[quote]sjoconn wrote:
[quote]Young Devil Dog wrote:
HOW TO STOP ISLAMIC TERRORISTS… it worked once in our History…
Once in U.S. history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped. It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so “Black Jack” told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.
Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The U.S. soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs’ blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs.
All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.
Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won’t make them flinch.
They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won’t get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.[/quote]
This just is not true. Pershing worked in the Lake lanao area of Mindanao and was probably best known for his Civil / Military Operations (CMO) and was well respected by local Datu’s. The incident that you describe took place on the island of Sulu. The commander (cant remember his name at the moment) was later relieved because he had so many soldiers killed in the weeks of counter-attacks and reprisals that followed.
I have been working in the Philippines for almost 6 years now (mostly down south). I suggest reading the book “Moroland”. I would try to get more detailed info on this for you, but I am currently deployed in the Philippines.[/quote]
Yeah I know that it is an urban myth. Just thought I would post it anyway. It is a good story although not true. To bad it wasn’t that easy. I did not know that it wasn’t totally false though. I thought it was all made up, I did not know that it did actually happen. Thanks and I will defiantly check the book out! Always up for a good read.