Friday, August 18, 2017

Pershing's Pig

You're going to hear or read that President Trump tweeted using the "Pershing approach" to deter Islamic terrorists. And you will see that people debunk as myth the claim that Gen. Pershing advocated burying dead Muslim terrorists with a similarly dead pig, supposedly preventing their entry into paradise.

Daniel Greenfield at FrontPage has the New York Times quotes from the period in question which document Pershing admitting use of the practice. He said that it "sometimes deterred the would-be assassins."

Perhaps wrapping the corpse in a fresh pigskin before burial would suffice; bacon is a terrible thing to waste. Hat tip to Lucianne.com for the link.