The problem is?????
I'd buy one.
Hey, it's not as if they're Abu-Ghraib photos...
The situation requiring U.S. soldiers to be inserted in crap-holes like mosques was created by the Mohammedan attacks on civilization finally crossing the line on 9-11-2001.
Wow - advertising DOES work!
He is right...shoulda shown landing in front of a burning mosque....
"...a structure dedicated to civilian worship purposes,".
In NY the muslim chaplain, approved by the muslim firefighters and taken from the mainstream is talking about 9-11 as a conspiracy (to knock down the twintowers and blame it on muslimes. THAT'S IN NY! FROM THE MAINSTREAM!!!
A mosque, ANYWHERE in the world, is dedicated to the physical destruction of infidels--nothing more nothing less. Anyone who says anything else is deluded or a liar.
When I served I was in AWACS. I dropped them a line at wwwmail.boeing2@boeing.com letting them know of my disgust.
How dare CAIR complain, when Moslems are desecrating the holy places of others all over the world. The Palestinians were descrating synagogues in Gaza just last week.
How dare they demand that we reverence their holy places, when their coreligionists show no respect for the religion of others? They believe that they are superior. That everyone will eventually submit to Islam. Why are we going along with this?
Why should everyone in the world worry about breaking Islamic taboos, when they show no such concern for anyone else, and, in fact, persecute or ban other religions in their own countries?
This is madness.
If the shoe fits . . . .
How insensitive of Boeing and Bell!! Everyone knows the way to make this ad more PC would have been to show the V-22 unloading troops at either a Christian church (extra points for making it a Roman Catholic church,) or a Boy Scout meeting!
The nerve of Boeing!!!
To quote another Muslim, in Islam there is not such concept as "civilian". Islam is the government and all Muslims are called upon to inflict Islamic justice. I guess they make it up as they go.
FAITH UNDER FIRE: Does website show Christian massacre? (Religion of Peace Alert)
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | October 2, 2005 | Jeremy Reynalds
Posted on 10/02/2005 10:45:38 AM PDT by Jacob Kell
An American-hosted soft porn Internet site also doubles as a cyber home for radical Islamic video propaganda.
One approximately six-minute video housed on the Japanese site which we will not list because it so horrendous. Titled, "The Ambon Massacre," it starts with a picture of the ocean waves lazily lapping at dusk.
The scene soon shifts to video of a burning building and people being massacred. Then viewers see rows of dead bodies covered with newspaper, followed by scenes of burning, decimated houses.
The horrifying footage is followed by graphic video of burned, dead bodies with holes in their heads, as well as chopped off body parts. The dead include babies and the mutilated corpses of young people with gaping holes in their necks.
The video is apparently of the 2002 Ambon Massacre.
Washington September 30, 2005 - A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said this afternoon that Boeing Co., Bell Helicopter Textron and National Journal magazine have apologized for a print advertisement depicting U.S. troops attacking a mosque.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it had received a statement of apology from Boeing, which sponsored the ad along with Bell. Boeing wrote:
"The CV-22 advertisement that appeared in the National Journal is clearly offensive, and did not proceed through the normal channels within Boeing before production.
"'We consider the ad offensive, regret its publication and apologize to those who like us are dismayed with its contents,' said Mary Foerster, Vice President of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Communications.
"'When the Company became aware of the advertisement we immediately requested that our partner's agency withdraw and destroy all print proofs of the advertisement and replace it with one that was appropriate,' Foerster said. 'Unfortunately despite our best efforts to have the ad replaced, a clerical error at the National Journal resulted in its publication this week.'"
Representatives of Bell Helicopter and National Journal also contacted CAIR to express regret for the publication of the ad.
National Journal Executive Vice President Elizabeth Baker Keffer wrote: "[T]he advertisement for Boeing/Bell's V-22 Osprey that ran in the September 24 issue of National Journal was run as the result of a clerical error on our part. We had received specific direction from the agency representing Boeing/Bell to not run the ad. We have apologized to Boeing, their partner Bell, and their advertising agency for this mistake."
A Bell statement sent to CAIR said in part: "We recognize that some organizations and individuals may have been offended by its content and regrets any concerns this advertisement may have raised. Bell and our partners are evaluating creative processes to prevent this from happening again."
The ad for the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft depicted soldiers rappelling onto the roof of a building, labeled "Muhammad Mosque" in Arabic. The building has a dome, crescent moon and minaret, all common features of a mosque.
CAIR sent a letter yesterday to top officials of Boeing, Bell and Textron asking the companies to withdraw the advertisement and conduct an investigation into how it was approved for publication. (Bell Helicopter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Textron.)
"We thank Boeing, Bell and National Journal for their swift and decisive response to our concerns," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "Mistakes can happen, but the true test of a company's integrity comes in acknowledging and dealing with those mistakes." He said CAIR would follow up with all parties involved to determine how the ad was produced and to help prevent similar incidents in the future.
Awad added that American Muslim groups are always ready to consult with corporations and media outlets on issues related to religious diversity and culturally sensitive advertising.
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We'll still be apologizing when they hit us again. 'What's wrong with this picture?'