CA: National Guard criticized for anti-Islam poster (CODE-PINK/enemies within Alerts!)

Modesto Bee ^ | 7/12/05 | AP - Sacramento

[NormsRevenge]

SACRAMENTO - Islamic leaders and peace groups are criticizing the California National Guard for a flier posted in its headquarters suggesting the United States should execute Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pig's blood to deny them entry to heaven.

The poster attributes the practice to World War I General John J. Pershing.

"Maybe it is time for this segment of history to repeat itself, maybe in Iraq?" the flier stated. It was posted outside a cubicle in the Guard's Civil Support Division.

A second flier showed the wings and tail of a bomber forming a peace sign with the slogan, "Peace the old fashioned way." Also posted was a cartoon from a Web site showing a Red Crescent ambulance stuffed with weapons and a caricature that looks like the late-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unloading the weapons.

Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Doug Hart at first defended the postings to the San Jose Mercury News, which reported the posters Tuesday but later said they had been removed.

Peace activists spotted the fliers during a tour last week. The tour came after peace groups and a state senator questioned whether a new Guard unit had been formed to spy on U.S. citizens and had monitored a Mother's Day anti-war rally.

"It's troubling to see a governmental organization dedicated to the security of our country promoting culturally and religiously insensitive ideas," said William Youmans, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Santa Clara. "It's very possible to combat terrorism without offending the cultural values of a major world religion."

[TADSLOS]

"It's very possible to combat terrorism without offending the cultural values of a major world religion."

Actually, it's not...and be effective long term.

[NormsRevenge]

As a gesture to win favor with an earlier proposal to expand intelligence capabilities for the CA National Guard, a number of activists were invited to their center.

One of the Code Pink folks took a pic of this poster and later this pops up as a brouhaha.

If that is a gubamint installation that was visited, why was she allowed to take pics at all?

[SandRat]

[xcamel]

WWII slogan

"Code Pink = Rat Fink"

[Cultural Jihad]

They might as well warn abortion clinic bombers, Klansmen, and IRA terrorists that they'll not be buried in hallowed church ground.

[Ramius]

Huh?

[joesnuffy]

Can no longer quote one of America's greatest generals...

Blackjack is not PC

[muir_redwoods]

"It's troubling to see a governmental organization dedicated to the security of our country promoting culturally and religiously insensitive ideas,"

Ideas like combat? I thought it was their purpose to destroy the specific example of the culture known as our enemy.

[wildcatf4f3]

Pig Bood!!! Getcher Pig Blood here!! Pig Blood, Hurry its goin fast!!!Pig Blood here!!

[groanup]

Of course General Pershing never dipped bullets in pig's blood and used them to execute islamists. But how cool would it have been?

[tobyhill]

I think these peaceniks have wore out their rhetoric. Even the UK is back tracking from their usual Islampathy stance.

[mvpel]

Also posted was a cartoon from a Web site showing a Red Crescent ambulance stuffed with weapons and a caricature that looks like the late-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unloading the weapons.

Caricature, or a photograph?

[tkathy]

Any heaven that's worried about pig's blood is not much of a heaven.