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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEXCLUSIVE: Veterans Call On West Point To Cancel Planned Speech By Islamophobic General
Heres what Boykin has said about Muslims in the past: there should be no mosques in America; Muslims worship an idol; Islam is a totalitarian way of life, its not just a religion; it should not be protected under the First Amendment; Muslims operate under an obligation to destroy our Constitution.
VoteVets, a coalition of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, released a letter today, asking West Point President to rescind the invitation to Boykin. Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran and Richard Allen Smith, an Afghanistan War Veteran, write:
As has been articulated by GEN Petraeus, (statements similar to Boykins) remarks threaten our relationships with Muslims around the world, and thereby, our troops serving in harms way. LTG Boykins values are inconsistent even with current Army doctrine that is taught at the Joint Readiness Training Center, National Training Center and the Combined Arms Center, which instructs Army leaders to respect the Muslim culture as a part of counterinsurgency operations. It is counterproductive for our future Army leaders to hear the views of LTG Boykin, a man whos views are inconsistent with the values of the Army as an institution.
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Sir, as Veterans, we have the utmost faith in your leadership. As Veterans of these wars and men who have served in combat alongside Muslim Americans, we respectfully request that you retract LTG Boykins invite to the USMA Prayer Breakfast. The presence of LTG Boykin at West Point would violate Army Values, as well as potentially be used as propaganda by the enemy and endanger our troops in combat.
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Sir, as Veterans, we have the utmost faith in your leadership. As Veterans of these wars and men who have served in combat alongside Muslim Americans, we respectfully request that you retract LTG Boykins invite to the USMA Prayer Breakfast. The presence of LTG Boykin at West Point would violate Army Values, as well as potentially be used as propaganda by the enemy and endanger our troops in combat.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/01/26/412261/exclusive-veterans-call-on-west-point-to-cancel-planned-speech-by-islamophobic-general/
FULL LETTER HERE:
http://votevets.org/news/releases?id=0481
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EXCLUSIVE: Veterans Call On West Point To Cancel Planned Speech By Islamophobic General (Original Post)
kpete
Jan 2012
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unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)1. Is that Jerry "My-god-is-bigger-than-your-god" Boykin?
Of course it is.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. Du rec. Nt