Navy Commander Disciplined, But Extremist Activities Continue
Despite being reprimanded for his political activities by Navy officials recently, Lt. Comdr. John Sharpe鈥檚 extremist organizing continues. Sharpe spoke earlier this month at the , a gathering of in Nashua, N.H. The Aug. 17-19 event was hosted by the , a virulently anti-Semitic group that has been in with its neighbors recently. A sense of the group鈥檚 views comes from listening to one of its officials, Brother Anthony Mary, who has that 鈥渢he perpetual enemy of Christ is the Jewish nation鈥� and suggested that Jews should be dealt with using 鈥渂lood and terror if it鈥檚 required.鈥�
Those views dovetail nicely with Sharpe鈥檚 own. Sharpe is on record blaming the 9/11 attacks not on Al Qaeda but on 鈥淛udeo-Masonry.鈥� He believes that 鈥渢he current and historical mortal enemy of Christian civilization is Judeo-Masonry.鈥� Sharpe is cool with hate groups, too. Attending the 2006 conference of American Renaissance, a racist magazine specializing in theories of race, intelligence and eugenics, Sharpe sold his two-volume set Neo-CONNED!, which has several articles by racists and anti-Semites. Next to his booth was a man selling 鈥淲hite Power鈥� T-shirts.
Sharpe probably figures the Navy just won鈥檛 call him on this. After all, though Sharpe was suspended from his post as public affairs spokesman for the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson early this year 鈥� the move followed the Intelligence Report鈥檚 exposure of his anti-Semitic activities 鈥� the Navy declined to court-martial him, according to his parents. The only charges Sharpe reportedly faced were related to the military legal code that bans 鈥渃ontemptuous words against the President鈥� and other high officials. They were based on comments in his Neo-CONNED! books that were highly critical of President Bush and the war in Iraq. Sharpe is currently awaiting reassignment, according to Jim Brantley, a spokesman for U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
