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U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Warns Fort Hood Troops Against Christians

Posted on | October 27, 2013 | 91 Comments

Obviously, we must beware of those Lutheran extremists:

Soldiers attending a pre-deployment briefing at Fort Hood say they were told that evangelical Christians and members of the Tea Party were a threat to the nation and that any soldier donating to those groups would be subjected to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
A soldier who attended the Oct. 17th briefing told me the counter-intelligence agent in charge of the meeting spent nearly a half hour discussing how evangelical Christians and groups like the American Family Association were “tearing the country apart.”
Michael Berry, an attorney with the Liberty Institute, is advising the soldier and has launched an investigation into the incident.
“The American public should be outraged that the U.S. Army is teaching our troops that evangelical Christians and Tea Party members are enemies of America, and that they can be punished for supporting or participating in those groups,” said Berry, a former Marine Corps JAG officer.
“These statements about evangelicals being domestic enemies are a serious charge.” . . .
[W]hile a large portion of the briefing dealt with the threat evangelicals and the Tea Party pose to the nation, barely a word was said about Islamic extremism, the soldier said.
“Our community is still healing from the act of terrorism brought on by Nidal Hasan – who really is a terrorist,” the soldier said. “This is a slap in the face.“ . . .
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, tells me the Pentagon is pushing anti-Christian propaganda.
“On the very base that was the site of mass murder carried out by a radicalized Muslim soldier, it is astonishing that it is evangelical groups that are being identified as a ‘threat,’” he said. “Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel must immediately intervene to stop this march against the rights and freedom of our soldiers.”
The soldier said they were also told that the pro-life movement is another example of “radicalization.”
“They said that evangelical Christians protesting abortions are the mobilization stage and that leads to the bombing of abortion clinics,” he said, recalling the discussion.

The name of the Department of Defense official who gave this briefing should immediately be made public. This report from Fort Hood resembled an earlier report from Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where the American Family Association was also singled out:

Several dozen U.S. Army active duty and reserve troops were told last week that the American Family Association, a well-respected Christian ministry, should be classified as a domestic hate group because the group advocates for traditional family values.
The briefing was held at Camp Shelby in Mississippi and listed the AFA alongside domestic hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, the Black Panthers and the Nation of Islam.

More at The Washington Times and Gateway Pundit.

In other words, now that Obama has ended “Don’t Ask, “Don’t Tell,” all opposition to the radical gay agenda is illegal “hate.” And never mind that, while Army intelligence officers are warning troops about targets from the SPLC’s anti-Christian hate map, it was the leftist pervert Bradley “Chelsea” Manning who betrayed his oath.

This evidence of misguided priorities and the politicization of military training has clear precedents. Recall the 2009 DHS warning about “Rightwing Extremism” — a warning clearly aimed at the Tea Party — and recall, also, how self-described “militia watchdog” Mark Pitcavage wrangled a $2 million “anti-terrorism training” grant from the Clinton-era Justice Department. These actions not only show how Democrat administrations seek to eliminate dissent by categorizing opposition as “hate” and “extremism,” but also show how real dangers are ignored while liberal activists, granted federal funding and federal authority, go chasing after “rightwing” bogeymen.

The $2 million squandered by the Clinton administration to have the idiot Pitcavage teach law enforcement about the supposed dangers of right-wing militias, after all, might better have been spent warning about the dangers of radical Muslims who (unbeknownst to Pitcavage) were in America and training for their 9/11 attack at the same time he was teaching cops to watch out for right-wingers.

If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats, and thus are incapable of shame.

 

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91 Responses to “U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Warns Fort Hood Troops Against Christians”

  1. candylmiller
    October 27th, 2013 @ 4:23 pm

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  2. RobYadouga
    October 27th, 2013 @ 4:47 pm

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  3. uonboard
    October 27th, 2013 @ 5:11 pm

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  4. BobBelvedere
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:07 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  5. bobbymike34
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:08 pm

    Again just put all the things happening in America and have a Republican doing it (it would be different like a disastrous privatization of Medicare or warning that Occupy are enemies of America for example) and you would have the media screaming impeachment 24/7. What do we get from the MSM NOTHING! It is a disgrace.

  6. PolitiBunny
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  7. imawakenowwhat
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:09 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  8. IsraeliVeteran
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:10 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  9. kpr3006
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:12 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  10. BillyHeathNC
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  11. jax_superdave
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:19 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  12. NeoWayland
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:22 pm

    There are issues with certain evangelical Christians in the services. I know non-Christians who went to the Air Force Academy and were “shamed” by both faculty and cadets, even though it’s against regulations. There have been threats and vandalism. This stuff goes back decades.

    My problem isn’t with Christians or even evangelical Christians. It’s with the breed that acts as if their calling lets them ignore the rules they insist limit everyone else.

    Now, that being said, I have a hard time believing that the Tea Party threatens anyone except those who want an ever expanding government.

  13. Bob Belvedere
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:30 pm

    You too, huh?

  14. Bob Belvedere
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:32 pm

    One wonders if Obama and his royal court don’t want some members of the US Armed Forces to mutiny [NOTE: This kind of speculation would rightly brand me a whackjob in normal times, but not in The Age Of Obama].

  15. Bob Belvedere
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:32 pm

    Everything the Royal Court does is a disgrace.

  16. Bob Belvedere
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:33 pm

    There are always zealouts – always have been in America – but they are very, very few in number.

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    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:56 pm

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  18. PensativeGuy
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  19. PensativeGuy
    October 27th, 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    RT @rsmccain: U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Warns Fort Hood Troops Against Christians http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p #tcot

  20. Jeffrey Collins
    October 27th, 2013 @ 8:30 pm

    A friend of mine from school posted on facebook about this and I thought I’d pass it along. He’s currently stationed at Ft. Hood and he sometimes gives these briefings. He says that he’s seen no list with any Christian or Tea Party groups on them. He says this is definitely not Army policy. He actually said that he’s somewhat doubtful it happened at all, but that if it did, it was just some lone moron spouting off.

  21. JeffS
    October 27th, 2013 @ 8:54 pm

    If so, said lone moron needs to be hung out to dry. In public.

    Until then, it’s another rumor.

  22. DJM1968
    October 27th, 2013 @ 11:22 pm

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  23. SusanHW
    October 27th, 2013 @ 11:59 pm

    RT @rsmccain: “If Democrats had any conscience, they would be ashamed of themselves, but they’re Democrats ..” http://t.co/nc1YQ65K9p

  24. trangbang68
    October 28th, 2013 @ 1:48 am

    Read “the Gulag Archipelago” or a journal of a North Vietnamese soldier. They tell of political officers who followed units around looking for deviancy from communist doctrine. It looks like the Obama administration is doing the same thing to wreak the military.

  25. trangbang68
    October 28th, 2013 @ 1:51 am

    Nice job of trying to put a good face on these crypto-fascists destroying the First Amendment rights of Christians in the military.

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  27. HomerWhite
    October 28th, 2013 @ 6:24 am

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  28. rsmccain
    October 28th, 2013 @ 7:04 am

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  29. Coondawg68
    October 28th, 2013 @ 7:44 am

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  30. NeoWayland
    October 28th, 2013 @ 8:08 am

    I’m all for human rights.

    Some evangelical Christians in the armed forces claim special privilege and call it a “right.” Fortunately they are a minority, even if they are loud.

    That’s what I am against. It would be the same if they were Muslims or Pastafarians. It’s the individual’s actions that I can’t stand, not the religious label. They certainly draw attention though.

    It’s not a right unless the other guy has it.

  31. marklangford
    October 28th, 2013 @ 9:27 am

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    October 28th, 2013 @ 9:31 am

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  33. trangbang68
    October 28th, 2013 @ 9:33 am

    You still do not get it. This is not a reaction to Christians overstepping their bounds. It is zealots and political commissars trying to purge the military of “unreliable” elements. Napolitano let the cat out of the bag when she said veterans and right wingers were the greatest threat of terrorism in the USA. These people are fascists to the core and will suppress dissenting views as much as they can get away with. It can happen here.

  34. NeoWayland
    October 28th, 2013 @ 10:07 am

    Actually I do get it. Napolitano was my state’s governor before she headed Homeland Insecurity.

    I remember when Billy-boy tried to do something similar. He was better at hiding his tracks.

    But I also know some in the services have long seen it as the opportunity to “spread the Word,” even if the other guy says he doesn’t want to hear it.

    Yes, I think the Imperious Leader is using it as an excuse. It doesn’t change what happened though.

  35. NeoWayland
    October 28th, 2013 @ 10:12 am

    And of course a Republican President would never order a Faith Based Initiative that effectively excluded minority faiths, would he?

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    October 28th, 2013 @ 1:16 pm

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    October 29th, 2013 @ 12:28 am

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