[DaveTesla]

The MSM is becoming insane with with this propaganda.
"How can a Muslim participate in killing other Muslims
in such places as Iraq and Afghanistan?"

Did the author of this propaganda piece have an I.Q. over 35?

Muslims do it every day.
Their called suicide bombers.
The strap on bombs or drive vehicles loaded with
explosives in to the local market place
and kill other Muslims.

American solders do not target Moslem's.
They target suicide bombers and terrorists.

So the issue is not with killing other Muslims but stopping
the terrorists that are killing other Muslims by the thousands.

[Godwin1]

3,500 out of a force of 1.4 million? An insignificant number. They would not be missed. Fair or not, even if 1 percent are tinged with extremism, they become an unacceptable threat. Thank them for their service and issue honorable discharges, with full veterans’ benefits. It is just too risky to keep them on board. If we need language qualified people, there are many Christian Arabs as well as Hindus who speak Afghan tongues.

[DoorGunner]

>>”So the issue is not with killing other Muslims but stopping the terrorists that are killing other Muslims by the thousands.”

Surely after Gulf War I, and with absolute CERTAINTY after 9/11, anyone who joined the military KNEW that they would participating in the death of some muslims. Either they accepted that fact, or had an ulterior motive.

I believe that President Bush (in recruiting Muslims, and providing religious accommodation) was trying to say to the islamic world that we were at war with people who want to kill us, and NOT at war with those Muslims who DON'T want to kill us. I think he was right to do this — that is the basic issue.

Unfortunately, radicals on both sides seek to blur that distinction, and make it a war of all against all. That way lies madness.

DG