What’s more, his security clearance was revoked, and then restored.
Why did Kang serve in the US Army for one minute after he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State? Because the US military is avid to have and feature Muslim soldiers, so that it can show that it is not “Islamophobic.” And this at the expense of security, as we have seen before with Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood jihad mass murderer, who continued to serve in the Army even after he frightened his coworkers with his talk of jihad, and contacted jihad mastermind Anwar al-Awlaki.
“Soldier arrested for ties to ISIS declared sympathy for the extremist group SIX YEARS ago but was allowed to continue to serve,” by Jessica Finn and Jay Akbar, Mailonline, July 12, 2017:
A US soldier who was arrested for ties to ISIS pledged allegiance to the terror group as early as 2011, authorities have said.
Ikaika Erik Kang, who reportedly won the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, is accused of giving US military documents and training to the terrorist group.
Kang, 34, continued to serve in the Army for years after expressing support for ISIS as the military and the FBI investigated to determine whether he posed a threat, authorities said.
Kang’s father Clifford has since said his son, who was was deployed to Iraq in 2011 and Afghanistan in 2013, may have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Clifford Kang told Honolulu TV station KHON and the Star-Advertiser newspaper he became concerned after his son’s return from Afghanistan – and that he had become ‘withdrawn’.
He also said his son started studying the Islamic faith a couple of years ago during one of his deployments.
Sergeant First Class Kang was taken into custody over the weekend after declaring his loyalty to the terrorist group and admission that he wanted to ‘kill a bunch of people’, according to authorities.
Kang is on record making pro-Islamic State comments and threatening to hurt or kill other service members back in 2011, according to an FBI affidavit filed Monday in federal court.
The Army revoked his security clearance in 2012 but gave it back to him the following year.
Last year, the Army called the FBI when it ‘appeared that Kang was becoming radicalized’, the affidavit said.
Retired Army judge and prosecutor Colonel Gregory Gross said he was perplexed that the Army allowed Kang to remain a soldier even after his favorable comments toward the Islamic State group.
But Gross said the Army may have decided Kang was just mouthing off and was not a threat.
The senior Kang however was shocked to hear about his son’s connection to ISIS.
‘Nobody told me anything. This is the first time I heard about’ it, said Clifford Kang when reached by telephone by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Monday. ‘I’m kind of stunned to tell you the truth.’
‘I never heard of him being with ISIS,’ Kang said…
Kang told an undercover federal agent Saturday that he wanted to kill ‘a bunch of people’….
Donald R Laster Jr says
Until people recognize and accept that Islam is a government and not a religion this type of thing is to be expected. An Islamic is a citizen of a foreign State that is dedicated to taking over the world. No Islamic can ever be a faithful citizen or have fealty to a non-Islamic State due to the requirements of being a citizen of Islam. And many people won’t want to acknowledge this fact.
Andy says
MOSLEMS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY POSITIONS OF POWER IN ANY GOVERNMENT WESTERN CIVILIZED COUNTRY. THERE RELIGION WILL ALWAYS COME FIRST INSTEAD OF THE COUNTRY. MOSLEMS WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER INTEGRATE INTO WESTERN SOCIETY.
ALL TRAITORS OF THE COUNTRY, MILITARY OR CIVILIAN IF FOUND WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT TO BE GUILTY SHOULD FACE THE FIRING SQUAD OR BE INCARCERATED.
GOD BLESS ALL OUR ARMED FORCES, GOD BLESS MEN OF INTEGRITY AND TRUTH WHO WILL NOT BE BRIBED BY CROOKED POLITICIANS WILL NOT TAKE SPECIAL INTEREST MONEY OR DONORS, WILL HAVE A MORAL FIBER AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE COUNTRY, THAN WHAT IS WRONG FOR THEMSELF
God bless President Trump and God bless the USA!!!
Getting back to your Judeo-Christian Roots! AMEN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQdIcWd45k4
“Baruch HaShem”. B’ezrat HaShem (Hebrew: בעזרת השם, “with God’s help”)
Donald R Laster Jr says
Don’t fall into the trap that Islam is a religion. It is a government with the a religious component – a theocracy. And putting everything in capital letters (Internet yelling) is not considered good practice.
Andy says
Sorry, Donald R. Laster Jr.for yelling at you. YOU are the only one who has complained about this.
Next time, (just for you) Donald. I will speak softly and carry a BIG STICK!!! Donald if we had more people speaking LOUDLY about what has been going on with Islam maybe just maybe WE can get things changed for the POSITIVE!
About opinions !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_AiQLCb3U
Donald R Laster Jr says
I was not complaining. I was simply pointing out that it not normally appropriate and people will tend to ignore such comments and I do not believe you want that to happen. You want people to read and consider what you are writing and posting.
mach37 says
Andy, I will add my complaint to Donald’s, about your yelling; it has been long established blog practice that all-caps is bad form, and some blogs will remove your posts for the offense.
Andy says
mach37 Good for you, In a perfect world we all can be quiet but in an world filled with injustice as we are living in today.
I do believe that you have to be LOUD! sometimes. Remember I said sometimes.
If you see other comments that I have had the privilege of writing on this site it is not in LOUD SHOUTING AT YOU CAPITAL LETTERS,
Remember in this article we are dealing with a traitor to the nation! What do you want to do be pussy footing around with these traitors.
Stop being so politically correct and feminist we need REAL MEN NOW! To fight against this evil which is like a cancer spreading across the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9bEkGd1AVo
gravenimage says
Andy, thanks for posting the animation by Sye Ten. His stuff on Islam is just brilliant.
Jacqueleen says
No, they won’t acknowledge this fact because the NWO thugs are pushing for Sharia Law to control the world….We will be their slaves…It will be worse than living under Hillary. There will be a curfew and there will be a limit on how much money you can make…anything over that limit….100% goes to the government. There will be no more incentives to do well and we will see many young people nodding on street corners as they did under Communism in Russia. If the leftists think that this is Utopia, I suggest that they try it out in a Communist or Muslim country and leave the USA alone. We did not become the greatest country on earth with the best healthcare in the world by succumbing to the NWO Thugs pressure..The only change that can take place once you reach the top IS DOWN! Third world country here we come unless those who are not paying attention, finally wake up.
gravenimage says
Muslim soldier pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2011, allowed to continue to serve in US Army
………………….
Wait–*what*? This would be like having an American soldier vow allegiance to Adolf Hitler during WWII and be allowed to continue to serve–and maintain full security clearances. Suicidal madness.
Lioness says
Precisely. But now it’s different, it’s called “diversity”. A soldier can support the enemy and not be charged with treason, because the army is so sensitive to “islamophobia”. They will just sit and wait until this ticking time-bomb starts killing the American soldiers he is serving with.
gravenimage says
Suicidal madness.
Just A Concerned Citizen says
No idea why the article felt it was worth mentioning that this charming young man was decorated with the GWOT Service Medal–this was one of those automatic “gimme” pieces of low precedence chest candy that just about anyone on active duty with a pulse (and perhaps even a few that didn’t…) during a particular period of time was authorized to add to their rack, whatever their loyalties may have actually been.
Mockingjay says
Good info, citizen, as I was indeed wondering about why he might have “won” this “Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,”
StacyGirl says
Our military needs to be rebuilt from the inside out.
Sam says
“Our military needs to be rebuilt from the inside out.”
We need to start from kindergartens.
mgoldberg says
Political correctness is a rather nasty virus. It will not allow common sense to engage simple questions and simpler solution. The restructureing of the army command to placate these multicultural ideas has deteriorated the fighting spirit and goals of the nations armed forces command hierarchy.
We need to regain the common sense that allow us to understand what this means, simply, and without
cowtowing to correctness and understand what actually is ‘correct’ and workable.
traci94 says
“But Gross said the Army may have decided Kang was just mouthing off and was not a threat.” Talk like this should ALWAYS be taken seriously. If a person talks like this he/she should immediately be dismissed and put under surveillance. But I guess that makes too much sense.
Stan Lee says
In 2011, when Kang allegedly swore allegiance to Islam, Obama was in the White House, the R.O.E. favored the bad guys, and a jerk like Obama would have pressed Army “brass” to lay off of this Muslim convert and traitor. These were the days when jihadi Muslims got a “free pass” to do what the voices in their robotic heads told them, in the U.S. military or not.
Michael Casmer says
Wait a minute. I was denied a security clearance while in the military (I was never able to find out why). I am not a Muslim. Whats going on?
PRCS says
“Retired Army judge and prosecutor Colonel Gregory Gross [Major Hasan’s attorney] said he was perplexed that the Army allowed Kang to remain a soldier even after his favorable comments toward the Islamic State group.
But Gross said the Army may have decided Kang was just mouthing off and was not a threat.
It’s difficult to imagine he actually pledged his allegiance to an Islamic State which was just organizing itself 6 years ago.
Without regard to what he actually said, or implied, or to whom it was said–especially in light of violence committed, or plotted, by Muslims against their fellow American military personnel (Akbar, Abdo and others) whatever rules, regulations, and directives–and decisions–permitted and perhaps encouraged his continued service have to be addressed and corrected.
How many remember this Dianna West article concerning the ridiculous 2005 Gitmo detainee Qur’an procedures?
Gonzo Gitmo Charade
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jun/9/20050609-092940-3178r/
This willful blindness and preferential treatment will not end until our elected representatives end it.
mach37 says
How long before the Trump Administration stops this asinine “submission to Islam” of the kafir US Military? As made clear in the WashTimes article, US soldiers are required to officially SUBMIT to Islamic rules about handling the Koran; rules based on an Islamic list of 10 “uncleans.” A list that includes feces, urine, pigs, dogs, and kafirs – kafirs being us infidels. A kafir touching the Koran is regarded the same as one of those other 10 things touching it.
PRCS says
I don’t believe that’s still being done there, but it definitely made clear how long the willful blindness and preferential treatment has been going on.
John A. Marre says
Being a Muslim IS pledging allegiance to a foreign power that plans the destruction of the USA.
Donald R Laster Jr says
A lot of people do not realize that because of Islam false image of a religion and the undermining of knowledge over the last 100 years or so. Islam is a theocracy
Kevin Kelly says
The anger increases whenever I read such trash however true! If we are to irradicate them from US military services and other places, the President needs to get involved. “Sending notice to congress that this is no longer acceptable under my administration. Failure to do so will force my hand and do it with Executive Order, with vengeance!”
Marilyn says
Why is it that, in this country today, appeasing muslims takes precedence over everything else including security for America through our military? What makes these people so very special to so many Americans? Is it truly just willful blindness to the dangers or is there a reason I am not seeing?
SweetOlBob says
DEFINITE Non-Pee Cee comment to follow: Place fingers in ears ! Squint eyes ! Chew on a Milk Bone.
WHAT THE EFFING HELL IS WRONG WITH THE CASTRATED IDIOTS IN OUR MILITARY THAT ALLOWED A MUSLIM TO REMAIN ? ? ?
Have they no memories ? Have they no walking around sense at all ??
The jerk vows himself to Isis and they RESTORE his security clearance ??
Every damn one of these emasculated, playing-to -the-liberals, look-at-me-mommy, Pee Cee “azzholes” needs to be cashiered and replaced with a patriotic soldier who cares more about the safety and future of our Nation than the image of a tutu wearing, prancing, co-existing, Military !
Find out who signed the orders ! Throw them out ! Then, check their superior officer. If any more of these stupid Pee Cee decisions have been made under his or her command, get rid of them too !!
ENOUGH !
Rami Sivan says
Maybe we need more Somalis in uniform.