Posted: 2/15/2007 9:43:29 AM EDT
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dunno if this is a Dupe If so sorry. Pork Dipped Bullets According to this Cavalry Scout, the pork makes the insurgent "un-clean" and sending him into hell on death. |
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In the Crimean war (1854-1856), Tsar Nicholas I spread the "information" to the Ottomans (allied with the French) that the musketballs in the paper cartridges of the day were lubed with porkfat. The Muslim Ottomans (Turks) refused to bite the ball out of the cartridge (normal loading procedure) because of it, until the French could supply them with "clean" ammo. We could bomb them with pork trimmings/guts from the pork industry. I'm sure the USA produced tons of waste. Of course, you'd have to give up your Ballpark franks then. |
My personal opinion - stupid, because President Bush keeps going out of his way to point out that this war isn't about religion, and something like that certainly will not HELP to get everyday Iraqis to want to help U.S. and Iraqi troops to idntify the terrorists and insurgents hiding among them. We need to KILL the insurgents and their supporters, not go out of our way to piss off all the people on the sidelines, who we need on our side in order to win.  And my GUESS is that the person who made the video is probably some keyboard commando, not an actual military "Cav Scout" at all. (Apologies, of course, if I am wrong) As an aside, I believe the Indian Mutiny of 1857 was partly triggered because local troops mistakenly believe the Brits were using grease made from pork fat for their bullets. |
Keep in mind, though, that if you are talking about the foaming-at-the-mouth Muslim extremists, they might be MORE "afraid" of it because of wacky fundamentalist beliefs. In any event, the actual terrorists woudl probably be pissed off by this kind of thing, which would then hopefully make them irrational, or make them take risks - and thus easier to kill. I just think it's a stupid and juvenile idea because it has to potential to piss of all the wrong people, who we need on our side, and not just piss off the right people. But I agree with your sentiment - muslims in general do not "fear" pork. In fact in the Koran, it says that they can eat pork, in special cases like starvation (and I assume being tricked into it or doing it without their knowledge). It certainly doesn't say that they'll got to hell. One thing that I never figured out is why so many muslims don't seem to like dogs, and don't want to touch dogs? Is that also some "unclean" thing? |
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Fuck it. If there's a hell, the insurgents are going there anyways regardless of what food product the bullets are dipped into. They'll find out soon enough. Shoot them. ETA: Come to think of it, they are already in hell. A world where I can't eat bacon is a world I wouldn't want to be in. No wonder they're so grumpy. |
We've been over this before: www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=545294
Not considered a sin according to Islam. Waste of food, good way to foul a bore, and childish. |
+1 And it was the Sepoy Mutiny that started over what kind of fat was used in the bullets. The Hindus were told it was cow, the Muslims that it was pig. |
The CIA and DuPont were working on McNuggets in the late 50's. Unknown to most, but Robert McNamara was the first Ronald McDonald. Look at the two names...any idiot can see the connection. The clowns code name was ROMAC. |
