General "Black Jack" Pershing & Terrorists

A friend sent this in an email: General Black Jack Pershing was born September 13, 1860 near Laclede, MS. He died July 15, 1948 in Washington, D.C. In 1889 he served in the Spanish-American War. In 1906 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. In 1909 he was Military Governor of the More Province in the Philippines. In 1916 he attained the rank of Major General and served during WW I. In 1919 he was promoted to General of the Armies. In 1921 he was appointed to Chief of Staff. In 1924 he retired from active duty.

When he served as Military Governor in the Philippines just prior to WW I there were a number of terrorists attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by Muslim extremists. So General Pershing captured 50 Muslim terrorists and had them tied to posts for execution. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the now terrified terrorists. Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others won't even touch pigs, at all, nor any of their by-products. To them eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc. is to be instantly barred from paradise (and those virgins) and doomed to hell. The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pigs' blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of them by firing squad. The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorists bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc. They let the 50th terrorist go. And, for the next 42 years there was not a single Muslim extremist attack anywhere in the world.

My reply to my friend was: Now that is the way to get Muslim terrorists' attention. Pershing used an old Indian trick, let one go so he can go tell the others. I've said for a long time that when we capture Muslim terrorists that we strip them naked and throw them in a pen of starving pigs. Then a few days later scoop up the pig dung, ship it to Israel and spread it on the fields for fertilizer. Let one terrorist witness it all. Ship him with the pig dung fertilizer to Israel and turn him loose barefoot so he has to run through the pig dung to the border. . . . but, then I'm cut from the same bolt of cloth as Pershing.

We not only coddle criminals but also coddle terrorists. That is not the way to fight a war. You get the enemy's attention and bring him to his knees begging for mercy. Then you can "negotiate" from a position of power. Do you think Truman coddled the Japanese to end WW II. No. He dropped the bomb. It killed men, women, children, dogs, cats, and anything else around. It took two bombs but the Japanese begged for mercy. I served during WW II but not in combat thankfully. I am one of the many troops that would have fought in Japan had Truman not dropped the bomb and we invaded the home islands. I also worked a short while in the Middle East in the early 1960's. When I first arrived an old Englishman that had worked in that part of the world for many years took me aside and said, "Son, the way you deal with these people is hobble their camel, break their sword, cut out their tongue, and speak softly to them." I don't think much has changed since then in that respect. What has changed is WE are obsessed with political correctness and a fondness for negotiation from a position of weakness.

Later, my friend replied: "Only I feel sorry for the pigs. This looks like a good way to keep terrorists off Israeli soil. Good old General Pershing. The pig method might be better than waterboarding." To which I say: Amen.