I'm done listening to any more bellyaching about how Muslims have it bad in the American military. It's a lie.
At this very moment there are American Muslims serving in our armed forces with valor. Muslim interpreters work along side us daily who aren't even American citizens and they have proven themselves as well. All these pansies wailing and moaning about discrimination against them because they are Muslims are not doing anyone any favors. Take it from a guy who has served along side Muslim Marines and Sailors in combat; worked with Jordanian and Iraqi interpreters in country; trained with Iraqi-Americans who have contributed to the effort by working as role players and training our troops in culture and language classes.
In the Armed forces of the United States you are far more likely to be given a hard time by your fellow servicemen because you are a Christian vice a Muslim. So really, shut up already. You don't have it bad in America. The system isn't set up to keep a good Muslim down so I am no longer hearing it.
Let's quickly examine true discrimination and an ethnic group's response to it. Seems many of us have forgotten that during World War II Japanese Americans were openly hated by their own countrymen and even locked up in concentration camps due to the level of fear and suspicion with which their own nation viewed them.
Let's quickly examine true discrimination and an ethnic group's response to it. Seems many of us have forgotten that during World War II Japanese Americans were openly hated by their own countrymen and even locked up in concentration camps due to the level of fear and suspicion with which their own nation viewed them.
No doubt this gentleman's grand children enjoy the use of many a product produced by companies like Sony, Hitachi, and Toyota.
In ten separate camps within the United States American citizens were locked up behind barbed wire fences with U.S. machine guns aimed back at them. Sounds like a bad science fiction movie but it happened folks. No trials, no proof, and no compensation; one simply had to be of Japanese ancestry to be interned in an overcrowded barracks. THAT is discrimination and maltreatment.“Hawaii is our home; the United States our country. We know but one loyalty and that is to the Stars and Stripes. We wish to do our part as loyal Americans in every way possible, and we hereby offer ourselves for whatever service you may see fit to use us.” from a petition to Hawaii's military governor 1942.
Amazingly the Nisei responded by begging to join the American armed forces and form what continues to be the most decorated unit in United States military history; the 442d Regimental Combat Team. They are most famous for the rescue of the Lost Battalion of 141st Texas Regiment. Somewhere around 14,000 men of valor served with distinction, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts, 21 Medals of Honor, and eight Presidential Unit Citations. There is no historical record of Japanese Americans committing acts of sabotage or violence against their own nation.
In contrast Maj Hassan didn't personally experience anything near government sanctioned internment of American citizens and I suspect any "discrimination" he was subject of had more to do with his own lack of merit than anything else. Seems he wasn't that great at what he did according to his fitness reports. Funny how easily people can play the discrimination card instead of the personal accountability card.
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Maj Hassan and others like to claim that they are the subjects of religious discrimination. I submit the example of Japanese Americans in WWII as the honorable way to respond to it. Because they really had it bad.
It's also ridiculous to me that the media is up in arms about what motivated Maj Hassan to attack his fellow Soldiers. Speculation about it possibly being due to PTSD is laughable really. The man had never been on a deployment or been to combat so what traumatic stress did he experience? Oh that's right, his bad fitrep. In my experience PTSD isn't contagious so he didn't contract it from any returning vets. So really, let's put the PTSD scenario away and stop using as the villain in every case. Finally, I have said it here before and I say it again, doctors assure me that PTSD does not interfere with anyone's ability to distinguish right from wrong. It doesn't make you hurt people uncontrollably. So I say again, let it go as it is not an excuse to shoot a room full of people.
I am also tired of hearing about how the Army should have seen the signs. Really? If they had questioned or detained him regarding his religious/ideological leanings he would have been on the news as a poor, poor victim of a mean old Army Muslim hunt. I also notice that no one is saying he shot up the place because of his religious/ideological beliefs. But I suspect it had something to do with it; just maybe.
In the event anyone ever mounts a table near me and shouts "Allah akbar!" at the top of his lungs, he will be the immediate recipient of a vigorous throat punching. I apologize if this appears intolerant but it seems to me nothing good has ever happened after this phrase has been randomly shouted in public.
There are indeed Muslim Americans appalled at the incident in Ft Hood and there are Muslim Americans who view the likes of the Taliban and Al Queda as the enemies of America. I have served along side them and would do so again. It's unfortunate that more Muslim American groups aren't more vocal about their opposition to terrorist groups and those like Maj Hassan.
If Maj Hassan had truly been subject to any kind of discrimination it would have been far more honorable if he had followed the heroic example of our WWII Japanese American citizens and proven all the bigots utterly wrong and ignorant fools. Instead he showed where his true loyalties lie and if anything has helped fan the flames of bigotry in our country. Way to contribute, clown.
As for me…
Invictus Maneo and Semper Fidelis
America's 1stSgt
http://goforbroke.org/
Maj Hassan and others like to claim that they are the subjects of religious discrimination. I submit the example of Japanese Americans in WWII as the honorable way to respond to it. Because they really had it bad.
It's also ridiculous to me that the media is up in arms about what motivated Maj Hassan to attack his fellow Soldiers. Speculation about it possibly being due to PTSD is laughable really. The man had never been on a deployment or been to combat so what traumatic stress did he experience? Oh that's right, his bad fitrep. In my experience PTSD isn't contagious so he didn't contract it from any returning vets. So really, let's put the PTSD scenario away and stop using as the villain in every case. Finally, I have said it here before and I say it again, doctors assure me that PTSD does not interfere with anyone's ability to distinguish right from wrong. It doesn't make you hurt people uncontrollably. So I say again, let it go as it is not an excuse to shoot a room full of people.
I am also tired of hearing about how the Army should have seen the signs. Really? If they had questioned or detained him regarding his religious/ideological leanings he would have been on the news as a poor, poor victim of a mean old Army Muslim hunt. I also notice that no one is saying he shot up the place because of his religious/ideological beliefs. But I suspect it had something to do with it; just maybe.
In the event anyone ever mounts a table near me and shouts "Allah akbar!" at the top of his lungs, he will be the immediate recipient of a vigorous throat punching. I apologize if this appears intolerant but it seems to me nothing good has ever happened after this phrase has been randomly shouted in public.
There are indeed Muslim Americans appalled at the incident in Ft Hood and there are Muslim Americans who view the likes of the Taliban and Al Queda as the enemies of America. I have served along side them and would do so again. It's unfortunate that more Muslim American groups aren't more vocal about their opposition to terrorist groups and those like Maj Hassan.
If Maj Hassan had truly been subject to any kind of discrimination it would have been far more honorable if he had followed the heroic example of our WWII Japanese American citizens and proven all the bigots utterly wrong and ignorant fools. Instead he showed where his true loyalties lie and if anything has helped fan the flames of bigotry in our country. Way to contribute, clown.
As for me…
Invictus Maneo and Semper Fidelis
America's 1stSgt
Decompression, relaxation, and multiple cups of joseph are all in order.
It will take a couple more days to transform back into something resembling a human being. In the meantime I will still appear as some kind of specter roaming the grounds of the resort at odd hours. Oh well, I guess I'll do some pushups.
