"Anti-Islam" T-Shirt Goes On Sale At U.S. Military Base, Outrage Follows

"Anti-Islam" Shirt

From Opposing Views:

An anti-Islam T-shirt was on sale at the Fort Carson military base in Colorado. 

According to the Colorado Springs Independent, the offensive shirt was being sold as recently as Nov. 2. 

The clothing featured the Statue of Liberty wearing an Islamic burqa with the message: "Don't Let This Happen To America." 

The star and crescent symbol of Islam appeared on the famous torch. 

The T-shirt was sold at a kiosk inside a mall outside the post exchange on the U.S. Army base, notes The Associated Press. 

The Army and Air Force Exchange Service told the vendor 'Merica Apparel to stop selling the shirt because it violated military rules against merchandise with religious or political messages.

First, the shirt is not "Anti-Islam", unless the whole of Islam is pro-Sharia and pro-Burqa.

The idea behind the shirt is to not allow America to be taken over by Islamic radicals who would, in the end, have our nation look like Iran or Saudi Arabia.

Surely, we can all agree upon that. Even the Moderate Muslims, right?

I mean, there are plenty of those out there. They must agree with the idea that they don't want our nation to turn radical, right?

Wait, you say they don't? You say, pretty much all of Islam is like the Islam depicted on the shirt?

No, that's not what you're saying?

Well then, what the fuck are you saying?

Come back when you can tell me what exactly is your point.

Second, the military has a policy against "religious or political messages"?

Does this include the "political messages" that make up the reason for Military Action in the first place?!?!?!?

Like, for instance, in the second World War, we fought against Germany because they were taking out our allies, one by one.

We began to believe we would not have a European Ally left if we did not put a stop to German policy.

So we went to war against Germany.

That was a political decision.

Today, we have political reasons for facing off against the forces of radical Islam. We can encapsulate those political reasons into a political message that could be emblazoned on a t-shirt.

Would those political messages be banned by the military?

What's that you say? They would?

Well, if that is so, then what you are saying is, our Military has an open policy against articulating it's own reasons for doing what it does.

Does that sound like the policy of a winning organization?

Or, does that sound like an organization which is afraid of it's own shadow?