[wardaddy]

Wrong....I'm not aware of any white Nation of Islam members...are you?

Black by itself does mean nothing although the seed of resentment of whites by blacks is not only promoted by Black Islam.

I'd say Islam obviously figures first by a long shot but the black angle is not inconsequential with regards to this individual.

NOI does mean Black Supremacy and is tolerated to a much much greater degree by other blacks than white supremacy is tolerated by fellow whites (today).

Just my views and observations. I regret any pall this casts over other blacks in the military in the minds of some. That would not be correct either.

Why we have black Islamists in our military is a good question in it's own right.

[FITZ]

Black by itself does mean nothing although the seed of resentment of whites by blacks is not only promoted by Black Islam. I'd say Islam obviously figures first by a long shot but the black angle is not inconsequential with regards to this individual.

I know a black sargent major who came from one of the poorest parts of the South, from a very poor family ---descended from former slaves --he could also have had seeds of resentments of whites. He stayed with the Baptist church and is a successful man --- there is no way he would have done something like this guy did. I don't think being black figures into this at all ----besides Colin Powell himself is black, he probably has some things he could be resentful of. Islam takes that resentment and feeds it.

[FITZ]

Wrong....I'm not aware of any white Nation of Islam members...are you?

I know there probably are some ---but I don't know of any US whites who have converted to Islam. I've never heard of a US white built mosque either.

[FITZ]

What I meant to add ---if there were a white convert to Islam, I wouldn't trust them any more than a black convert to Islam. That doesn't mean they will kill Americans ---but they aren't the people I'd most trust not to.

[VMI70]

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