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May 11, 2012

Pentagon Course Taught "Total War" Against Islam 
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New details have been revealed on a military course recently cancelled
by the Pentagon for teaching senior military officers the United States
is at war with Islam. According to course materials obtained by Wired
magazine, the class instructor — Army Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley of
the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia — taught that
the United States will need to fight a "total war" against the world's
Muslims to protect the nation. Dooley also instructed that the United
States should "[take] war to a civilian population wherever necessary"
and apply the "the historical precedents of Dresden, Tokyo, Hiroshima,
Nagasaki" to Islam’s holiest cities, bringing about "Mecca and
Medina['s] destruction." Dooley also told his pupils : "By conservative
estimates, a staggering 140 million [Muslims] ... hate everything you
stand for and will never coexist with you, unless you submit [to
Islam]." In addition, Dooley's course declared international laws
protecting civilians are "no longer relevant" in the fight against
Islam. A presentation from July 2011 declared: "This barbaric ideology
will no longer be tolerated. Islam must change or we will facilitate its
self-destruction." Finally, Dooley instructed his students: "Remember
— we are at war. Act like it. You are part of a resistance
movement, not a social club." Dooley's course was suspended last month,
but he remains on staff at the college.

 

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