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Posted on 02/13/2017 9:30:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A former U.S. Marine who works as a private security contractor in Iraq had to flee the country after his Facebook post warning of the dangers Americans face in the tumultuous country went viral.
Steven Gern's video, which was posted from Iraq and has been viewed more than 44 million times, came just a few days after President Trump's executive order triggered massive protests at U.S. airports.
The order temporarily banned travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Gern relayed a short message about conversations he had about the controversial order with Iraqis. He said he asked them what would happen if he, an American, "went out in town."
He asked the group, "would I be welcome? And they replied, 'Absolutely not. You would not be welcome,'" Gern recalled.
"They said the locals would snatch me up and kill me within an hour," said Gern. "I'd be tortured first, and after they were done torturing me, I'd probably be beheaded. It would go on video for everyone to see as an example."
"This is the local populace that would do this," Gern pointed out. "This isn't ISIS, this isn't al Qaeda."
He said his question to them was pretty simple: "If you would do this to me in your country, why would I let you in my country?"
Gern went on to say that Americans need to understand that this is the way some of these cultures feel about them.
"Why would you be so 'naive' to believe that if they came to the United States they would do anything different that they would do right here in their own country?" Gern asked.
He was on Fox News' Hannity Friday night to discuss his video, which had been posted on Facebook one recent evening at 11:00 pm. He told Sean that he was surprised that at 5:00 a.m. the next morning it had garnered over a million views.
Gern said after it hit over five million views he was called into his company's office where he was told he would have to be removed due to "safety issues."
Ominously, Gern warned that there's really no good way to vet some of these people.
"What I have learned over the years of working in Iraq and Afghanistan is, they are very good at manipulation. They can manipulate just about anyone. They're really good at it. They can tell you what they want you to hear. They can keep that up for many, many years, and then eventually when it's time, they'll do what they believe is right. And if that is to hurt an American or hurt many of us at one time, they're going to do it," he said.
Bkmrk.
Any questions? You naive teeny bopper mother ##!#ers and your a!#hole leftist parents
“”What I have learned over the years of working in Iraq and Afghanistan is, they are very good at manipulation. “
But he missed the lesson about not using facebook
Wise words of warning, from someone with experience, that we can NEVER trust the “good Muslims.” The workers at that state agency in CA accepted their Muslim co-worker and his Paki wife, even giving them a baby shower, and they were rewarded by getting shot to death at the office Christmas party. As those who work with animals say, “Never forget that they are animals.”
Something every veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan know is true, whether they want to admit it or not.
Even animals can be tamed. These folks are just plain evil.
What’s with the Taliban beard?
I think of something like that every time I see the idiots holding up the "Welcome" signs....can they really be that stupid? Yes, yes they can.
What’s with the Taliban beard?
That big and tough guy can wear any type beard he desires.
Is it worth being in Iraq or Afghanistan, letting our best and brightest be cut down by islamist assholes when we don’t expect to win anything?
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This is the same story told by Christian and Yazidi refugees. When the Jihadists are around, their neighbors feel emboldened to exercise their rights to steal, murder and enslave any and all religious minorities. Even those who have lived among them for centuries and predate the Muslims who Lord it over them today.
Anonymity and staying really low profile is key in the (PSD) personal security detail contracting world. Never any photos. Always dress native, urbanflage, random versus routine schedules. Internet activity through Tor, Tails, 12P, VPN’s , email drafts on a shared access address with recipient that never are sent just stored in a draft etcetera.
Personal items like pictures or information not brought into the country. We even would call a few old retired buddies on a satellite phone who would then forward our calls through a Skype VOIP account on a VPN to our loved ones on a schedule where they were on free WiFi at random, never from home or work or the same places twice to safely communicate without endangering either party. .....
Can’t be hanging out in the wind like that and ....stay safe. As well one error in a set in stone protocol by any member of your group puts all at a greater level of risk, not just you.
Like his message, just not the timing or way he did it. Glad he’s home and Ok.
Stay Safe !
Gern is correct. Research my posts. I called for complete deportation of muslims and razing the mosques over a year ago. People thought I was crazy. My father knew islam inside and out and warned us YEARS ago about it.
Gern is correct. Research my posts. I called for complete deportation of muslims and razing the mosques over a year ago. People thought I was crazy. My father knew islam inside and out and warned us YEARS ago about it.
“Something every veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan know is true...”
I can vouch for that.
Also security contractors, while they make good money compared to the military, it is not really commensurate with the risks involved.
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