We don't know who we are, or who the enemy is.

WASHINGTON – As US troops battle Islamic extremists abroad, the Pentagon and the armed forces are reaching out to Muslims at home.

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There is a message here, and that is that Muslims and the Islamic religion are totally compatible with Western values," says Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England in an interview.

For the past two years, Mr. England has hosted an iftar, the feast that ends the daytime fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. His guests have included ambassadors, leaders of the Muslim-American community, and Muslims who serve in the US armed forces.

President Bush also hosted an iftar at the White House in October, as he has done for several years. Gen. Robert Magnus, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, held one the same month at the Marine Corps Barracks in Washington for defense attachés from predominantly Muslim nations

Read the whole thing here.  Maybe we'll give veteran's benefits to members of Hezbollah?

Beam me up Scotty and start warming up the photon torpedoes.

Tip of the helmet to High Tory

-Rurik

Contributed by George Mellinger on December 29, 2006 at 07:57 PM in Current Affairs, George Mellinger, Islamism Delenda Est, War? What war? | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: The Gray Dog

Does everyone forget Sgt. Asan Akbar? I refer anyone interested to check it out at an archived post by Michele Malkin at http://www.vdare.com/malkin/multiculturalism.htm You may need to cut and paste this link

Posted by: The Gray Dog | Dec 30, 2006 7:09:23 AM