Keep in mind, Obama hadn't even been sworn in for his first term yet. We still had tens of thousands of troops in Iraq and it was relatively stable compared to now.
The guy behind this idea was Lyle Holmgren of Utah State University. The story states "William Westbrook was a consultant for the trip."
So what has happened since 2008? Precious little if anything. Utah State hasn't posted anything since the junket in Jan 2009 Here's what actually happened on the trip-->
Westbrook was quoted as saying "They will just butcher it right there on the ground, and it will be immediately hung and sold." In case people don't know it, this means Muslims require animals be killed, butchered and prepared according to very specific "Halal" procedures as ordered by Islamic law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal That means SOOUM would have to either ship LIVE animals into a war-torn region or ship Halal certified products.
I sincerely doubt Westbrook & Co have the ability make boatloads of money shipping food into active battle zones and getting back out alive. Unless the are currently intending to do so they need to put a stop to the disinformation these 6 year old news stories are creating
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