Southern Poverty Law Center Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military

[babsbunny]

The Southern Poverty Law Center Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military

http://www.truthout.org/071009L

by: The Southern Poverty Law Center

Iraq veteran Forrest Fogarty shows neo-Nazi tattoos.
Ignoring their own regulations, US military recruiters enlisted Iraq veteran Forrest Fogarty in spite of his neo-Nazi, white supremest tattoos and views. (Photo: Matt Kennard)

The Southern Poverty Law Center today urged Congress to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the US military in order to ensure that the armed forces are not inadvertently training future domestic terrorists. In a letter to committee chairmen with oversight over homeland security and the armed services, the SPLC said it recently found dozens of personal profiles on a neo-Nazi website where individuals listed "military" as their occupation - the latest evidence of extremist infiltration gathered by the SPLC. It also cites FBI and Department of Homeland Security reports supporting the SPLC's concerns. »

[imdjh]

1. As much as I would like to capitalize on this, I don't see how it can be "prevented", legally.

Nearly every religion is a supremacist group. "We're going to heaven and you aren't." Sorry, but that's supremacist. Some religions or sects are more diplomatic about it than others, but the message is essentially the same.

The LDS Church, Nation of Islam, and Knights of Columbus are all hate groups in my book. I don't think that the military can ban them.

I suppose this guy could be excluded due to his tattoos, being disruptive give the amount of time military personnel spend naked or half naked with each other, but some of these supremacist groups also use Celtic and Norse symbolism as well as the swastika which is allegedly in legitimate use as well.

[Number23]

2. Kicked and rec'd. This is terrifying.

Not only for American soldiers of color but for every person in a country these sick bastards get shipped off to.

[glowing]

3. They recruit these people, yet throw out the gays... America: where up is down.