May 14, 2012

U.S. Taught 'Total War' on Islam

Shachtman & Ackerman, Danger Room

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The U.S. military taught its future leaders that a “total war” against the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims would be necessary to protect America from Islamic terrorists, according to documents obtained by Danger Room. Among the options considered for that conflict: using the lessons of “Hiroshima” to wipe out whole cities at once, targeting the “civilian population wherever necessary.”

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TAGGED: U.S. military, Islam, War on Terror

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