Chaplain cites anti-Islam zeal - Yee cleared of espionage suspicions describes GITMO for memoir

Miami Herald ^ | October 7, 2005 | Carol Rosenberg

[Former Military Chick]

Anyone can write a book, one can only hope folks will think long and hard before buying it.

[wideawake]

Wow. What a slimy, slimy individual. Even a puff piece can't disguise his true, whiny, smarmy, traitorous self.

[hang 'em]

Ask Me if I Care About 'Mishandling' of Koran
June 6, 2005 | Doug Patton

First, Newsweek pulled a Dan Rather on us, running a fabricated story just because they wanted it to be true. They told the world that an American guard at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center had ripped pages from a prisoner's Koran and flushed it down a toilet. As a result, innocent people died when practitioners of Islam rioted in protest in Afghanistan.

Oops, said Newsweek, it seems we can't back up our story. Oh well, it's probably true; we just can't prove it. (Isn't it convenient for Newsweek that the media now have "Deep Throat" to talk about so they can revel in their glory days and divert our attention from their criminal negligence.)

The lie heard round the world about the flushed Koran has caused convulsions in the Bush Administration and forced the Pentagon to launch an investigation of unfounded allegations contained in an unsubstantiated story. The results of said investigation are now in, and it seems there are at least five incidents of "mishandling" of the Koran at Gitmo.

Well, guess what? I don't care!

Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?

Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?

Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?

Well, I don't. I don't care at all.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.

I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

I'll care when Clinton-appointed judges stop ordering my government to release photos of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, which are sure to set off the Islamic extremists just as Newsweek's lies did a few weeks ago.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.

When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured ... I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank ... I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts ... I don't care.

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and -- you guessed it -- I don't care!

[xzins]

It sounds like he admitted to the adultery, there at the end.

It alone, even if everything else would never have happened, would have ruined his career.

The 4 star CG of Tradoc (I believe) was just removed for the same reason.

A military of deployed (and stay-behind), married, young soldiers cannot destroy morale by giving those soldiers the impression that their comrades (especially leaders) will take liberties with their spouses at first opportunity.

Also, they cannot wink at disLOYALTY in oath-based relationships. What message does that send about the importance of other oaths.....oaths of loyalty to country, for example?

[Former Military Chick]

Have to agree with wideawake on this one.

PING to those who follow ex military folks who become author's. This guy is well a loose cannon and really is using his plight to make an all mighty buck.

What a waste of a great West Point education.

[george wythe]

''As Muslims, we would never tolerate similar abuse to the Bible or the Torah,''

I had to go to the original source to make sure you did not make that up.

Delusional ramblings is the most charitable description I can think of this article.

[browardchad]

the military took away his Koran, refused him a prayer rug at a Navy brig -- and even for a few days fed him routine military rations featuring Islam's forbidden bacon and ham

The new definition of torture.

After 9/11, did anyone in their wildest dreams think that Muslims would be able to make such hay out of their fellow-believers' slaughter of innocent Americans?

It was all a dream; it didn't happen. What's infinitely more important is to respect the "religion" that inspired the nightmare.

[Rummyfan]

This will sell about ten copies.

[ExpatGator]

Of course the goodly muslimes would not tolerate the abuse of a Bible or Torah! Although they have no problem with beheadings, dragging bodies through streets and ululating in joy at the murder of thousands. F Yee!

I am overjoyed that this muslime Spy was outed as the ratbastard that he is and hope that he reaps what he has sown.

[joesnuffy]

Traitor

[elcid1970]

Now then, tell us how you REALLY feel!

(Outstanding post. Keep it up!)

[Sometimes A River]

I predicted on 9-12 that it wouldn't be long before offending a Muslim would be the greatest "sin."

It seems as though it's become the case across the Western world.

[rdcorso]

I wouldn't even urinate on his filthy book.You can never trust a muslum if you're an infidel but that rule applies even more to those who convert to Islam.I have a serious problem with anybody who learns the facts about Islam and still decides to join it.

[thoughtomator]

You can either be a loyal American or you can be a Muslim, but by definition you cannot be both.

[Enchante]

''As Muslims, we would never tolerate similar abuse to the Bible or the Torah,''

All the evidence needed to show this guy is not playing with a full deck..... he may think he's speaking for himself, but he's sure not speaking for the vast majority of Islam that 'tolerates' extreme abuses across many countries not only of Christian and Jewish holy books but also holy buildings, the holy lands, and most obviously extreme abuses and savage slaughters of thousands of Jews and Christians without even a whimper of concern from the vast majority of Muslims.

[MEG33]

I wouldn't waste a dime on it!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1498199/posts

Code Words: Daniel Pearl-- President Bush's Speech ILLUSTRATED
White House ^ | 10/6/05 | Cinnamon Girl


Posted on 10/07/2005 12:28:07 AM CDT by Cinnamon Girl

This is a "don't miss"!

[ExitPurgamentum]

He is a supposedly sensitive man; he looks into the depth of souls of his flock. Why is it, then, that he denies any humanity and any understanding to the non-Muslim people around him? Is there anything he has ever said against the atrocities committed by his fellow Muslims? Does he agonize over beheadings, for instance?

Any decent person that belongs to a club whose members engage in reprehensible behavior has a dissonance. Saudi Arabia prohibits by law entry into the country to any "Jewish person." One cannot import a bible. Is that not similar to denying Koran? His fellow Muslims engage in atrocities on almost a daily basis. I don't see any soul-searching on the part of this chaplain, however.

[wideawake]

You've hit the nail on the head.

His observations of his fellow Americans (besides being factually suspect) are like those of scientist observing a new species.

He clearly has zero sympathy, camaraderie or fellow-feeling with his fellow Americans.

Just a creepy individual.

[isrul]

"As Muslims, we would never tolerate similar abuse to the Bible or the Torah,"

Typical lying Mohammedan dog. The more I hear, the more I become convinced that this is the most vile ideology that ever came upon the earth.

[hnorris]

I heard this clown's interview on NPR. He did not sound like a Captain in the US Army. He sounded like a college age kid speaking to other college aged kids. I found it hard to get past that to give him any credibility.