Waitaminute.
This MOSLEM...is SELLING...BEER? To his campaign workers?
Islam - and I know this, having ridden a carrier into Jebel Ali for a long weekend of fun (not) and entertainment (of sorts)...I can tell you the finer points of Islam, Infidels, and alcohol.
Jebel Ali had what they called "Seamen's Centres." These (two of them) were places where merchant mariners (and Uncle Sugar's minions) could go in and have a beer or twelve; buy a loose woman (or facsimilie thereof) and otherwise behave like sailors. Now, to get in, you had to pass an Islamic guard. He required identification; required EACH person to sign a statement stating he was an Infidel and Enemy of Allah and was going to Hell. Only then could he go in and have a Butt Blight. And look at skanky middle-aged Russian and Israeli whores.
The bar staff were all Indian. Foreign guest-workers, hired to manage alcohol from its arrival to its storage to its sale. And to clean up behind the drunken sailors. Those Indians were full of ridicule and contempt - for the Moslems, for us, for anyone but each other.
We had one guy, who had just been assigned to our carrier (permanent transfer, COD delivery while we were doing donuts in the Gulf) who hadn't been briefed and thought Allah Snackbar was a late-night convenience store. He unpacked; a day later we're in port and he has liberty. He rushes to the Seaman's Centre, has a few beers, and buys a couple to take out.
The Indians were LAFFFING....
He got two blocks with beer in hand, before the Islamic Police picked him up and quickly put him in the city gaol. Which was more like a dungeon. He was two weeks getting word out - during which time he missed Ship's Movement, was marked AWOL, and otherwise given negative checkmarks.
Once released and arrived, he was hustled into Captain's Mast, where his NJP was pretty severe. Busted in rank, which meant his re-enlistment was voided (hadn't yet started) which meant he was high-year-tenured out. Which meant he'd just lost his career after 12 years. Which meant he took a flying leap off the fantail. (The recovery was documented in the Discovery Channel video, "Carrier: Fortress at Sea.")
Point I'm proffering is, Islamicists take alcohol VERY seriously. And with great force.
This MOSLEM...is SELLING...BEER? To his campaign workers?
Islam - and I know this, having ridden a carrier into Jebel Ali for a long weekend of fun (not) and entertainment (of sorts)...I can tell you the finer points of Islam, Infidels, and alcohol.
Jebel Ali had what they called "Seamen's Centres." These (two of them) were places where merchant mariners (and Uncle Sugar's minions) could go in and have a beer or twelve; buy a loose woman (or facsimilie thereof) and otherwise behave like sailors. Now, to get in, you had to pass an Islamic guard. He required identification; required EACH person to sign a statement stating he was an Infidel and Enemy of Allah and was going to Hell. Only then could he go in and have a Butt Blight. And look at skanky middle-aged Russian and Israeli whores.
The bar staff were all Indian. Foreign guest-workers, hired to manage alcohol from its arrival to its storage to its sale. And to clean up behind the drunken sailors. Those Indians were full of ridicule and contempt - for the Moslems, for us, for anyone but each other.
We had one guy, who had just been assigned to our carrier (permanent transfer, COD delivery while we were doing donuts in the Gulf) who hadn't been briefed and thought Allah Snackbar was a late-night convenience store. He unpacked; a day later we're in port and he has liberty. He rushes to the Seaman's Centre, has a few beers, and buys a couple to take out.
The Indians were LAFFFING....
He got two blocks with beer in hand, before the Islamic Police picked him up and quickly put him in the city gaol. Which was more like a dungeon. He was two weeks getting word out - during which time he missed Ship's Movement, was marked AWOL, and otherwise given negative checkmarks.
Once released and arrived, he was hustled into Captain's Mast, where his NJP was pretty severe. Busted in rank, which meant his re-enlistment was voided (hadn't yet started) which meant he was high-year-tenured out. Which meant he'd just lost his career after 12 years. Which meant he took a flying leap off the fantail. (The recovery was documented in the Discovery Channel video, "Carrier: Fortress at Sea.")
Point I'm proffering is, Islamicists take alcohol VERY seriously. And with great force.
