Here is General Allen several years ago, issuing an embarrassing and groveling apology to “the noble people of Afghanistan” for an alleged desecration of the Qur’an by U.S. troops:
General Allen clearly had no idea how weak and pusillanimous his repeated apologies in this video made him appear to many, if not most, of “the noble people of Afghanistan.” He should have known enough about Islamic culture to know that it respects strength and sees apologizing and attempts at conciliation as weakness, only to be despised.
Note also the General’s eager endorsement of Sharia provisions regarding treatment of the Qur’an, and unquestioning acceptance of the fundamental proposition that the burning of these Qur’ans was something heinous and to be apologized for in the first place. He makes no attempt whatsoever, even in the gentlest way, to suggest that rioting and calling for killing people because of the burning of these books is irrational, unjustifiable behavior. He makes no attempt to explain or defend the concept of freedom of expression or its importance.
And even though his assumption of a duty to enforce Sharia in this case was a matter of tactics, not belief, it was unwise: it could not and did not win the hearts and minds of Afghans, and it set yet another bad precedent for the responsibility of Infidel authorities vis-a-vis Sharia.
Allen also spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and said that Hillary Clinton, who gave us Benghazi, would defeat ISIS.
This is the kind of person who wants the U.S. to go to war with Turkey.
“US-backed Kurdish forces strike deal with Syria’s Assad,” by Helen Regan and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, October 14, 2019:
…Retired US four-star Marine Gen. John Allen on Sunday said, “There is blood on Trump’s hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies.”
The former commander of American forces in Afghanistan and former special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS under the Obama administration told CNN the unfolding crisis in Syria was “completely foreseeable” and “the US green-lighted it.”
“There was no chance Erdogan would keep his promise, and full-blown ethnic cleansing is underway by Turkish supported militias,” he said. “This is what happens when Trump follows his instincts and because of his alignment with autocrats.”
The Trump administration has insisted Turkey would have proceeded with their offensive regardless of whether US troops had remained and that the US has not deserted the Syrian Kurds.