{"id":45708,"date":"2021-04-05T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T22:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=45708"},"modified":"2021-04-05T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T22:50:35","slug":"congress-killed-a-study-on-pentagon-extremism-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/05\/congress-killed-a-study-on-pentagon-extremism-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Killed a Study on Pentagon Extremism in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34351\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/capitol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/capitol.jpg 880w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/capitol-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/capitol-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>Since the riot at the Capitol on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, the US military has been very focused on \u201ccombatting extremism,\u201d to the point that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the entire military to conduct a \u201cstand down\u201d on the topic of extremism.<\/p>\n<p>However, few may remember that Congress killed an effort to require the military to study that very thing <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2017\/07\/25\/congress-kills-proposed-pentagon-study-of-islamic-extremism\/\">just a few years ago<\/a>: <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In a fascinating story that was apparently overwhelmed by other news events, US Rep Trent Franks (R-Az) had proposed an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would have required the US military to perform a \u201cstrategic assessment\u201d on \u201cviolent or unorthodox Islamic religious doctrine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The amendment was defeated 208-217.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the years prior to that bill, nearly two dozen attacks had been planned against the US military, including many by members of the US military \u2013 all motivated by their Islamic faith.<\/p>\n<p>It seems people are only interested in talking about extremism if it\u2019s the <em>politically correct<\/em> kind.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the riot at the Capitol on January 6th, the US military has been very focused on \u201ccombatting extremism,\u201d to the point that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the entire military to conduct a \u201cstand down\u201d on the topic of extremism. 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