From the Washington Times article by Bill Gertz:
He had run afoul of a key aide to Mr. England, Hasham Islam, who confronted Mr. Coughlin during a meeting several weeks ago when Mr. Islam sought to have Mr. Coughlin soften his views on Islamist extremism.
“Mr. Coughlin was accused directly by Mr. Islam of being a Christian zealot or extremist “with a pen,” according to defense officials. Mr. Coughlin appears to have become one of the first casualties in the war of ideas with Islamism.
The officials said Mr. Coughlin was let go because he had become “too hot” or controversial within the Pentagon.
Misguided Pentagon officials, including Mr. Islam and Mr. England, have initiated an aggressive “outreach” program to U.S. Muslim groups that critics say is lending credibility to what has been identified as a budding support network for Islamist extremists, including front groups for the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
Mr. Coughlin wrote a memorandum several months ago based on documents made public in a federal trial in Dallas that revealed a covert plan by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian-origin Islamist extremist group, to subvert the United States using front groups. Members of one of the identified front groups, the Islamic Society of North America, has been hosted by Mr. England at the Pentagon.”
Now, aren’t we all happy little Republicans who have been falling on our swords for 7 years for a man like TROP George Bush! /s
The election can’t come one day too soon! When it comes to selling out America to Mohammedanism, which Democrat, let alone Republican, candidate is worse than Bush and his Mohammedanism loving cabal?
bttt
Couple of things.... Gordon England is the Deputy Secretary of Defense, so I don’t understand this Army Chief title given to him.
And secondly, wouldn’t a decision like this regarding Stephen Coughlin be up to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Not the Dep. Sec. of Def.
Those Coughlin’s have always been Christian zealots. In the blood I guess. Shut em down.
"The American commander [probably referring to Edward Preble, the commander of the American naval blockade off the Barbary States], with a small force and in a short space of time, has done more for the cause of Christianity than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages."
Here is Coughlin’s paper that has caused all the hubbub.
Someone please find any example of his being a “Christian zealot” continued therein.
Please.
http://www.strategycenter.net/docLib/20080107_Coughlin_ExtremistJihad.pdf