Trump: "We Should Kill Muslims With Bullets Dipped in Pigs' Blood"

[LongTomH]

Donald Trump just keeps going lower and lower. Now, he's quoting an incident which apparently didn't happen as an example of how to deal with Muslim extremists:

In a bizarre 11th hour demand for attention before the crucial South Carolina presidential primaries, Republican front-runner Donald Trump attempted to proverbially jump the political shark for the umpteenth time, citing a horrifying hoax chain email myth as an apparent national security policy while doubling down on his support for reinstating the illegal torture program.

Trump regaled his audience with the tall tale of U.S. General John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing, who served in America’s turn-of-the-century colonial wars in the Philippines and in particular, the repression of the Moro Rebellion by ethnic Filipino Muslims. “He was a rough guy!” said Trump, before telling the audience that:

He caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage…and he took the 50 terrorists and he took 50 men and dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blood. You heard about that? He took 50 bullets and dipped them in pig’s blood [which is considered haram]. And he has his men load up their rifles and he lined up the 50 people and they shot 49 of those people. And the 50th person, he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. And for 25 years there wasn’t a problem.

There are so many problems with this statement it’s hard to know where to begin. Firstly, they weren’t terrorists, the Moro were fighting for their independence against a colonial power who had “won” the islands as part of a settlement from a separate war. Secondly, the whole story is an utter myth that was widely circulated among the inboxes of terrified conservatives after the September 11th terrorist attacks but has been discounted as a ridiculous legend by fact-checking website Snopes. Thirdly, a cursory look at a history book will tell you that far from 25 years of peace, the Moro Rebellion continued until the outbreak of the Second World War, when the islands were seized by Japan.

At the Nuremberg trials, murder of prisoners of war was labeled a War Crime.

The constant right-wing dehumanization of Muslims is as appalling as it is short-sighted. The “terrorist” has become less than sub-human for the racial and religious supremacists in the Republican Party, an existential boogeyman that does nothing but plot against the United States, jealous of our “freedoms” and our prosperity. Trump and his cronies only see the people of the Middle East as tools to be exploited or vermin to be extinguished; they refuse to acknowledge our own role in provoking these conflicts – and how much ignorant and hateful statements by our politicians exacerbate the divide and put our nation in further danger.

For those with strong stomachs, there's a video of Trump's horrible diatribe.

Read more: http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/02/20/trump-we-should-kill-muslims-with-bullets-dipped-in-pigs-blood-video/

[Matrosov]

1. ..and conservatives love him for this kind of rhetoric.

It doesn't matter to them one bit if the story about Pershing is false and has been discredited countless times.

[HassleCat]

2. The pig thing

There are many of these anecdotes about how Muslims are so terrified by the idea of dying while despoiled by something related to pigs. The punch line is generally to the effect that it scared them so badly they caused no trouble afterward. I have heard different versions of this theme told by my local yahoos. Sometimes they are killed and eaten by pigs. Sometimes they are forced to eat pork and then killed. If it were that simple, we could save tens of thousands of people by spraying pig blood instead of dropping bombs. Even better, ensure lasting peace in a significant portion of the world.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Kickin' it

[democrank]

4. Another Barco-Lounger chickenhawk.

Sitting in some kind of Trump Tower, pretending he knows all about war.

He doesn`t know jack.

[immoderate]

5. Sociology from "Lord of the Flies."

--imm

[felix_numinous]

6. Dude is a domestic threat

he must have arrived through a time machine from the bronze age, all he wants to do is fight, or rather, watch the war from one of his comfortable mansions. One gets the feeling that he is running for president for the thrill of influencing even the craziest people, and making them send him money. It is a game to him.

[roamer65]

7. Glad I'm not Muslim.

I love pork sausage.

As for the topic, usual tRump verbal diarrhea.

[Skittles]

8. imagine Trump representing America on the international stage

[pampango]

9. Talk about the quintessential "Ugly American". "Americans are winners! You are losers!" n/t