Arizona professor claims U.S. military 'greater threat' to peace than ISIS

[Independent voter]

Is he a mmoc poster?

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An Arizona college professor charged that American soldiers are anti-Muslim rapists who pose "a greater threat" to world peace than ISIS, and says he leveled the charge to make the U.S. "stronger and better."

University of Arizona instructor Musa al-Gharbi, who also is an academic affiliate at the university’s Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts, made the comments in a column penned for the online forum TruthOut, and defended them when reached by The Washington Free Beacon. He called Americans "hypocritical" for expressing moral outrage at the Islamic State, which has raped, murdered and beheaded thousands of Muslims and Christians in its quest to establish a Muslim caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

“It would not be a stretch to say that the United States is actually a greater threat to peace and stability in the region than ISIS — not least because U.S. policies in Iraq, Libya and Syria have largely paved the way for ISIS’ emergence as a major regional actor,” al-Gharbi wrote in the article titled, “How Much Moral High Ground Does the U.S. Have Over ISIS?”

Al-Gharbi claimed that the isolated instances of U.S. soldiers committing atrocities including rape, for which they face court-martial and imprisonment if found guilty, are on a level with the widespread and systematic brutality of Islamic State radicals.

“Many of the same behaviors condemned by the Obama administration and used to justify its most recent campaign into Iraq and Syria are commonly perpetrated by U.S. troops and are ubiquitous in the broader American society,” al-Gharbi wrote. “U.S. soldiers and contractors have and continue to torture their enemies, often taking obscene photos to brag about and reminisce upon their acts.”

Al-Gharbi also claimed that the U.S. military has been “heavily infiltrated by white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups.”

Al-Gharbi has written previously for Al Jazeera, including a column in July blaming Israel for provoking Hamas into firing rockets into Israel so it could invade Gaza.

The University of Arizona's Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts distanced itself from al-Gharbi’s writings in an email to the Free Beacon.

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University of Arizona instructor Musa al-Gharbi

Not at all biased then.

[Yarathir]

Hey - we've already had the claim that gamers are worse than ISIS, so what's this if not an upgrade?

[Wells]

Not at all biased then.

Being from the middle east means he's biased?

[shadowfyre27]

Based on what his previous articles have said I would have to say that this "professor" is nothing more then an ISIS sympathizer.

[Wells]

Based on what his previous articles have said I would have to say that this "professor" is nothing more then an ISIS sympathizer.

Such as?

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[Khaza-R]

The only thing shocking is the state that's coming out of. But best of luck to him with those gunfolks in Arizona.

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Do people still believe world peace is attainable

[Ulmita]

Nothing we didn't already know tbh. Just sad that people keep repeating it and nobody seems to listen.

This /10 chars

[Wells]

Do people still believe world peace is attainable

We're closer now than ever before.

[Ulmita]

We're closer now than ever before.

...US just needs to spread a bit more freedom© and democracy©

[Deleted]

Not at all biased then.

Unlike you, pal...

[MerinPally]

Do people still believe world peace is attainable

Isn't it the case that we currently have a record low of wars being waged across the planet? Which is either cause for celebration or rather depressing, depending on which way you look at it.

[Jaxi]

But best of luck to him with those gunfolks in Arizona.

And what are you expecting the "gunfolks" to do?

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Isn't it the case that we currently have a record low of wars being waged across the planet? Which is either cause for celebration or rather depressing, depending on which way you look at it.

I would argue less wars but more tension

[Hammerfest]

This is nothing new. The "Hate America First" crowd's home is in academe.

[Wells]

I would argue less wars but more tension

More tension than when? The Cold War? The lead up to WW2? The lead up to WW1? That's pretty much the last 100 years right there.

[Independent voter]

I think this professor, Mr Musa al-Gharbi, wants to fight for ISIS but lacks the courage.

[MerinPally]

I would argue less wars but more tension

*fewer

Tension perhaps considering back then we just use to begin killing each other instead, although the past century has been pretty awful. I want to say there was more exploitation back then too, but I'm not sure that's true. Rather it's better masked.

[Wells]

I think this professor, Mr Musa al-Gharbi, wants to fight for ISIS but lacks the courage.

Criticized the US? Must be a traitor