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"The U.S. military is guilty of political correctness toward domestic Islamic terror, according to a congressional report made public Wednesday that concludes al Qaeda is using U.S.-based Muslim radicals to plan mass casualty attacks.. a “potentially devastating development” for the security of troops and their families".

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Military hit for correctness - Washington Times
 
Sounds more like an opinion piece than an intelligence report to be perfectly blunt, but given King's prior history I'm not terribly surprised.
 
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Sounds more like an opinion piece than an intelligence report to be perfectly blunt, but given King's prior history I'm not terribly surprised.

The news article itself sounds more like an op-ed than an actual news story, but it's the Washington Times so I'm not particularly surprised.
 
Sounds more like an opinion piece than an intelligence report to be perfectly blunt, but given King's prior history I'm not terribly surprised.


So the House Homeland Security Committee is lying to the American people just for the thrill of it? and The Washington Times is going along with it?

Get real!
 
So the House Homeland Security Committee is lying to the American people just for the thrill of it? and The Washington Times is going along with it?

Get real!
I stated that at a glance, it sounded like a heavily opinion oriented report, not necessarily outright deception. Not sure why you're under the impression that the Washington Times is somehow "above" sensationalism and/or shoddy journalism. That being said, I was commenting on the brief description of the report itself not the accompanying news article.
 
I stated that at a glance, it sounded like a heavily opinion oriented report, not necessarily outright deception. Not sure why you're under the impression that the Washington Times is somehow "above" sensationalism and/or shoddy journalism. That being said, I was commenting on the brief description of the report itself not the accompanying news article.
I'd suggest you read the article.

If you chose to label a Committee Report as opinion, which is PC in itself, its your prerogative.

Some facts are just facts and can't be change into opinion.
 
"The U.S. military is guilty of political correctness toward domestic Islamic terror, according to a congressional report made public Wednesday that concludes al Qaeda is using U.S.-based Muslim radicals to plan mass casualty attacks.. a “potentially devastating development” for the security of troops and their families".

Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Military hit for correctness - Washington Times

All this information has been available for quite a long while on Islamic web sites and of course their ambitions aren't restricted to the United States.

Many people are in denial over this, especially leftists, because it conflicts with their world view about capitalism being the true enemy. Others regard the reality too difficult to contemplate, just as people have done prior to every modern war.
 
The news article itself sounds more like an op-ed than an actual news story, but it's the Washington Times so I'm not particularly surprised.

It doesn't "sound like" an op-ed at all. It is a news story with links to different sites for verification. Are you commenting without actually reading it?
 
All this information has been available for quite a long while on Islamic web sites and of course their ambitions aren't restricted to the United States.

Many people are in denial over this, especially leftists, because it conflicts with their world view about capitalism being the true enemy. Others regard the reality too difficult to contemplate, just as people have done prior to every modern war.
Speaking of a world view not based in reality.
 
I stated that at a glance, it sounded like a heavily opinion oriented report, not necessarily outright deception. Not sure why you're under the impression that the Washington Times is somehow "above" sensationalism and/or shoddy journalism. That being said, I was commenting on the brief description of the report itself not the accompanying news article.

And you felt sufficiently informed to contribute an opinion. It easier that way, isn't it?
 
Washington Times

Do you know who the Moonies are? They own and operate the Washington Times. In fact, it was officially founded to spread their world view. That anybody at all takes the Washington Times seriously just baffles me. They are a BIZARRE religious cult. Like you know those ceremonies they have in parks sometimes where like 400 people show up and the minister stands in front, points at a man, points at a woman somewhere else in the crowd at random, and then they're married? That's the Moonies. I have a friend whose dad somehow got involved with the Moonies and the last time she went to visit him he was frantically moving around little piles of dirt in his living room because his Moonie minister had him doing some ceremony to get rid of bad spirits. That same trip she also found out that he had deeded the house over to the Moonies and had to move out soon...
 
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Speaking of a world view not based in reality.

What do you feel is the left's greatest enemy? Freedom of speech?

In any case it's certainly not Islamism, no matter how many people suffer, whose basic human rights are violated or who are murdered.
 
Do you know who the Moonies are? They own and operate the Washington Times. In fact, it was officially founded to spread their world view. That anybody at all takes the Washington Times seriously just baffles me. They are a BIZARRE religious cult. Like you know those ceremonies they have in parks sometimes where like 400 people show up and the minister stands in front, points at a man, points at a woman somewhere else in the crowd at random, and then they're married? That's the Moonies. I have a friend whose dad somehow got involved with the Moonies and the last time she went to visit him he was frantically moving around little piles of dirt in his living room because his Moonie minister had him doing some ceremony to get rid of bad spirits. That same trip she also found out that he had deeded the house over to the Moonies and had to move out soon...

How does any of this relate to the article itself?
 
Do you know who the Moonies are? They own and operate the Washington Times. In fact, it was officially founded to spread their world view. That anybody at all takes the Washington Times seriously just baffles me. They are a BIZARRE religious cult. Like you know those ceremonies they have in parks sometimes where like 400 people show up and the minister stands in front, points at a man, points at a woman somewhere else in the crowd at random, and then they're married? That's the Moonies. I have a friend whose dad somehow got involved with the Moonies and the last time she went to visit him he was frantically moving around little piles of dirt in his living room because his Moonie minister had him doing some ceremony to get rid of bad spirits. That same trip she also found out that he had deeded the house over to the Moonies and had to move out soon...



WOW! :shock: the House Homeland Security Committee believe that their messiah is Sun Myung Moon??????

Who knew! that piece of .... of....news deserves a whole thread by itself.
 
What do you feel is the left's greatest enemy? Freedom of speech?

In any case it's certainly not Islamism, no matter how many people suffer, whose basic human rights are violated or who are murdered.
Couldn't tell you, but don't let me impede your continued and careless tossing about of generalizations and stereotypes, I'm positive that one will stick.
 
WOW! :shock: the House Homeland Security Committee believe that their messiah is Sun Myung Moon??????

Who knew! that piece of .... of....news deserves a whole thread by itself.

You think that a quote from Peter King of all people somehow makes an article MORE credible?

Not sure if serious.
 
The relationship is that you should not believe anything, anything at all, that you read there. Zero.


Ahhh now everything seems clear to me.... you are from San Francisco!!!:2razz:


hehe just joking!;):)
 
The relationship is that you should not believe anything, anything at all, that you read there. Zero.

So, unlike Hare, you have actually read the article and decided that it was 100% untrue. Is that correct?
 
Couldn't tell you, but don't let me impede your continued and careless tossing about of generalizations and stereotypes, I'm positive that one will stick.
Are you the guy who wanted a link to how many people the communists have killed?
 
So, unlike Hare, you have actually read the article and decided that it was 100% untrue. Is that correct?

No, I know better than to read articles on the Washington Times.
 
Sounds more like an opinion piece than an intelligence report to be perfectly blunt, but given King's prior history I'm not terribly surprised.

No, I know better than to read articles on the Washington Times.


This from the original source document..Joint Hearing: Homegrown Terrorism: The Threat to Military Communities Inside the United States, Room 210, House Visitor Center Washington, DC 20515 | Dec 7, 2011 9:30am

Homegrown Terrorism: The Threat To Military Communities Inside The United States

The Majority Staff of the House Committee on Homeland Security has been conducting an investigation, which finds that 70% of the plots against military targets occurred since mid-2009 – including the two successful homeland attacks since 9/11.

Other key findings:

  • More than five terror plots have been disrupted involving U.S. military insiders in the past decade and at least 11 or more cases involved veterans or those who attempted to join law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The likelihood of another deadly attack by a trusted insider is a severe and emerging threat, which the Pentagon is aggressively investigating to identify perpetrators;
  • Two successful attacks against the military outside of Afghanistan and Iraq were perpetrated by radicalized soldiers assigned to U.S.-based Army units: at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait in 2003 and at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009;
  • At least 16 external terror plots targeting military personnel stationed inside the U.S. Homeland have been disrupted or investigated;
  • At least nine other external plots were thwarted involving U.S. Persons in the homeland who traveled or planned trips overseas to kill G.I.s in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere;
  • A growing number of terrorist threats are directed at families of military personnel. Particularly at risk are relatives of troops in units involved in counterterror operations.



The only successful U.S. Homeland Islamist violence resulting in fatalities since September 11, 2001 have been against the military: at Fort Hood, where 13 were murdered in an active-shooter attack allegedly by Maj. Hasan, and at a Little Rock recruiting center, where Army Pvt. William Long was fatally shot point-blank by radicalized homegrown Islamist Carlos Bledsoe, who calls himself “Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad.” According to the arresting officer’s report:

Mr. Muhammad stated that he was mad at the U.S. military because of what they had
done to Muslims in the past... Mr. Muhammad further stated that he drove around in the
vehicle and saw the Army Military Recruiting Station and two U.S. soldiers smoking
outside the building... Mr. Muhammad stated that he fired several rounds at the soldiers
with the intent of killing them. Mr. Muhammad further stated that he would have killed
more soldiers if they had been on the parking lot.​



Both incidents also demonstrate the contradiction of the Obama administration regarding homegrown terrorism: The administration has steadfastly refused to say these cases are evidence of violent Islamist extremism.


http://homeland.house.gov/sites/hom...ative_Report_Homegrown_Terrorism_Military.pdf
 
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