Posted on 06/28/2015 6:18:32 PM PDT by ebb tide
Do U.S. troops fast during Yom Kippur? Lent? No? Why not? “U.S. Troops Face Eating, Drinking Restrictions During Ramadan,” by Jeryl Bier, Weekly Standard, June 26, 2015 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
A top commander in southwest Asia reminded U.S military personnel stationed in Muslim countries in the Middle East of the restrictions placed on them during Ramadan. According to a report by the U.S. Air Forces Central Command Public Affairs, Brig. Gen. John Quintas, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing commander in Southwest Asia, said that the U.S. is “committed to the concepts of tolerance, freedom and diversity.” But he added that soldiers should “become more informed and appreciative of the traditions and history of the people in this region of the world… [R]emember we are guests here and that the host nation is our shoulder-to-shoulder, brothers and sisters in arms, risking their lives for our common cause to defeat terrorism.”
During the 30-day religious celebration of Ramadan, even non-Muslims are expected to obey local laws regarding eating, drinking, and using tobacco in public. Violators can be fined up to $685 or receive two months in jail. A spokesperson for United States Central Command [CENTCOM] said that “we are not aware of any specific instances of anyone being arrested” for such violations.
\For [sic] military personnel outside of U.S.-controlled areas, the only exceptions for the rules are for those “performing strenuous labor.” Such personnel are “authorized to drink and consume as much food as they need to maintain proper hydration and energy.” It is unclear what constitutes “strenuous labor” or whether additional exceptions might be made during a heatwave affecting some areas of the region that has taken hundreds of lives.
When asked if the restrictions were new or simply a continuation of past policy, a CENTCOM spokesperson replied:
There has been no change in policy… [W]hile the US does not have a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the UAE, it is common practice to ensure all Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, and Marines deployed to Muslim countries are culturally aware that during the month of Ramadan, practicing Muslims do not consume anything from sunrise to sunset as a pillar of their faith. Commanders throughout the AOR create policies to ensure their subordinates respect the laws and culture of our hosts at all times….
First question: why.
Second question: who generated it.
Third question: when can we convince that person to offer themselves to the enemy.
These men and women put their lives on the line for us and they are forced to abstain from the miniscule things that their lives bearable? Un-freaking-believable.
“First question: why....”
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To make Imam Obama happy is why.
But how this happen? After all, our CINC is a Christian. /bitter sarcasm
1. Because Obama said so.
2. The Muslim in chief
3. Are you kidding? With the damage he is doing here?
How did*
Could make an interesting test case. Is it a religion or a culture? If the former, then compliance cannot be forced. If the latter, well, that opens all sorts of possibilities. Now pass me a bacon sammich.
I think Ramadan would be a great time to BBQ a hog, make baked beans with bacon and drink lots of beer.
Oh - I - don’t - think - so!
Anyone believe hussein will be leaving office in ‘17?
Will they have be circumcised before being posted there also , LOL
It's only fair, after all, we force moslems to give up some of their favorite things while in the US...female circumcision, honor killings, beheading, killing Jews etc.
Yeah.
Though it would be a hoot to watch him try and hold “talks” one on one with them.
I think everyone should just chill. I just saw a Drudge head line that stated that the Pentagon is thinking of easing the ban on trangenders. That just goes to show that we can be comforted by the fact that the Obama administration is really majoring on the CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT issues like helping strange people who can’t figure out who or what they are, or which restroom to use, live up to their full potential, whatever it is. If it costs us a battalion, a city, a continent, then it will all be worth it to show how sensitive we are.
Well it would be the air force!
...In addition to having to openly celebrate homosexuality and serve under this abominations commanders, to endure the lessening quality of their healthcare and swear to follow the orders of an enemy islamist CIC, what’s not to like of today’s military?
Curtis LeMay is spinning in his grave.
WTF, Where is the rage. Unfortunantly, when the military is forced to follow or accept/practice man’s fallen ways it will be forced ion the population. The military rank and file need to oppose this order.
I lived in AF for two years as a private contractor and was forced to observe Ramadan under penalty of death. Muslim scum that they are. Inshallah!
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