Do note: the following “directive” has been widely debunked. It is, according to the best information I can gather, completely bogus, fake, NOT the genuine article. (Now, for those NON-readers who may stumble on this blog and be unable to parse that, I have no more help to offer. :-))
Dr. CIV V Corps Deputy G5, CIMIC/US Executive, Maneuver Programs; Giangrego, Salvatore Mr. V Corps G5, Manuever Management
To: All Commands
Subject: U.S. Navy Directive 16134
Ref: ComMidEast (mip://03620fb8) For Inst 16134//24 K All commanders promulgate upon receipt.
The following T-shirts are no longer to be worn on or off base by any military or civilian personnel serving in the Middle East:
A. “Eat Pork or Die” [both English and Arabic versions] B. “Shrine Busters” [Various. Show burning minarets or bomb/artillery shells impacting Islamic shrines. Some with unit logos.] C. “Napalm, Sticks Like Crazy” [Both English and Arabic versions] D. “Goat – it isn’t just for breakfast any more.” [Both English and Arabic versions] E. “The road to Paradise begins with me.” [Mostly Arabic versions, but some in English. Some show sniper scope cross-hairs.] F. “Guns don’t kill people. I kill people.” [Both Arabic and English versions] G. “Pork. The other white meat.” [Arabic version] H. “Infidel” [English, Arabic and other coalition force languages.]
The above T-shirts are to be removed from Post Exchanges upon receipt of this directive. In addition, the following signs are to be removed upon receipt of this message:
A. “Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily. B. “Do we really need ‘smart bombs’ to drop on these dumb bastards?”
All commands are instructed to implement sensitivity training with respect to the above topics upon receipt.
Let me once again redundantly and repetitiously repeat: The above “directive” is a FAKE.
But.
In today’s climate, is it any surprise that the first time I read it, I believed it could be real?
Still, I think I’ll have to have a couple of T-Shirts made up…
أكلت Ù„ØÂÙ… خنزير أو متت
and
“Islamic Religious Services Will Be Held at the Firing Range at 0800 Daily”
(Also as “سيمسك خدمات [إيسلميك] دينيّة كنت ÙÂيالإشعال مدى ÙÂÙŠ0800 يوميّة”)
And if (IF? IF? *ROFLKASTMAFO!*) the po’ widdle moose-limbs can’t take a joke, well, who cares? 100% terrorists or terrorist wannabes or terrorist enablers. What else can one infer from their veneration of Mohammed, the Butcher of Medina, pedophile, rapist, mass murderer par excellence, slaver, and more: THE prototypical Islamic terrorist?