Blood Boil: Pro-Muslims Get Key Pentagon Specialist on Islamic Extremism Fired
Hesham Islam, assistant to Secretary Gordon England.
If we, as Americans, are not vigilant, we will see the camel’s nose inch its way into our tent, and before you know it, we will have camel shit all over the place.
Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, has been fired from his position on the military’s Joint Staff. The action followed a report in this space last week revealing opposition to his work for the military by pro-Muslim officials within the office of Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England.
Mr. Coughlin was notified this week that his contract with the Joint Staff will end in March, effectively halting the career of one of the U.S. government’s most important figures in analyzing the nature of extremism and ultimately preparing to wage ideological war against it.
He had run afoul of a key aide to Mr. England, Hasham Islam, who confronted Mr. Coughlin during a meeting several weeks ago when Mr. Islam sought to have Mr. Coughlin soften his views on Islamist extremism.
Mr. Coughlin was accused directly by Mr. Islam of being a Christian zealot or extremist “with a pen,” according to defense officials. Mr. Coughlin appears to have become one of the first casualties in the war of ideas with Islamism.
The officials said Mr. Coughlin was let go because he had become “too hot” or controversial within the Pentagon.
Misguided Pentagon officials, including Mr. Islam and Mr. England, have initiated an aggressive “outreach” program to U.S. Muslim groups that critics say is lending credibility to what has been identified as a budding support network for Islamist extremists, including front groups for the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
Mr. Coughlin wrote a memorandum several months ago based on documents made public in a federal trial in Dallas that revealed a covert plan by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian-origin Islamist extremist group, to subvert the United States using front groups. Members of one of the identified front groups, the Islamic Society of North America, has been hosted by Mr. England at the Pentagon.
After word of the confrontation between Mr. Coughlin and Mr. Islam was made public, support for Mr. Coughlin skyrocketed among those in and out of government who feared the worst, namely that pro-Muslim officials in the Pentagon were after Mr. Coughlin’s scalp, and that his departure would be a major setback for the Pentagon’s struggling efforts to develop a war of ideas against extremism. Blogs lit up with hundreds of postings, some suggesting that Mr. England’s office is “penetrated” by the enemy in the war on terrorism.
Kevin Wensing, a spokesman for Mr. England, said “no one in the deputy’s office had any input into this decision” by the Joint Staff to end Mr. Coughlin’s contract. A Joint Staff spokesman had no immediate comment.
(Washington Times)
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Unless someone in power has the “cojones” to fight the very real Islamic threat,we may be doomed by the PC! There are Muslims in the Pentagon! Evidently with the power to remove a Patriot who is aware of the threat of Islam.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:50 pm“He had run afoul of a key aide to Mr. England, Hasham Islam, who confronted Mr. Coughlin during a meeting several weeks ago when Mr. Islam sought to have Mr. Coughlin soften his views on Islamist extremism.”
It certainly sounds to me like Mr. England’s office is “penetrated” by the enemy in the war on terrorism.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:53 pmMakes me a bit nervous, but it is these types of firings/etc. that will just pull the curtain back and the wizard will be exposed for what he really is hopefully.
There are also others in and around the Puzzle Palace that are in agreement with this patriot. Unfortunately, the powers that be aren’t that smart.
January 4th, 2008 at 3:54 pmWhy must everyone on this earth be so damned afraid of minority groups!!!
Islamic Extremism is evil and the work of the devil…
there i said it! - now come get get me you muslim fucks!!
January 4th, 2008 at 3:58 pmSo…Iowa has taken over the Pentagon now? WTF people!!?!?
January 4th, 2008 at 4:12 pmRemembering a line from a news video from London I saw here a few weeks ago,
January 4th, 2008 at 5:13 pm“Political correctness is the fertilizer that allows islamic extremism to flourish.”
And so it begins….the foundation for “Islamaphobia”…and then onto the next stages of full out Sharia law and the eventual assumption by The Caliphate.
I remember a time when I only read of stories like this shit happening in Europe.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:15 pmYou can fight these PC idiots the way I do. I passed out copies of “The Religion of Peace: Why Christianity IS and Islam Isn’t” and the “Politically Correct Guide To Islam and The Crusades” to my military contracting buddies.
Educate the Pentagon masses from the bottom up. Let those who have influence then spread the word up the chain.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:25 pmWhen shraia law comes to America it will be too late. And your next President Barack Hussein Obama is the first step.
We better unite now and defeat the leftist agenda that will welcome sharia.
Anyone opposing it will be slaughtered like what the terrorists did to those they lined up and riddled with bullets.
I am talking about our grand children and great grandchildren, it is our responsibility to fight sharia now!
We need to demand answers to the tough by the candidates. Expose their weaknesses as well as their strengths, we all have them. No one is perfect.
January 4th, 2008 at 5:36 pm…answers to the tough questions…
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January 4th, 2008 at 6:29 pmPolitical correctness works like this: its when 99% of a society gives into the beliefs of 1%. its just gone too far in so many cases
January 4th, 2008 at 6:46 pm@ Dan (the infidel),
Hell, all the other infidels out there too.
I wouldn’t want to “exclude” anybody.
That would be “Politically Incorrect”.
Dan you are spot on, 100% correct as usual.
The way to combat the replacement of reason, a.k.a. “political correctness”
is to kill it one person at a time. (The P.C., not the people. )
One of my 08 resolutions is to “gently and compassionately” point out the PC bullshit (as it comes up) to those around me.
Then “softly” task them to justify why anyone should follow these new “unwritten laws” of our land.
Laws BTW that were snuck into the fabric of our society without anyone casting
a single vote.
Who exactly are these laws correct for?
P.C. is the main weapon of the fifth column liberals.
January 4th, 2008 at 8:11 pmKill it wherever you find it.
@ EDinTampa,
No need to post grammatical corrections.
January 4th, 2008 at 8:16 pmYour message is loud and clear.
If you want to contact the Gordon England to let him know that this is straight up bullshit, here is his mailing address (no public e-mail):
Acting Deputy Secretary Gordon England
1010 Defense Pentagon
Washington DC 20301
I’m firing off my letter today and asking him WTF he is thinking letting hasham islam be the muslim “advisor” when obviously the guy is an islamic extremists sympathizer and an “islamic zealot”.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:35 am“Here’s a quotation from Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon’s fired jihad expert (and the only Islamic Law scholar on the Joint Staff):
If the Enemy in the War on Terror (WOT) states that he fights jihad in furtherance of Islamic causes that include the imposition of Shari’a law and the re-establishment of the Caliphate; and Islamic law on jihad exists and is available in English; then Professionals with WOT responsibilities have an affirmative, personal, professional duty to know the enemy; that includes ALL the knowable facts associated with the law of jihad. ”
We imperil ourselves when we allow such astute people as this patriot be railroaded by a bunch of PC losers.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:42 amUm, Hesham Islam is a retired U.S. Navy Commander. That gives him some cred in my book. He served 20 years. How many of you served one month?
Why smear an honorable retired officer?
January 5th, 2008 at 1:20 pm@metrico:
I don’t give a flip how many years he served. His views on Islamo-facism are dead wrong.
Don’t try for the personal attacks asshole. Most of the people in herte are either current servicemembers, former servicemembers, combat vets or 20-year people like myself.
Get your head out of your ass.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:57 pmmetrico, I served during Nam, and I don’t give a shit if the dickhead muzzie is an ex-president. If he’s going to fuck a man who has the skill and knowledge we need to win this WOT, FUCK heshit islum!
January 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm@metrico:
FYI dumbass, Stephen Coughlin is Maj. Steven Coughlin. And your pedigree would be exactly what?
January 5th, 2008 at 3:59 pmmetrico:
Retiring as an OF-4 (pre-retirement O-3 pay grade)after doing 20, doesn’t say much about islams abilities !
It’s common knowledge to many operation planners, that they have to avoid dealing with the pentagon in general, so as not to have everything turn into a cluster-fuck.
The pentagon has been heavily peppered with operatives by the democrats, for 30-40 years now. It’s a wonder if anything completes successfully………
January 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pmThere are two kinds of Pentagon types: Those that kiss ass well and those that are great leaders. There are few great leaders and too many ass-kissers. As a result of effective ass-kissing stupid ass decisions like this one come about.
Just because an officer wears the rank, don’t make him right. Stupid asses come in all “0″ ranks and TIS.
The Pentagon is exactly as old11B says it is. And there are way too many Dhimis both civilian and military manning the decision-makers desks.
On the Islamo-facist front there are now no experts who understand the real threat. How fooking stupid is that?
Maj Stephen Coughlin should have been promoted, not fired.
His views are exactly in line with what people who bother to study Islamo-facism say about it.
If anyone should have been fired it is Sec England and the pinhead kiss-ass that convinced him to make this idiotic decision.
Hasham Islam ’s views square with CAIR’s views. He’s a jihadi…he’s no friend of the US no matter what his military background. Fuck him and all who think like him.
January 5th, 2008 at 5:07 pm@ old11B
A Navy Commander is an O-5, not an “OF-4,” whatever. So he outranks Coughlin.
I’m a retired reserve O-5 with 9 years active duty.
Does this guy Coughlin read and speak Arabic? Is he really an expert, or a “self-styled” expert? I doubt you can be an “expert on Islamic law” without reading Arabic - 95% of that law is untranslated. It would be like claiming to be an “expert on English law” without being able to read English.
Also, if you read Small Wars Journal, you’ll see that Coughlin got into a policy fight with David Kilcullen and GEN James Mattis. He lost, got fired and now he’s throwing a tantrum with the help of Gertz, whom he no doubt used to leak to.
January 5th, 2008 at 10:49 pm@metrico
Yeah, Maj Coughlin is a mideast expert. And you don’t have to speak Arabic to be one. You just need to read their playbooks, and the translated docs comming out of the ME such as can be found in the AQ Reader or SITE.
Doesn’t take a brain trust to figure out the phychopathic nature of Islamo-facism.
Irrespective of whom Coughlin got into a dispute with. It is the soft jihadis in the Puzzle Palace that got him fired.
The termination of Stephen Coughlin on the Joint Staff is an act of intellectual cowardice.
The ranks of the individuals responsible are a who cares item.
BTW Maj Conglin’s views are in line with my views…and I consider myself an expert on the subject cause, I’ve read their playbooks.
It’s pretty obvious that you have not.
January 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm