US Marine Corps General Robert Neller called the US military in Afghanistan and the Afghan army Mujahideen. Neller's words leads Task & Purpose.
Terrorists call themselves freedom fighters, Mujahideen - but they are not. They are criminals. They are traitors. They hide behind Islam. They sell drugs. They kill innocent people. Islam is not about that. The Afghan army and the Americans - we are the Mujahideen - said Neller.
If we take into account that, that recently the word Mujahid has lost its original meaning to some extent, and, worldwide associated with “militant”, to Neller, right to some extent, calling the US army Mujahideen. But most likely he did it not from “big mind”.
Basically, this “four-star” the general had previously allowed himself statements, who then tried to level in the Pentagon.
December 2017 of the year, he, while in Norway speaking to the Marines, He stated, that the Marine Corps should prepare for war with Russia.