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West Point Professor Calls For Military Strikes On Journalists Critical Of War On Terror
Submittted by Cassius Methyl via TheAntiMedia.org,
An assistant professor from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recently declared that professionals critical of the “War on Terror” constitute a “treasonous” opposition that should be subject to military force.
He believes the U.S. should have the right to attack people who are critical of U.S. military operations — specifically, professionals, legal scholars, journalists, and other people effectively spreading ideas that oppose war.
Professor William C. Bradford went as far as to publish a long academic paper in the National Security Law Journal that aggressively promotes suppressing dissent about military force, civilian casualties, and expanding military operations in the Middle East.
Using the excuse that victims would be “lawful targets,” Bradford argues that “law school facilities, scholars’ home offices and media outlets where they give interviews” should be targeted with military force to suppress dissent. He asserted that the war on terror should be expanded, “even if it means great destruction, innumerable enemy casualties, and civilian collateral damage.”
He further suggested that the U.S. should wage “total war” on “Islamism,” using “conventional and nuclear force and [psychological operations]” to “leave them prepared to coexist with the West or be utterly eradicated.”
He said that “Threatening Islamic holy sites might create deterrence, discredit Islamism, and falsify the assumption that decadence renders Western restraint inevitable.”
Despite his self-description as an “associate professor of law, national security and strategy,” a representative of the National Defense University has tried to distance the school from Bradford by saying he wasn’t part of the staff, but rather a contracted professor.
Sporting a long history of exaggeration and pro-military extremism, “He resigned from Indiana University’s law school in 2005 after his military record showed he had exaggerated his service,” according to The Guardian.
Though the man seems to be held in high esteem by the military, he spoke with such disregard for human rights that the National Security Law Journal had to apologize.
The NSLJ released a statement on the front page of its website, saying it “…made a mistake in publishing [the] highly controversial article…”
“The substance of Mr. Bradford’s article cannot fairly be considered apart from the egregious breach of professional decorum that it exhibits,” it admitted. “We cannot ‘unpublish’ it, of course, but we can and do acknowledge that the article was not presentable for publication when we published it, and that we therefore repudiate it with sincere apologies to our readers.”
Ironically, Bradford has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Harvard University with a focus in Human Rights Law.
This is a man who is apparently incorporating his violent philosophy into his teaching at West Point. He started on August 1st 2015 — after he published his article.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in forming a complete understanding of the ideological fabric held by many of the war hawks in U.S. Military.
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He's an errand boy sent by neocon think tank clerks to begin normalizing absurdist interpretations of the law of war.
And later, send us the bill.
I trash those 3 large groups and only 2 downs so far - very disappointing. I had hoped for more pride from them
You might do better to enhance your rhetorical style. Try this - he's just a running dog lackey for the Zionist fascist imperialist insect. Harvard is a repository for New Think leftist pablum. The Army and lawyers are guttersnipe functionaries of the black hearted oligarchy.
Will do - make insults more direct This subtlety bs is exhausting anyway
Now Go Home and Get Your Fucking Shinebox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzNUydlQ4I
http://i0.wp.com/www.loonwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/palestine1...
Remember the days when we used to just level cities when we were at war.
It made war distasteful for everyone.
I don't advocate killing anyone. But trying to keep war "clean" and "nice" is what leads to endless wars.
I wonder how the professor feels about the criminal invasion open borders mortgage fraud movement and the judiciary backing the criminal invasion?
Any thoughts professor?
Should we use your playbook to prosecute those that would invade and loot us?
So Walter Kronkite should of been shot through the back of the head when he informed us about tet?....this dickhead is definately a PHD Piled High and Deep
Way to go, Pentagonia.
But it's already an exceptional American custom. Instead of drones they use people with badges and guns with access to steel cages.
Mental garbage, pick up at your own risk...
The fact that he feels secure as an assistant professor in spouting this stuff is what is really shocking.
Assistant Professors are still beholden to their organization's power structure. They do nothing controversial. Therefore, this is a sanctioned paper...
absolutely.
and as you are on it,
just detain everyone for something
makes administrative work easier
Whose irrational? Those who place political correctness ahead of reality or this professor who speaks the truth to the CNN generation.
Hey ZH. Tyy catching up to the story a bit. He also (falsely) claimed to have a Silver Star and has been fired. Selective bits of the story like this piece are not great.
He is a proven liar! He lies about being in the Special Forces and being a combat vet. Read below! He was caught using these lies in public and on his university profile. Check this guy out!
"Bradford’s impressive military service. On his faculty profile, Bradford is identified as having served in the Army infantry from 1994 to 2001, and he had claimed to have been a major in the Special Forces."
"Some of Bradford’s deceptions seem obvious. For example, Desert Storm ended in 1991, and Bradford got a Ph.D., a J.D., and an L.L.M. during his supposed years of combat. Other deceptions were less easily penetrated. That’s why it took Ret. Army Lieut. Col. Keith R. Donnelly contacting Holladay with his suspicion that Bradford did not win a Silver Star to bring clarity to that issue. Both Donnelly and Holladay independently requested Bradford’s military records. In her column Sunday, Holladay reported that Bradford had seen no active duty, had won no awards, was discharged as a second lieutenant, and was not in the infantry. Bradford had been in the Army Reserve from September 30, 1995, to October 23, 2001, but saw no active duty."
It does appear that parts of the Middle East are literally being cleaned out of certain types of people and the immigration crisis going on in Europe seems to have a direct result of this. The question is WHY do they want the area cleaned out? And Why if the U.S. et al so sick of Assad they haven't gone in and killed him like they did Saddam? I think much of what they are doing AND WHY is being hidden from the masses.
Spare me!
You dont need two - three paragraphs to realize the professor is an idiot, the headline accomplished that.
Government has become a religious cult. A global one at that.
WW3 is shaping up. Honest people around the world vs governments around the world. Freedom? Thats only for cult leaders. The cult followers are just mindless drones whos every thought comes out of a electronic box.
Next up not watching the TV enough will be punished. Please folks turn off the TVs It really does rot your brain.
This guys message is for cult followers only. Some people will do anything to hold on to their beliefs even kill. This guy is one such person. There are more.
Pogue Colonel: Marine, what is that button on your body armor?
Private Joker: A peace symbol, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Where'd you get it?
Private Joker: I don't remember, sir.
Pogue Colonel: What is that you've got written on your helmet?
Private Joker: "Born to Kill", sir.
Pogue Colonel: You write "Born to Kill" on your helmet and you wear a peace button. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Private Joker: No, sir.
Pogue Colonel: You'd better get your head and your ass wired together, or I will take a giant shit on you.
Private Joker: Yes, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Now answer my question or you'll be standing tall before the man.
Private Joker: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.
Pogue Colonel: The what?
Private Joker: The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Whose side are you on, son?
Private Joker: Our side, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Don't you love your country?
Private Joker: Yes, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Then how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
Private Joker: Yes, sir.
Pogue Colonel: Son, all I've ever asked of my marines is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
Private Joker: Aye-aye, sir.
I assume that West Point faculty and staff are government employees--on the taxpayer dole.
The Commandant needs to explain to the American taxpayer why this fascist monkey is on his staff.
This mentally ill psychopath has already resigned from West Point.
http://popularmilitary.com/west-point-professor-resigns-after-calling-fo...
Whether this guy resigned or not (to take a job in the military no doubt), this is where the USSA is headed.
The sick thing is, the attitude of many (certainly not all) in the military is becoming worse than parodies of Nazis. Sadly, most of the worst will be at high levels or who rise quickly. This has long been the subtext of the phrase the military adopted proudly, namely "full spectrum dominance". While some thought this meant only in terms of military assets, hardware and technology... they were very wrong.
West Point professor resigns after inflammatory article....But Bradford defended the journal article in a statement Monday to The Washington Post.
"I stand by my article," he told the newspaper in an email, adding that he feels it was "taken out of context" by people who had not read it......
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/09/01/west-point-profes...
West Point professor resigns after inflammatory article....But Bradford defended the journal article in a statement Monday to The Washington Post.
"I stand by my article," he told the newspaper in an email, adding that he feels it was "taken out of context" by people who had not read it......
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/09/01/west-point-profes...
If this professor said something that gays/non-whites/etc. construed as offencive - liberal retards would gang up on him and get him fired. But since he is just calling for using military against anti-war journalists, probably nothing will happen (apart from him geting a new grant from Haliburton/Carlyle). This is crazy times we are living
..oh, I just saw a comment that professor resigned, it is not as hopeless as I thought