J. Pershing is the father of the modern army.
So, yeah, it looks to be true. I'm not surprised. At that HS military academy, the lads would've studied military history and probably found all the more sensational stories.
Sad thing is, the thought masters have decreed this to be "urban legend".
Well, there must be something to this because, remember the pig farmer in Texas a couple months ago? Where the Moozies wanted him to move because they bought land next to him to build a mosque?
One of the causes of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny in India was that Indian soldiers had to bit a cartridge which had grease which,it was believed, included both beef and pork. This offended both Hindus and Muslims.
These days those covers could easily be from RedState or the Blaze.
Until yesterday ANY of the candidates, including Cruz, could have talked of this idea.
Only one has the stones to do so.
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