Posted on 08/07/2016 10:57:26 AM PDT by real saxophonist
DENVER -- A Highlands Ranch man who says he was “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s comments about the mother of a Muslim U.S. Army Captain killed in Iraq, said he wants to do something about it.
Mike Sexton is asking people to show up at Fort Logan National Cemetery at 10 a.m. Sunday, to place flowers, or other tokens of appreciation, on the graves of Muslim soldiers.
He told Denver7 that if they can’t find any Muslim graves, they’ll place the flowers on graves of people who were different from them.
“For me, it may be Latino,” he said, “since I was raised Irish.”
He said the idea is to decorate a grave, “just to say we are all Americans here.”
Captain Humayun Khan’s father spoke at the Democratic National Convention. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Trump said, “If you look at his wife, she was standing there with nothing to say. She probably, maybe wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me.”
His comments ignited a firestorm of controversy from Democrats and Republicans.
“Capt. Khan gave his life for this country and that needs to be honored,” Sexton said.
“These people,” he added, pointing to grave markers at Fort Logan, “all sacrificed for this country, whether they were killed in action or whether they died comfortably in their beds after they sacrificed and went to war.”
Sexton
said, “We’re all Americans here. There are Jewish graves next to Christian graves. There are Native American symbols. There are Roman Catholic chalices."
And he said there are markers with "just names and no symbols.”
The Highlands Ranch man said he was home watching Saving Private Ryan, again, on the night Mr. Trump gave his “denigrating” remarks about the Khan’s.
“I wanted to remind myself what real sacrifice looks like,” he said. “I thought about the letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mrs. Bixby,” (who lost five sons during the Civil War.)
In the movie, the actor portraying General George C. Marshall, was faced with having to notify another World War II era mom about the loss of her sons. He read Lincoln’s letter, which said in part, “the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid such a costly sacrifice on the Altar of Freedom.”
“I felt I had to honor that,” he said. “So I just put a little group on Facebook and said, ‘come if you’d like,’ and I think I touched a nerve.”
Sexton said he hopes others will show up Sunday morning, “but if not, I’ll come and do it myself.”
Sexton said he has no military background, but added that his brother is in the Army.
“I’d like to think that other Americans would honor him, if he was in one of these graves.”
Sexton also told Denver7 that he’d like to “issue a challenge to anyone running for political office, from any party, from dog catcher to the President of the United States, that they do the same thing."
He said people can meet at the Welcome Center at 10 a.m. Sunday. The Center is at the main entrance to Fort Logan National Cemetery, just off Sheridan Boulevard.
What, exactly, is this snowflake disgusted by? What specific words?
From what I've seen, the mass hysteria over WORDS was unfounded.
Now, is this little crybaby EQUALLY upset over the death of four Americans because of Hitlery's DIRECT NEGLIGENCE? Or is their deaths at the hands of Muslim terrorists cool with him? Because last I checked, Trump never left Americans in the desert to die as they were pleading for help. Hitlery, however, DID.
Parting, was right, the first time. Chain saw would work.
That explains it. Maudlin sentimentality and free-floating anger issues searching for a target, any target other than a Democrat.
(Speaking of my own, here.)
It might indeed be hard for Mr. Sexton to find Muslim soldiers' graves in Fort Logan cemetery.
Another article stated that the number of U.S. soldiers who were Muslim, and who were killed between app 2001 and 2016, was something like 14.
So roughly one U.S. Muslim soldier killed in action per year.
This is not to diminish each individual soldiers' sacrifices. But an honest report would admit that as a group, Muslim U.S. soldiers who have been killed in the service of the U.S.A. are extremely small in number.
As is anyone who would give spiritual fealty to a thief, pedophile and terrorist murderer.
Yes, there are a LOT! My Dad's stone has a cross. Next to him, my son has the 8-spoked Buddhist wheel.
What an idiot
” if they can’t find any Muslim graves “
that’s right , because they are very damn few ....very few
If you want to put flowers on muslim graves there are many many mass graves in the Middle East available .
We need to stop acting like the muslims have contributed so much to this country .They haven’t . They have been a pain in the ass since its inception . Ask Jefferson .
The best thing that a muslim migrating to America can do is to convert to Christianity or Judaism. If they want to be Muz , stay in the ME , where they can here the caterwaul of the mussein , every morning at 4:30 AM , to their hearts content . In America “ that’s NOT who we are” . Nor do we want to become . F that
that’s a beautiful headstone sir . Thank you for your great sacrifice . The world needs more Buddhists .
Enough with this “Con” guy. TRUMP said nothing that should
infuriate anyone, unless they’re part of the “DIVERT
ATTENTION AWAY FROM HILLARY” PROJECT.
Lamestream Media is SO transparent that they’re in the tank
for Hitler-y that we just do not watch them. THEY do not
need us. Feeling’s mutual.
Thanks for the picture.
Much ado about nothing...the man insulted trump...Has never read the Constitution, black soul, whatever....I honor gold star parents, but they have no more right than anyone else to insult and berate other Americans....T.S., this is a rough world....get over it.
I am not understanding how Trump disrespected the Gold Star family. Did he say anything worse than that the mother didn’t open her mouth...and that perhaps she’s not allowed? Is there anything else he said? Otherwise, what the heck is the big deal? Or is the media purposely not replaying his words to make it appear that he said much worse?
What a dope.
“I was raised Irish.”
Got some news for you Mike Sexton..
You was raised STUPID!
You is STUPID!
And I is disgusted!
Note to Mike Sexton.
Just who do you think you are to issue a “challenge?”
Put your pajamas back on and go suck on your pacifier.
Colorado has gone commie. It is the result of so many libs leaving California. Changed the demographics for the worse.
This SOB needs to watch Clinton cash. Less then 7K Muslims have served since the GWOT started. There are over 2.2 million here and less then 6K have served. The number KIA is very small. Khan was a REMF, a Division HHC type, at a support base. He was inspecting his troops near the front gate when the vehicle packed with explosive pulled up. That was a real brilliant move in a war zone.
That was a fairly stupid post.
Muslim dead soldiers are important American dead soldiers are not, so sez the rat party and thier criminal cohorts
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