IBD - Obama To Troops: Don't Insult The Taliban, Pedophilia, Or Anything Related To Islam

Investors Business Daily writes:

Political Correctness: The administration blames U.S. troop rudeness for insider attacks by Afghan training partners. So it's issuing an etiquette book ordering them not to criticize "pedophilia" and other things Islamic.  

Echoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who recently compared our troops to terrorists, the administration says troop insensitivity to Afghan culture, not Taliban infiltration, is behind the recent spike in deadly green-on-blue attacks. 

In fact, a draft Army handbook advises troops against insulting not just sacred Islamic figures but the Taliban themselves. The 75-page manual lists among "taboo topics" of conversation between U.S. troops and their Afghan counterparts "making derogatory comments about the Taliban." 

Also off-limits: "advocating women's rights," "any criticism of pedophilia," "mentioning homosexuality and homosexual conduct" or "anything related to Islam." 

So let's get this straight. We spent our blood and treasure in Afghanistan over the past decade not to destroy the enemy and its brutal culture of terrorism, beheadings, stoning of women and child marriage and rape, but to protect and preserve them? 

The extreme political correctness doesn't stop there. 

The New York Post reported in September that to avoid offending Afghans, U.S. commanders are putting troops through intense Muslim sensitivity training. Among other things, they've been ordered to: 

• Wear surgical gloves when handling the Quran.
• Never walk in front of a praying Muslim.
• Never show the bottom of boots while sitting or lying across from a Muslim, which in Islam is considered an insult.
• Never share photos of wives or daughters.
• Never smoke or eat in front of Muslims during the monthlong Ramadan fasting.
• Avoid winking, cursing or nose-blowing in the presence of Muslims — all viewed as insults in Islam.
• Avoid exiting the shower without a towel.
• Avoid offering and accepting things with the left hand, which in Islam is reserved for bodily hygiene. 

It's outrageous that the administration would even suggest U.S. troops are to blame for their own murder at the hands of allegedly insulted Muslims. 

More than 2,000 of our men and women in uniform have given their lives protecting Afghan families and their country from al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists. 

This sensitivity program mirrors this administration's response to Muslims killing our diplomats and torching our embassies: Blame Americans, not the attackers. And apologize, while promising to be more sensitive to Islam. 

Why not just convert security forces in these Muslim war zones to Islam and be done with it?

For further information on the ridiculous manual see http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/12/proposed-army-manual-tells-gis-not-to-insult-taliban-speak-up-for-women/ and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578171561230647852.html