An assistant professor in the law department of the US Military Academy at West Point has argued that legal scholars critical of the war on terrorism represent a “treasonous” fifth column that should be attacked as enemy combatants.
In a lengthy academic paper, the professor, William C Bradford, proposes to threaten “Islamic holy sites” as part of a war against undifferentiated Islamic radicalism. That war ought to be prosecuted vigorously, he wrote, “even if it means great destruction, innumerable enemy casualties, and civilian collateral damage”.
Other “lawful targets” for the US military in its war on terrorism, Bradford argues, include “law school facilities, scholars’ home offices and media outlets where they give interviews” – all civilian areas, but places where a “causal connection between the content disseminated and Islamist crimes incited” exist.
You can read the rest @
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/29/west-point-professor-target-legal-critics-war-on-terror
And here is a link which allows you to download his paper:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2597971
Jesus Christ !!! Have these people gone completely insane?
We have entered a Dark Ages, and I don't expect us to emerge any time soon.
Don't dismiss this as the rantings of just one assistant professor. The military brass is fully behind the criminalization of dissent and investigative journalism. You can read more about this here:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/08/pentagons-new-law-of-war-manual-reduces-us-to-the-level-of-nazis.html
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