The US military will review the way it teaches service members about Islamic extremism after some of the content in a course for senior officers was deemed inflammatory, FOX News Channel confirmed Wednesday.
The "Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism" course taught at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va., included content suggesting "Islam had already declared war on the West."
The revelation, reported by Wired.com Tuesday, prompted Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey to order a military-wide review of all teaching materials.
"It was inflammatory," Lt. Gen. George Flynn, who serves as Dempsey's deputy for education, told Wired. "We said, 'Wait a second, that's really not what we're talking about.' That is not how we view this problem or the challenges we have in the world today."
The elective course has since been suspended and the military is conducting a review.
"We are equally and deeply troubled by the fact that this language and some of this material could be taught to professional military officers at a US military higher education facility," Pentagon spokesman Capt. John Kirby confirmed to FOX.