Christian Soldiers Trying to Convert Muslims in Afghanistan
5/4/2009 at 12:47 PM
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095485025169646.html http://www.democracynow.org/
An evangelical christian pastor has been filmed encouraging soldiers to convert Muslims in Afghanistan. This is in direct violation of US Army regulations that prohibit proselytizing. Bibles have also been printed in 2 major Afghani languages, although it is unclear how many have been distributed. Al Jazeera is calling for a probe in this incident although the Pentagon has yet to respond.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan:
"The special forces guys - they hunt men basically. We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down,"
Not the first time this has happened, an excerpt from May's Harper Magazine:
They were snickering like schoolboys. They had commissioned the Special Forces interpreter, an Iraqi from Texas, to paint a legend across their Bradley’s armor, in giant red Arabic script.
"What’s it mean?" asked Humphrey.
"Jesus killed Mohammed," one of the men told him. The soldiers guffawed. JESUS KILLED MOHAMMED was about to cruise into the Iraqi night.
.... "Jesus kill Mohammed!" chanted the interpreter. "Jesus kill Mohammed!"
IMO: One more way to help us loose the war by confirming Islamic Fundamentalist fears that we're 'Crusading' and alienating the people we're trying to help. I wonder how much 'Christian' blood has been spilled because of these attitudes indirectly creating more enemies among the local population.