[ffusco]

Courtmartial that bastard.

[leadpenny]

"If I'm asked to go . . . "

You won't be asked to go, Khalil.
Just like you won't be asked to put your hands behind your back just before they put the cuffs on.

[freebilly]

Another in a long line of useful idiots....

[billclintonwillrotinhell]

Why in the world did this guy join the Army Reserves in the first place?

[Jay D. Dyson]

Given that this "solider" took an oath to defend the U.S. from ALL enemies (foreign and domestic), I'd say this idiot deserves nothing less than a full courtmartial and a dishonorable discharge.

Nufsed.

-Jay

[BenLurkin]

[JSteff]

"Ghanim Khalil doesn't want to break the law, but says he may be forced to."

I don't think he swore to potect the U.S. from enemies of his choosing. Jail him to the maximum extent allowable. Make him return all funds he received, and remove any retirement he is entitled to.

I hate those who join and think that they can do what they wish when the mood strikes them. He signed a contract and if he does not fulfill it he stole from the citizens of the U.S.

[EnquiringMind]

Makes you wonder if there are any American muslims who would defend America.

[ArmchairWarrior]

This comes as no surprise - as this article (from Nov. 2001) shows, it was to be expected.

Muslims gain visibility in the US Armed Forces

While many Muslims have indeed had positive experiences in the military, there are those whose experiences have been less favorable. Cpl. Ghanim Ahmed Khalil, 25, a Muslim of Pakistani descent, joined the Marines in 1995. Khalil says that though the military training and discipline he received from his four years in the Marine Corps have been beneficial to his life, his experience as a practicing Muslim in the military was a difficult one. “Generally my time in the Marines was good until I was confronted by discrimination, which was almost on a daily basis.”

Khalil says his experience included daily confrontations with Marines of various ranks who would dismiss his beliefs as “backwards and extreme.” Like Davidson, Khalil also served as a lay reader. And though he did receive some religious accommodation, he says he was not allowed to perform his daily prayers during work hours, nor was his Islamic dietary needs met. He also did not always get time off for Eid.

“Because I paid so much attention to my prayers, ideals, and conducting services for the Muslim recruits and permanent Muslim personnel, I was told that I paid way too much attention to my religious duties rather than my tasks as a Marine,” says Khalil. “I believe it is difficult to practice Islam in the military openly.”

[Beowulf]

Firing squad is the prescribed remedy for a traitor. If the UCMJ instead gives him jail time for his traitorous statements then it should be for life or at least for so many decades that he would be too old and feeble to become a suicide jihad murderer upon deportation.

[MadIvan]

Court martial is appropriate and in this case, necessary. He took an oath and violation of that oath is punishable by military justice.

Regards, Ivan

[Illbay]

Are we mad because this guy won't obey orders? (That sounds reasonable to me).

But at the same time, we make a hero of Michael New? (That DOESN'T sound reasonable to me).

[sit-rep]

jail...

[Iscool]

At least this one was honest...How many muslims will go over there and turn on our American boys and girls in the heat of battle???

There is no place for a muslim in the American military...For that matter, there is no place for a muslim in America...

[Redleg Duke]

You pays your money...you takes your chance. I have no sympathy for this greedy bastard. I hope he gets the Leavenworth Long Course...Geology Major!

[solo gringo]

What does the marines need with bastard like this.Send his a$$ to the north pole in short sleeves.

[ZinGirl]

"As a Muslim, I have objections" to the war, he said.

and as an American, I have objections to people like you.

[Walkin Man]

U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, a multi-security military prison on Fort Leavenworth.

Take a look at your new home Abdul, you traitor! Personally, I think he should be shot or hung seeing as how we will be at war any day now. This makes you wonder if a Muslim is capable of serving in the US military.

[dalebert]

Feed him some pork and send him to Saddam.

[RWG]

"If I'm asked to go to the Middle East, I will not," Khalil, of Staten Island, said at a news conference yesterday before he headed over to the anti-war rally near the United Nations...more evidence for the validity of racial profiling.