Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.
U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any religion in Iraq or Afghanistan and were drawn up in order to prevent criticism that the U.S. was embarked on a religious “Crusade” in its war against al Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents.
Personally, I have ‘Ia! Ia! Shub-Niggurath!’ inscribed on my underpants.
Those wacky Michigaranians.
… subliminal recruitment…
Join the Marine Corps and see the sights!
Instead of Bible references, they could have used something more secular but still inspirational like um… “Aim high”
This story is so weird and perverse, it’s hard to know what to say. For starters, Jesus commanded us to LOVE our enemy. So to put a bible verse on a killing tool is sick.
I just finished reading “the distant executioner” in Vanity Fair … highly recommended: http://tinyurl.com/y9lbz7n
One of the interesting aspects of the article is how the “old” strategy of using snipers is actually more useful in Afghanistan than the high tech killing weapons that fat-cat defense contractors have been pushing on America for decades.
But, of course, being a sniper can really screw a person up. Just read the article … it’s hard to summarize.
I’d have preferred “Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn” inscribed myself. But that’s me.
[Freak!
- h.]
Id prefer kill a sand negro in large print…
Being a non-Christian, I’m not 100% happy about this, but Trijicon’s products are 100%, and if I’m betting my life on one, fine. I’m more concerned about functionality than paint…. (Or stamps.)
Having bHo risk our soldiers lives while dithering about troop commitments (and publishing all kinds of should-be-confidential information) is rather more important. But it’s not PC to criticize….
Coz jesus supported the military establishment, didn’t he.
Seriously, how did the federal government overlook this for so long? It takes YEARS to go through the Government vetting process!
Someone was asleep at the switch.
Give them codes on scopes, next they’ll be putting In God We Trust on money.
RBG
-so they’ve known about this since 2003 and they pick now to release this?
This is just another Illuminati/ Council of 12/MJ12 message toying with the public. They do this all the time with budget numbers. it’s part of their “hide it in plain sight” numerology message nonsense..
yooohooo, wake up people…. This is another scripted distraction, people. this what we get for letting freaks run our government and military.
this has all happened before and will happen again.
-s
BTW==just what is “the symbolism” of the cross, more specifically, Jesus having to carry it? Carrying the means of his own destruction?
Be nice to line that up with the excellent image leading this thread.
One modern allusion would be Christ carrying the burden/evil of mankind but I don’t think that was the original meaning which is the only fair starting point.
#29 – Ah_Yea – Someone was asleep at the switch.
You’d be surprised about the efficiency in the Government. They probably spend ten meetings on discussing the color of the sights. Another seven meetings, determining which direction to put the sight. Und so weiter…
Some of the comments on the ABC site are scary. There are people who don’t know that the OFFICIAL use of “In God We Trust” or “So Help Me God” only goes back as far as the 1950s, when you were in a Cold War against the “Godless Commies”. Now that the Cold War is over, and you’re facing enemies who use religion as a pretext for atrocities, you’d think US Govt. would know to drop the religious symbolism from their official activities.
Yes, I know that the majority of Americans are Christians, but when you are representing your country in a foreign country – even on the other side of the gun – you should embody the principles on which your country was founded. In the case of the USA, according to your Constitution and Bill of Rights, those are Enlightenment / Secular principles.
Yes, I know your Muslim enemies won’t know about the the references, not unless someone tells them about it – for example, if a major news outlet picks up on it. (Whoops.) Congratulations: US forces are now Crusaders in the eyes of Muslims everywhere, regardless of what they believe individually.
And then there are people who don’t know that “Muslim enemies” would be doubly freaked and empowered by the thought of a Godless USA.
RBG
Nothing new here.
The US military has been using religion as a crutch since the days of Washington.
I mean hell they even had the song Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition in WWII.
Even though Jesus and the letters of Paul are strongly against war of the flesh, humans don’t care. Religion is just a scapegoat.
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Just where Jesus, the prince of peace, would want his messages coded, right? On >HUGELY< overpriced rifle sights.
The inmates have taken over the asylum. Perhaps the surviving nut cases in the former Trijicon owner's family of fellow religious fanatics should take his plane crash death in 2003 as a sign that they just might be worshiping the _wrong_ god? Nah, they're too selective with their nuttiness.
Pardon me while I talk with the Flying Spaghetti Monster hovering outside my window……. We both agree that Trijicon should replace every one of these sights at no cost and not be allowed to double the price of future sights to compensate.
Jesus Fucking Christ.
I’m sick of these religious freaks and their invisible magical sky gods….all of them. Left right and center. There are NOT magical invisible beings floating in the sky telling us whether or not we can work on Sunday or eat bacon. Grow up.
Jesus loves the little children
All the little children world
Whether yellow, black or white
They are precious in his sight …
Bang!
Is this a way of this manufacturer to stay in business, by getting this point out in the media? Once the enemy finds out, won’t it breed countless new enemies, if they think it’s a Christian vs. Muslim thing?