[Extremist]

"I know your probably not intentionally slandering that young Marine, but please, that's going a bit far. There were tons of witnesses who saw the chopper fly into the oil smoke and crashed, including video taken by Oliver North or his cameraman (which thankfully appears to have stopped being run) as well as other pilots in the flight who accidently flew into the smoke (this was at night) and reported that their nightvision equipment stopped working makes sense - the smoke from oil burning would blot out what light is needed for the nightvision equipment."

Nope. Just curious. To all involved with the 101st Airborne it probably appeared to be an act of the (outside) enemy. Upon further investigation it may well turn out to be one of our own.
Who would have thought that would happen? Not me, but it appears that anything is now possible and one cannot help but be synical or skeptical about anyone related to Muslims- as sad as that sounds.
Now may the bashing of me for that statement begin.

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but it appears that anything is now possible and one cannot help but be synical or skeptical about anyone related to Muslims- as sad as that sounds.
Now may the bashing of me for that statement begin.

You shouldn't be bashed for that, it's a very legit and very valid concern. A Muslim could see this war as an attack on his religion (there have been enough Islamic leaders describing this as an attack on their religion), and some people may place their religion higher than their loyalty to their country (most of us keep our religious beliefs and our loyalty to our country seperate - after what the Pope and other Catholic leaders have said - you don't see droves of Catholic soldiers refusing to fight, etc.).

Several Islamic leaders have been calling for jihads against the US for years now, even before 9/11, and if this is sabotage and he is a muslim, one of these leaders or whatever could have recently pushed this person over the edge.