C’mon you guys, calm down. Please. First, GEN Petreaus is a good guy. As a general, he is obliged to comment on issues like this that the media elevates to international matters. What else is he going to say? Think about it. Everything this guy says will get international press coverage, including the 1.4 billion or so islamic audience. He has to choose his words carefully, and he will always use the best words to keep his couple hundred thousand troops in the field safe.
When people attack him so easily, in my eyes, they put themselves in the same camp as those who call him “general betray-us”. For crying out loud – he’s in charge of the most significant war effort the globe has ever seen.
The troops have no problem with the inscriptions, and were mostly unaware of them until ABC made it a big deal.
Please, have faith in our troopers – they are in the field to protect us. Including their leaders.
As long as the enemy can scream ‘allah akbar’, I reckon our rifles can bear God’s word. There are tens of thousands of these things in the field and in the supply system. We’ll be seeing them for some time to come...
Personally, I’ll support Trijicon AND General P.
Kit!
How long before even the word "enemy" will be verboten? Our soldiers lay their lives on the line yet cannot even have a Bible? That will be next. How can you buy this insane garbage?
We have PCd ourselves into silliness. It’s not that I do not respect the general or have the highest regard for our troops. In fact, because the general has such a high profile, why doesn’t he just say NOTHING. That’s a loud enough message that says we’ve had enough PC, let’s get on with the real job of killing terrorists.
He’s not obliged to say diddly about anything, particularly on a media-made politicized item. This whole thing was a non-item until ABC got their panties in a bunch. If anything, it should be “No Comment”.
Like anyone else who missteps when they speak, they get to take the heat for it.
I suggest you actually try to read the postings to see whether they are really an “attack”.