Political Correctness, is it bad in a war?

Political Correctness, is it bad in a war?

A week ago a story appeared of five young men, in their early twenties, who disappeared from the Washington DC area. Their families were frantic with worry. Then they got a phone call from the young men. They were fine. They were in Pakistan and they were trying to get training to infidels. After all it was every Muslim’s duty to kill infidels. This worried the families even more and they started looking through their sons stuff. They found correspondence, videos the men had made and indications they had been involved with a radical Mosque. Then the truly surprising part of the story. The families called the FBI. Turned in their own family members. The boys were arrested in Pakistan and the FBI are talking to them. The question now comes, if these young men were radicalized in a mosque in the DC area, why wasn’t the FBI already on it. Is this a case of political correctness? Are we afraid of Muslims so much that we are scared to offend them? The balance a government maintains regarding religious freedom in this country sometimes errors on the wrong side. Does this put us in more danger? I say offend away. I would rather have some religion offended than have these men walk into a crowded mall on Christmas Eve with C4 strapped to their chest. I don’t care what religion they are. I would say the same thing if they were radical Lutherans breaking into a spontaneous chorus of “A Mighty Fortress” right before they blew themselves up with their 95 sticks of dynamite. But I duress. Let us look at case #2.

A major in the US Army is a Muslim. Nothing wrong so far. But he then starts talking all radical. Even makes public statements at a conference with his fellow soldiers. Red flags should of shot straight up! His business cards even stated SOA, standing for Soldier of Allah. You know the rest of the story. Fourteen people died. Wait, you say thirteen? One was pregnant. Fourteen. Another example of PC gone wrong?

The diversity education we are receiving in our schools, work place and military is making us afraid to say anything. Or maybe we are just getting numb, dumb and complacent. But let’s go to case #3.

The date: December 7, 1941. The place: Pearl Harbor. The Japanese pounded the crap out of our Pacific Fleet. The largest loss of life attack on US soil until 9/11. A lot of things happened after that but one thing was for curtain. We got pissed off! Right or wrong the Japanese were rounded up and put into internment camps. Before you start objecting, the Japanese attacked us. They had a different culture then with a different view of death. They had a fanatical worship of their Emperor and a sense of honor that inclined them to do what he told them to do. All this made the untrustworthy. They had to prove themselves. An prove themselves they did. If I remember my history correctly the Japanese-American Army unit in WWII was the most decorated unit in the war. I believe they had more Medal of Honor winners than any unit too. Perhaps our treatment of them was not PC but many if not most Americans who lived through that time would disagree. Now case #4.

My father told me the story many times, and though I believed him just a few years ago he found a book that was written that corroborated his story. The story took place even before he was born and passed down through generations. During WWI, around 1917 or so, the Lead Belt in Missouri was busy place. For decades people from around the world would come to this area to work in the lead mines or at Iron Mountain. That’s right a mountain made of iron. Among the people living and working in the area were a large group of immigrants from Hungry. The locals called them “Hungees”. Well Americans were joining up to go to Europe to fight the Germans. In a local bar some Hungees were asked if they were going to join up to defend their new country. Their reply was “no, we are going to stay behind and take care of your women”. Well that didn’t set well with a bunch of Missouri Boys. To make a long story short, the Hungees were rounded up and put on box cars and shipped out of the area. The Army was called up to put down the rebellion and get the miners back digging lead. Was this PC? Probly not.

These four examples show the problem with political correctness. Can we as a nation at war afford not to look closely at what Muslims in this country are doing? Can we afford to not look into radical clerics and radical mosques? Should Muslims prove themselves like the Japanese did? In the end I don’t know. But I do know we sure seem to bending over backwards not to hurt their feelings and not getting much in return.