Wednesday, January 16, 2008
There's been quite a buzz on the internet over the firing of Pentagon expert Major Stephen Coughlin (USAR). See Andy Bostom's piece, Saving Major Coughlin for the background. Here's a snip:
But defense and military officials supportive of Mr. Coughlin said the real reason is that critics, like Mr. Islam. want him sidelined because they oppose his hard-to-refute views on the relationship between Islamic law and Islamist jihad doctrine. Those views have triggered a harsh debate challenging the widespread and politically correct view of Islam as a religion of peace hijacked by extremists.
Major Coughlin's "hard to refute views" are elaborated in his 333 pp. thesis, To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad, which was accepted recently by the National Defense Intelligence College, and made available online (here)...
Andy now notes some good news, that the firing may now get the interest of a Congressional Committee.
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I saw the headline and figured Tom Coughlin had been fired. In the past I'd have wondered why anyone would object, but this seems an odd week to do it!