Posted on 01/21/2010 9:04:32 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. General David Petraeus said on Thursday it was "disturbing" that a manufacturer had embossed biblical citations on rifle scopes sent to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the firm announced it would voluntarily halt the practice.
"This is a big concern to the Army and the Marine Corps, who have contracted for these particular sites," said Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, noting the religious sensitivities American forces face in the two Muslim countries.
"This is of serious concern to me and to the other commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan because, indeed, it conveys a perception that is absolutely contrary to what it is that we have sought to do," Petraeus told a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"It is disturbing to us, frankly, that this was done," he added.
President Barack Obama has sought to convince the Muslim world that the U.S. fight against al Qaeda militants should not be viewed as a war against Islam.
Former President George W. Bush heightened those concerns shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington when he referred to his war on terrorism as a "crusade," a remark critics warned raised images of Christian knights attacking Muslim cities during the Middle Ages.
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Next, they’ll want to remove the cross from inside the scope.....
PC Crap!
Does anyone really think Iraqis or Afghans would give a good goddamm?
What is all the fuss about? The scope is meant to kill some Islamic terrorist SOB. What does any inscription have to do with it. Here we go again with PC idiocy.
A few symbols on our scopes referring to biblical scriptures is so HORRENDOUSLY OFFENSIVE??
Where and how is this grounds for invoking p.c. doctrine?Why are we so literally AFRAID of offending muslim terrorists that we dont dare use Isreali jewish bullets? Much less to have christian scriptural references on our scopes?
WTF are we coming to?
Damn!
Just Damn!!!!
Former President George W. Bush heightened those concerns shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington when he referred to his war on terrorism as a "crusade," a remark critics warned raised images of Christian knights attacking Muslim cities during the Middle Ages.
This is such bull s--t!
Bush bent over backwards to make it clear this wasn't a religious war. This is a total rewrite to make Obama look like the reasoned one of the two. That's a complete fabrication.
Nothing short of a revolution is going to restore our country to sanity.
If they’re not careful the veil of power may drop. :^)
Next they will forbid our troops from carrying a Bible or any Scripture with them. What about Christian tattoos..
Maybe we should not send any Christians to fight in these countries..just atheists and Muslims..
“Next, they’ll want to remove the cross from inside the scope.....”
I have to admit it took me awhile to “get” what your saying. LOL
All this is much ado about nothing. Shame on Petraus for getting all worked up about it.
If we had to deal with this PC crap 65 years ago, we would have lost WWII.
After 3 decades, Trijicon has succumbed to the pressure and is removing the Bible Verse references:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_military_weapons_bible_references
I don’t know what’s worse; the freakin’ godless Libtards who made a big deal out of this, or the gutless Christians at Tijicon who gave up without a fight...
Cheers
Oh the horrors! We celebrate freaks, perverts and all the raunchy trash on the boob tube but God’s Word is offensive?
Not to mention the little cross in the NATO symbol on the headstamp of the cartridges...
Or the term ‘in the crosshairs’...
The good General is way off base on this one...
I wonder what Patton would have said about this? Ah, nevermind. Those days are gone.
Good idea! (But send the PC generals & SecDef with ‘em to lead the battles.)
They should’ve gone Ronnie Barrett on them. The press uproar alone would spur non-military sales to make up the difference.
I hope they charge a LOT more for the unmarked “custom” version. I sure as hell would...retooling is danged pricey!
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