{"id":37099,"date":"2016-10-21T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=37099"},"modified":"2016-10-23T08:08:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:08:49","slug":"mikey-weinsteins-attempt-to-equate-us-military-with-domestic-terrorists-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/21\/mikey-weinsteins-attempt-to-equate-us-military-with-domestic-terrorists-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikey Weinstein’s Attempt to Equate US Military with Domestic Terrorists Backfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another shocking — if potentially predictable — diatribe posted at the left-leaning DailyKos<\/a>\u00a0(and later at the Air Force Times<\/a>), Michael “Mikey” Weinstein accused the US military of being no different than domestic terrorists.<\/p>\n

As proof, he cited the thwarted attack by three men in Kansas<\/a> who led a self-described militia called “the Crusaders.” The group had formed plans to blow up an apartment complex in which the main residents were Somali Muslims. They\u00a0were explicit about their hatred of Muslims, including calling them “cockroaches” and saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only [expletive] way this country\u2019s ever going to get turned around is it will be a bloodbath and it will be a nasty, messy [expletive].\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of note, nothing at all is said about the religious beliefs of the militia (they even reportedly<\/a> considered targeting churches, including burning one “to the ground”),\u00a0though they were clearly anti-Islam.<\/p>\n

Importantly, Weinstein did not claim any member of the US military said anything remotely like those men. Instead, he equated the US military with these terrorists for no other reason<\/em> than\u00a0certain US military units either do or did use the name “crusaders” [formatting original]:<\/p>\n

This kind of terroristic behavior is exactly what we\u2019ve been afraid of… Our own military is using \u201cCrusader\u201d visuals and verbiage on military bases and in military imagery<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. Our military, which has nearly 4,000 Muslim members bravely serving in the ranks, uses this type of offensive, condescending, hate filled rhetoric…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Weinstein then cited six instances in which the US military has been associated with some kind of “crusader” terminology or symbology — and he claimed that such symbology leads to “carnage”:<\/p>\n

Crusader-themed imagery and language…only leads to gruesome, hate-filled incidents like the carnage narrowly averted…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s moronic, and it’s also untrue. As noted, Weinstein cited a half-dozen examples of such imagery — yet he cited zero examples of gruesome, hate-filled carnage ever occurring as a result.\u00a0 In fact, he cited zero examples of anything<\/em> happening as a result.<\/p>\n

The Muslims in Garden City, Kansas, were threatened because these men said they wanted to blow them up — not because they called themselves “crusaders.”<\/p>\n

Weinstein is either an idiot or a demagogue (or perhaps both).<\/p>\n

Weinstein also demonstrated his aversion to being forthright — again — when he said\u00a0[emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

In 2006, the 523rd Fighter Squadron…was calling itself The Crusaders…This was one of MRFF\u2019s earliest complaints on this specific subject…(The squadron was mothballed after MRFF\u2019s exposure<\/strong>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Weinstein’s claim is chronologically correct.\u00a0The squadron did shut down after his public statements.\u00a0 But chronology is not causality.<\/p>\n

The 523rd\u00a0Fighter Squadron at Cannon AFB had been BRAC’d<\/a> in early 2005<\/a> — meaning Congress and the DoD had already\u00a0scheduled it to be mothballed months<\/em> before the MRFF even\u00a0existed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mikey Weinstein had nothing to do with the 523rd being shut down, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking credit for it. In fact, in 2010 Weinstein said he “stopped”<\/a> the squadron, which he said the Air Force “suddenly mothballed,” presumably after his complaint.<\/p>\n

Why tell the truth, when a lie makes you sound so much more influential?\u00a0 If nothing else, it demonstrates\u00a0how motivated Mikey Weinstein is by his own ego — and how far he’ll go to inflate it.<\/p>\n

To the point: Nothing<\/strong> about the thwarted domestic terror attack has anything to do<\/strong> with the US military or the Christians Mikey Weinstein so loves to hate, despite Weinstein’s machinations to the contrary.<\/p>\n

One final note: Remember the hate-filled language of the men who were planning the bombing?<\/p>\n

The only [expletive] way this country\u2019s ever going to get turned around is it will be a bloodbath and it will be a nasty, messy [expletive]…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Weinstein focused on their “crusader” name, declining to cite\u00a0any member of the US military saying anything\u00a0like that.<\/p>\n

You know who does<\/em> talk like that?<\/p>\n

Mikey Weinstein<\/strong> [emphasis added]: (link 1<\/a>, link 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n