Italian Press: Bible Quotes on American Rifle Sights

Company that supplying U.S. Armed Forces, ignores the government rule that bars proselytizing by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ennio Caretta wrote in his article Corriere della Sera (Italian newspaper).

The U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan are prohibited from any form of religious proselytizing of Muslims. However, the company that providing sights for sniper rifles for U.S. Marine Corps always ignored and continues to ignore that rule. In fact the investigation conducted by the Abs found out that company named Trijicon writes coded phrases from the Gospel on rifle sights. For example: Gv 8:12 means The Gospel of John 8:12 “Jesus' claim to be "the light of the world" ...” Or 2 COR 4:6 – means 2 Corinthians 4-6 :“For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give other light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ”

The Abs investigation divided Congress into two groups. Liberals believe that the inscriptions encoded Trijicon may cause Muslims memories of the Crusades and the perceived cause of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan as religious. And conservatives are convinced that these signs are not dangerous at all they help soldiers keep faith.

Production company which is supplying the American army with the products refuted the charges in a secret proselytizing. The company reminded that its founder, who died in a plane crash, was a religious man, and he demanded employees to read the Bible. In addition, the company recalled that American society is based on biblical precepts and the company is part of the military establishment because it believes that government runs a fair and necessary wars. The Pentagon has not commented on the situation, but more likely, the Defense Ministry will require the company to stop writing messages on the rifle sights.

source:Corriere della Sera

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