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Date - October 22, 2001
The Spaghetti Eastern, or, Hey Mister Taliban
Day oh, I say Day I say Day I say Day yay yay oh,
Hey Mister Taliban
We work all nights to bomb Afghani,
Day, I say Day oh,
We turn their town into East Spaghetti,
Navy: Anti-Gay Slur Written on Bomb Was Inappropriate
AP
WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials were forced to apologize following
complaints about the language scribbled on the front of an Afghanistan-bound
bomb aboard a U.S. carrier in the Asian theater, a top Navy official said
Thursday.
The Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, complained about such a
message after a photograph distributed by the Associated Press earlier this
week showed a Navy officer aboard the flight deck of the U.S.S. Enterprise
standing next to a bomb with what was described as a gay slur by the group.
The words "High Jack This," followed by the slur, were visible in the
photograph.
Rear Adm. Stephen Pietropaoli called the language an "isolated incident" in
a letter to the Human Rights Campaign and reiterated that the Navy does not
tolerate discrimination.
"We immediately notified Navy commanders involved with Operation Enduring
Freedom to ensure steps were taken to prevent a recurrence of this
unfortunate incident. They have done so," Pietropaoli wrote.
Pilots or crews of U.S. warplanes often write messages on bombs, either
taunting the enemy or praising America. Messages written on bombs during the
anti-terrorism airstrikes have included several references to the Sept. 11
attacks.
Several newspapers across the country also asked the Navy about the bomb’s
message earlier this week, said Pietropaoli, the Navy’s chief of
information.
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of Human Rights Campaign, said in a
statement that the letter was "a welcome clarification and we are pleased
the Navy has stated that this type of anti-gay behavior has no place in our
armed forces."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Tanzim in the Bethlehem area purposely shoot from holy sites to invite a
response that will generate harsh international and Christian criticism.
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From the start of Oslo, one of the very stupidest thing sperpetrated by
the Peres cult was the turning over of Bethlehem and the surrounding
Christian areas to the PLO Reichlet. It should have been clear that this
would simply turn Bethlehem into the front line in the war and it would only
be a matter of time before Israeli tanks retook the city. The problem was
that any military confrontation around Bethlehem threatened to trigger
anti-Jewish reactions from Christians.
The PLO has always devoted great energies to trying to arouse Christian
anti-Semitism against Jews, and the Bethlehem debacle chapter of Oslo playys
into their hands. And now Jews world wide will reap the fruits of Peres’
Oslo megastupidity.
Copyright © 2001 by Steven Plaut. -Published with permission
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