According to<\/A> Kate Wiltrout, writing for The Virginian-Pilot<\/I>, the United States Navy “will not use a target depicting a Muslim woman holding a gun at a new training range for SEALs in Virginia Beach”. <\/p>\nA woman in a hijab? Well, OK. SEALs have probably been shot at in Iraq or Afghanistan by women wearing headdresses, so that might be a legitimate practice target (among others).<\/p>\n
But, as they say on the television infomercials, there’s more. On the wall behind the woman’s head were verses from the Qu’ran.<\/p>\n
What idiot in the Department of Defense thought this target was a good idea?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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