Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Spc., US Army - a personal story today's hate-filled GOP can't handle...

[Faryn Balyncd]

The moving account of an American hero, Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan,Specialist, United States Army, is a story that exposes HOW FAR today's fear and hate-mongering GOP has strayed from our American values.

Thank you, Colin Powell, for putting this issue in true perspective.



http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/krkhan.htm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27265490#27265490

















:kick:

[Colobo]

1. Republicans don't know what Patriotism is.

[Faygo Kid]

24. What, you mean those great warriors like Rush, Cheney, Kristol, Newt et al?

The party of chickenhawks.

[K Gardner]

37. Here's the small B&W pic of the grave from Cali-Dems thread:

[RepublicanElephant]

52. this pic ought to be posted on every wingnut message board. n/t

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

80. That picture does not speak. It screams. Every mother's son.

Peace be upon you, Corporal Khan. :patriot: :cry:

[amberlight38]

42. K&R

What a great American Hero. amberlight38

[texrednface]

88. Notice the name PUSHKAR Behind the Grave?

Did anyone else notice the name Cpl Michael J Puskar, just behind the red stone on Cpl. Kareem Khan's grave? That isn't a typical anglo name. I don't know about Pushkar's genealogy, but there is a Pushkar in Northern India and it is a Hindi name. Interesting. I wonder about his life and family history. All different kinds of men and women have served our country.
I have found he was from Mahanoy City,PA a Cpl in the USAAF and was MIA in WWII until they brought his remains home in 2006.

I have included an article in case anyone is interested in the names of the others on the stone behind Cpl.Khan's grave.
I got the following info off of all places Freerepublic.com.(with apologies)



Missing World War II Airmen are Identified
DoD News ^ | OFFICIAL

Posted on Tue Jun 27 18:40:41 2006 by SandRat

The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that nine airmen missing in action from World War II have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

The nine are 2nd Lt. Hugh L. Johnson Jr., Montgomery, Ala.; 2nd Lt. Byron L. Stenen, Northridge, Calif.; 2nd Lt. John F. Green, Watertown, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. John M. Meisner, Pembroke, Mass.; Staff Sgt. Walter Knudsen, Sioux City, Iowa; Cpl. John A. DeCarlo, Newark, N.J.; Cpl. Robert E. Raney, Monon, Ind.; Cpl. William G. Mohr, Mt. Wolf, Pa.; and Cpl. Michael J. Pushkar, Mahanoy City, Pa. All were assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces.

The individually identified remains of Stenen, Green, Meisner, Mohr and Pushkar, as well as the group remains representing all nine crewmen, are being buried today at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Johnson, Knudsen and Raney will be buried elsewhere.

On the morning of Oct. 9, 1944, the crew took off on a training mission from Nadzab, New Guinea, in their B-24D Liberator. The aircraft was not seen again, and it was speculated that it had encountered bad weather.

In early 2002, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby reported the discovery of two dog tags by villagers from a World War II crash site in Morobe Province. Specialists from the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) traveled to Papua, New Guinea, in November 2002 to investigate several World War II aircraft losses. The team interviewed the two villagers who gave them the dog tags, then surveyed the site where aircraft wreckage and human remains were found.

A joint team of JPAC and Papua, New Guinea specialists mounted a full-scale excavation at the site January through February 2003, when they recovered additional human remains and crew-related artifacts from the wreckage field. JPAC scientists and Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory specialists used mitochondrial DNA as one of the forensic tools to help identify the remains. Laboratory analysis of dental remains also confirmed their identification.

[EnviroBat]

92. Fuck Republicans!

After Nov, I want them gone, insignificant, washed up, a bad memory... Fucking bastards have done more damage to this country than the Great Depression, which they've almost caused again. Modern day Nazi fascists, every one of them.

[Plucketeer]

93. Sure they do!

It's white, bears names like Jones, Smith or Miller, doesn't question ANYTHING that looks and sounds like itself and wears red, white 'n blue.

[YOY]

94. Patriotism to them is obedience to their party line!

It's that goddamn simple.

[npincus]

2. please, this has to make the Greatest Page... K & R

[AwakeAtLast]

8. please, this needs over 100 recs

;)

[Democat]

3. "War Hero" John McCain did not give what this man gave for his country

Shame on John McCain for demeaning patriotic Americans like Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan. RIP.

[proud progressive]

95. I'M SORRY,

but anyone who still believes john mccain is an american hero is just wrong! the new, real john mccain has proved himself to be nothing more than an average human being like the rest of us. yes, he has his good side like all of us. but he has his bad side, too. in my view, he is a nothing more than a hot-headed, self-aggrandizing politician. he rode his name into the cockpit of a jet; crashed seven times; then was shot-down, captured, imprisoned, and kept alive by the people he was trying to kill. tortured? who knows. remained behind for his country or himself? based upon the new, real john mccain - me thinks NOT for his country.

[ravencalling]

4. Happily sending to greatest page!

Powell stated what we must all state! So what if Obama WAS a Muslim?

[AspenRose]

15. Exactly

K&R

[Barack_America]

5. K&R. May God bless him and his family.

[Hope And Change]

6. Thanks for starting this thread.K & R!

[Essene]

7. a story about TORA BORA... that relates... and folks need to share...

The CIA point guy for the Afghanistan invasion, Gary Bentsen, wrote a book called "jawbreaker."

It's quite amazing.

This is the guy who lead a fairly small force of a couple special force groups and CIA ops, and basically took over afghanistan with the northern alliance in 1 month. Folks often don't realize or remember just how "light" our real invasion was there, before all the NATO and US military posts came in.

One of the most powerful stories is how they tracked OBL and al qaeda down to Tora Bora.

He had under 20 guys positioned outside Tora Bora.

He talks about one of the hardcore special forces guys climbing up into the mountains, sneaking around Tora Bora... and recovering a radio off one of the al qaeda dudes.

This was a muslim-american... on the front-line of the ACTUAL war against our ACTUAL enemies.

I try to imagine the reality of that, in november 2001... this american guy climbing around the mountains of afghanistan, at one point within less than 100 meters (YES) of OBL's suspected position... listening in to radio broadcasts. It was this muslim-american who confirmed the position of OBL. It was this muslim-american who lead the real war on terror and gave us our best hope to truly end al qaeda.

You get the point.

1. the Bush admin failed to support these guys and to finish the job at Tora Bora

2. this american soldier would come back to a nation that was lead by assholes who dont truly respect him, respect his faith, respect his service, etc.


I try to imagine what that soldier and others like him must feel.

God bless Powell for speaking on their behalf...

[AlCzervik]

9. Did you all see "Section 60" on HBO? If you can get a chance to see it you really should.

The soldier in your op is buried there.

[RollWithIt]

64. I watched that today, made it about 3/4 of the way through...

And it just became too sad.

[merh]

10. you should have made the images computer friendly

smaller, to fit the screen. A dial up warning would be nice.

[Faryn Balyncd]

13. You're correct.

(but it's too late to edit)

[merh]

17. I believe this is the image Powell referred to

[GreenEyedLefty]

11. Cpl. Khan was born on Lincoln's birthday...

The note from his father is heartbreaking. "I'm Sorry."

[crazy_vanilla]

67. cpl. Khan was born on my 20th birthday

To think how much he sacrificed and how young he was makes me cry.:cry: He could have had a full life around his family if it wasn't for this damn war!

[NatBurner]

75. cpl Khan was born the year I enlisted

The details of his sacrifice stirs up all kinds of emotions; please don't get me started-

However, regardless of how he's perceived here on DU, I've always listed General Powell as one of my personal heroes. His endorsement today just reinforced that sentiment.

Peace and blessings to the family of Corporal Khan, and thank you General Powell, for acknowledging his story. America NEEDS to know who's fighting this war.

[gademocrat7]

12. k & r

[democrank]

14. Rest in peace, Cpl. Khan

Bless you

[Ken Burch]

59. We'll bring your comrades-in-arms home soon, inshallah.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. 20 bloody years old.

he did not have a chance to really live life.

[calimary]

18. DAMN. Twenty years old.

Such a DAMNED WASTE!!!!!

:cry:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

30. He was only a baby...

[Obamarama]

19. Salaam to his family. This is from the Muslim funeral prayer:

I have to say that as a Jew, it's probably not comforting to a Muslim for me to post this snippet of a Muslim funeral prayer, but still I feel compelled to do it. The last eight years has really taught me to learn more about and have an open mind about Muslims, especially the ones that share my nationality. This is especially a difficult place for me to progress to as I happened to be in northern Israel visiting my relatives when everything erupted there in the summer of 2006. But we will never have peace if we keep pointing fingers and attacking one another.

Our people are of the same lineage spiritually and genetically, yet as followers of two separate religions we have allowed ourselves to focus on things that my God and their Allah would both abhor.
So it is in the spirit of peace, and a renewed sense of humanity, that I offer up this Muslim prayer for this young, Muslim man who appears to have embraced American ideals and fought for them in ways far more concretely than any of the so-called Christians who would point fingers at him and label him a potential terrorist, someone to fear as opposed to celebrate:

"O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and sound and forgive him, honour the place where he settles and make his entrance wide; wash him with water and snow and hail, and cleanse him of sin as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. O Allah, give him a house better than his house and a family better than his family. O Allah, admit him to Paradise and protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of Hell-fire; make his grave spacious and fill it with light. O Allaah, do not deprive us of the reward and do not cause us to go astray after this"

Salaam. Shalom. Peace. Pace. Pax.

[Dystopian]

47. Heartfelt and Beautiful...

Thank you for posting it here...

peace~

[Skittles]

69. you're posting it as a human being

remember Colin's words too :)

[crispini]

20. K&R

:patriot:

[City Lights]

21. K&R

[Cali_Democrat]

22. R.I.P. Rashad Sultan Khan

:patriot:

K&R

[FloridaJudy]

23. K&R. No words. Just tears.

[amber_86]

25. It shouldn't matter what your background is

we are all Americans. A great post.

[Left Is Write]

31. I agree. Every time they use "Muslim" or "Arab" as a pejorative,

it sullies the names of people like Corporal Khan.

[Willo]

26. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan

K&R

[proReality]

27. Happy to kick and recommend. N/T

[Carolina]

28. K&R K&R K&R K&R K&R!!!

:kick:

[grantcart]

29. Threre are two markers in the background that appear to be group plots

Is there anyone here who could enlighten us on that?

[Spider Jerusalem]

39. Here:

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=10360

[texrednface]

90. Pushkar post

I apologize for not reading below the first couple of posts before I posted above.. Thanks for posting your link. I got my info from (Gulp) Freerepublic.com
But I was curious about the name PUSHKAR. It is Hindi. I am very interested to know more Cpl. Michael J. Pushkar's background. I am hoping Colin Powell's words today will make people think about the sacrifices of all Americans.

[GreenInNC]

72. wondering the same thing

[LittleBlue]

32. K&R- do not let this thread die. It's too important a point

that we will not accept religious intolerance in America.

[myrna minx]

33. .

[Veruca Salt]

34. k&r

:cry:

[pasto76]

35. I would like to pin this picture on every freepers chest with my field knife

THIS is what patriots do. We stand in harms way for the people in our neighborhoods. real patriots dont care where you came from, what color you are, what gender, what your hair color is. Your there with ME facing danger.

CPL Khan was more of an AMERICAN than ANY of you mutherfucker freepers will ever be.

Rest in Peace Warrior.

SGT PASTO

[Douglas Carpenter]

36. KICK AND RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!! -- PLEASE KEEP KICK AND RECOMMENDED!!!

[fortyfeetunder]

38. Another dream permanently deferred

with many loved ones mourning the loss of what he could have become.
99th rec and a kick

:kick:

[cliffordu]

40. K&R...

[livedemocarticordie]

41. true patriotism

thanks

[SunsetDreams]

43. kick

[SunsetDreams]

44. kick again

[ekwhite]

45. Thanks to General Powell for bringing his name up

He is right - the response to "Obama is a Muslim" should be, "he isn't, but so what if he was"? I am disgusted by those who think you have to have a certain religious belief to be a "real American." What is more real than giving your life for your country at the age of twenty?

[The Wielding Truth]

55. I wish that Powell had taken this stand with his party in 2002.

Maybe this young man's life would not have been spent by *Co to play their greedy foolish stupid ignorant games where the only ones who won were Haliburton,Bechtel,Brown & Root, Oilmen, and the companies who thought so low of their country as to profit from an unjust war.

I saw a while ago what was supposed to have been a letter that Powell wrote to a friend, I think and other general, where he lamented how he regretted his UN speech and felt that his reputation would suffer in history. I think this is his redemptive moment .

Although it appears there is little risk now that Obama is likely to win, his message was a fine clarion call from a man who wants it to be known how musch he loves his country and it's American Democracy.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

46. K&R

:cry: :patriot:

[Dystopian]

48. Thank you...KandR

Beautiful post...


peace~

[Fire1]

51. Dystopian, I hope you don't mind, but I had to copy this pic and

make it my screen saver. This is the cutest thing I've seen in a long time. Thank you so much.

[Dystopian]

62. You are very welcome! : )

:loveya:

I have my son's dog as my screen saver...really bizarre photo, and never thought to use the kitty! I just did it, and she looks a bit warped, though. Guess I'm stuck with her now too...
I call her a she, as I feel that this kitty is my feline counterpart...

Enjoy!


peace~

[tilsammans]

49. And thank you . . .

. . . for posting those photos.

:patriot:

:kick:

[Quixote1818]

50. K and R and think you and Secretary Powell for spreading the word. nt

[DrZeeLit]

53. Thank you for posting this. Everyone should see it. I wish the media would show this and drop Joe

Joe the Plumber should be the least of our worries.

Men and women, fighting in that obscene war, should be at the top of our TO DO list.

BRING THEM HOME!

[Triana]

54. More about young Kareem

More about young Kareem

http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/KhanKareemR/print

Kareem R. Khan
Friday, August 10 2007 @ 09:56 AM EDT
Contributed by: tomw

Asbury Park Press -- STAFFORD — When it came to a post-high school career decision, there was nothing Kareem R. Khan wanted to do other than join the Army.

Spurred by the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Khan, a 2005 graduate of Southern Regional High School, wanted to show that not all Muslims were fanatics and that many, like him, were willing to lay their lives down for their country. He enlisted immediately after graduation and was sent to Iraq in July 2006.

So when his father, Feroze "Roy" Khan, saw three soldiers walking up to his door on Monday, he knew what it meant.

Spc. Kareem Khan, 20, was killed with four others earlier this week when a blast destroyed a house he and members of his division, the Stryker Brigade Combat Team, were clearing in Baqouba, Iraq.

An interpreter and 12 soldiers were also injured in the explosion, the Army said.

"It's something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy," Feroze Khan, 49, said Thursday night at his home in the Ocean Acres section.

Khan's faith in Islam is important now to his father and stepmother, Nisha Khan, because they want to make sure people in America know that Muslims like Kareem were willing to fight for their country.

"His Muslim faith did not make him not want to go. It never stopped him," said Feroze Khan. "He looked at it that he's American and he has a job to do."

The last package Nisha Khan, 40, sent her stepson included a necklace that had Kareem's name in Arabic, next to the word "Bismillah," which means praise to Allah.

In the Islamic tradition, last rites must be within a few days of death. Khan's funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia is scheduled Thursday. The family will perform traditional Islamic rites at home and have a full military burial.

"Hopefully, Allah will understand," said Nisha Khan.

Always polite

Though his father "spoiled him rotten," according to both his dad and stepmom, Kareem was always a polite teenager, who respected his elders.

"For a teenager, he was a very obedient child," said Nisha Khan.

Feroze Khan's favorite memory is when Kareem used to wake up at 5 a.m. on weekends to accompany his dad at work at a local marina.

"Not many kids would get up at 5 a.m.," he said.

Khan was a football fan, rooting with his father for the Dallas Cowboys when games were televised. He also used to challenge his little stepsister Aliya, 11, to video games.

"He's really funny," said Aliya. "We used to play video games and sometimes we would play with my birds."

Nisha Khan said the two would spend hours sprawled out on the living room floor and sometimes Kareem would try to show Aliya how to do certain moves, and ended up taking over the controller.

Aliya said she looked up to her stepbrother and she was "really happy," when he came with her to class at Southern Regional Intermediate School during his leave last September. Afterward he accompanied her to the school book fair.

"I was proud," she said.

Kareem was a "total goofball," said Feroze Khan. The family used to send two large bags of Starburst candies in his care packages, because Kareem would pick out all the orange ones and leave the rest for his Army buddies.

He was also a big fan of the Disney World theme parks, as was the entire family. They would take at least one trip a year to Orlando, Fla., and the living room and dining room of the family's split-level home is filled with souvenirs from those trips, like a wall hanging of Cinderella, figurines of Mickey Mouse and Disney-themed snow globes.

Kareem was so crazy about Disney World that when he had a two-day leave following his graduation from Fort Benning, Ga., the family immediately drove to Florida.

"He was a good kid"

As a freshman at Southern Regional High School, Kareem enrolled in the district's Air Force Junior ROTC program. During his one year in the program, he proved to be a solid student and citizen, said Col. Michael Mestemaker.

"He was a good kid. He did whatever we asked of him," he said.

Stafford Mayor Carl Block said his "heart goes out to the family. We have been very pro-veteran in the past, and we'll surely follow this up immediately" by planning an official memorial for Khan.

Rep. Jim Saxton, R-N.J., received word of Khan's death through Army officials on Thursday. "I express my deepest regrets for the family of Specialist Khan. His service to the Army and the 2nd Infantry Division is truly honorable. It's a sad loss for us all," he said.

Khan went to Iraq after spending a year at Fort Lewis in Seattle. He came home for two weeks in September 2006 and was supposed to be home permanently last month, but his tour was extended through the end of September 2007.

He was considering re-enlisting or going to medical school. He worked with a medic unit when he first got to Iraq, Feroze Khan said, and liked what they did.

When he came home to visit, he was happy to stay at home, even asking his mother, who lives in Maryland, to come up to New Jersey to visit.

"He has so much promise, he could've done anything with himself," said Joe Hawk, 42, of Berkeley, who Feroze Khan described as a very special friend of the family.

Hawk said he saw Kareem grow from a little 10-year-old boy into a man.

"When he joined, his dad was devastated," said Hawk, "but I told him you can't fault him for that. His father raised him to give, and he gave his life."

Nisha Khan said seeing the soldier come to tell of Kareem's death was like nothing she's ever experienced.

"You see it in the movies, but you wouldn't know the emptiness of seeing them in your driveway," she said. In her grief, she blindly hit out at those bringing the news, she said. "He promised me he'd come home," she said, as Aliya held her mother close to comfort her.

"His dad is devastated," said Hawk. "Kareem was his life. A father shouldn't bury his child."

The most important thing to know, Nisha Khan said, is that Kareem lived up to the meaning of his name.

"Most excellent," she said.

[Tatiana]

56. Crying again. I'm very glad that Powell brought this up.

:cry:

[democracy1st]

57. A Change is comin

[Kajsa]

58. He was twenty years old-

what a handsome young man!

:cry:

[Menchi]

60. Service and Sacrifice

Its amazing how history really repeats itself. Every generation has the great enemy, whether it was the Soviets, Germans, Japanese or even British. Right now America sees Islam as the great enemy.

Turn to history and you find great examples. Look at the American distrust of the Japanese. As early as 1912 there was a belief that up to 35,000 Japanese living in Hawaii would support Japan should the U.S and Japan go to war. (http://article.archive.nytimes.com/1912/01/13/100510025.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=0KENS5FNHEZD25CVYR82&Expires=1224453414&Signature=qXjRkzgJjpAhhSVG7IqblWk%2BkEc%3D)

30 years later we did and what was the result. Internment camps and racial hatred. And what of the 35,000 Japanese? Well, thousands of Japanese did take up arms, but instead in support of the U.S. military. They formed units like the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team. On Feb. 1, 1943, President Roosevelt organized the combat team consisting of "loyal American citizens of Japanese descent." In Hawaii, a call for 1,500 men resulted in a tidal wave of more than 10,000 volunteers while on the mainland, hundreds volunteered from within the barbed-wire camps.

What did this unit do? Well, here is a pretty incomplete list from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team) Next time you are in Honolulu take a few moments to check out the memorial at the corner of Kalakaua Ave and Ala Moana Blvd and read a little more on the history.

"The 442nd RCT became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its size and length of service, with its component 100th Infantry Battalion earning the nickname “The Purple Heart Battalion.” The 442nd RCT received 7 Presidential Unit Citations (5 earned in one month), and its members received 18,143 awards, including:

* 21 Medals of Honor (the first awarded posthumously to PFC Sadao Munemori, Company A, 100th Battalion, for action near Seravezza, Italy, on April 5, 1945; the others upgraded from other awards in June 2000). Recipients include:
o Barney F. Hajiro
o Mikio Hasemoto
o Joe Hayashi
o Shizuya Hayashi
o Daniel K. Inouye
o Yeiki Kobashigawa
o Robert T. Kuroda
o Kaoru Moto
o Sadao Munemori
o Kiyoshi K. Muranaga
o Masato Nakae
o Shinyei Nakamine
o William K. Nakamura
o Joe M. Nishimoto
o Allan M. Ohata
o James K. Okubo
o Yukio Okutsu
o Frank H. Ono
o Kazuo Otani
o George T. Sakato
o Ted T. Tanouye

* 52 Distinguished Service Crosses (including 19 Distinguished Service Crosses which were upgraded to Medals of Honor in June 2000)
* 1 Distinguished Service Medal
* 560 Silver Stars (plus 28 Oak Leaf Clusters for a second award)
* 22 Legion of Merit Medals
* 15 Soldier’s Medals
* 4,000 Bronze Stars (plus 1,200 Oak Leaf Clusters for a second award; one Bronze Star was upgraded to a Medal of Honor in June 2000)
* 9,486 Purple Hearts"

America has always been about service and sacrifice and it is often those with the least that give the most. Want more examples? Look at what the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry did in the Civil War, fighting for their and their children's future.

I am proud to wear the uniform of my country for the last 14 years and I do my best to serve everyday with the highest levels of honor, courage and commitment. I lost many friends on 9/11 in the office in the Pentagon I had left a year before. But even with those loses weighing on me every day, I know that I will never truly be able to understand the level of sacrifice that many in this country willingly accepted in order to fight for a greater purpose. SPC Khan understood this and he chose to serve a higher cause.

America.

[VespertineIconoclast]

78. Yes, it is amazing how history repeats itself....

I enjoyed reading your well-thought out post and also, I thank you for your service to this country. :patriot:

Welcome to DU! :hi: I hope to read more of your posts in the future.

[merh]

86. thank you for posting this

and welcome to DU! :hi:

[LynnTheDem]

61. May God and Allah forgive us all fpr what our government has done to so many.

K&R

[RollWithIt]

63. K&R

For good American values.

[Skittles]

65. *sniff*

so young and incredibly handsome :cry:

[ClayZ]

66. K and R

:cry:

[invictus]

68. K&R

[crazy_vanilla]

70. why has there been such a "blackout" on the stories of the dead soldiers of this war?

The American public was never allowed to see the real cost of this war - the human life cost. And if the darned republicans are so "pro-life" maybe they should start thinking of the lives of all of those lost in the war that they adore so much.

I wish all who support this war could be sent to Iraq to fight in combat. It is very easy to support and fight it from afar, with all your children and relatives safely tucked into the comfort and protection of home.

Rest in peace, Cpl. Khan. :patriot:

[crazy_vanilla]

71. sorry, double post

self delete

[SmokingJacket]

73. Kick. I've been mad at Powell for years, but he said something

that desperately needed to be said.

[debbierlus]

74. He was born two months before my son -

Poor baby...

[Faryn Balyncd]

76. UPDATE! ... a DU'er has made these photos & Powell's speech into a VIDEO that NEEDS to go VIRAL : :

IMPORTANT UPDATE to my original post:



How fellow DU'er George Oilwellian managed to put this together in just a few hours is beyond my comprehension.

But this powerful grass-roots-produced video beautifully illustrates Powell's speech, & beats any TV ad I have ever seen

If we can get this video to 300,000,000 hits in the next 2 weeks, it will dominate the news cycle....

If we can each email Oilwellian's video to 20 friends..................................



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=219379&mesg_id=219379







Let's put the fear-mongers out of business.

Getting Oilwellian's VIDEO to the top of greatest page would be a good start....

[Oilwellian]

83. Thanks Charles

I appreciate your kind words and efforts to get this video out. :D

[Ikonoklast]

77. Some Gave All.

My God, what have we done?

[jeff30997]

79. He was only 20 years old...

What a terrible loss.:cry:

[Historic NY]

81. Powell was a leader he knows....he did all a great favor today..

who else could so eloquently express what is missing, that not just Christians serve this country. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan did his duty to his God and his Country.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

82. Interesting and all, but please resize the pictures properly.

I'm trying to understand this back story and the supersized pictures foul up the text (because of the way DU formats the text) and makes it hard to read and follow. Try restricting the pictures to 720 pixels wide. They actually have more impact when they can be seen in one piece on a portait orientation browser.

[Bubbha Jo]

84. Thank you, Gen. Powell, for mentioning him today.

I imagine soldiers of Arab descent were pretty persecuted by their fellow troops while they were in uniform. I hope you brought a smile to his family today....

[BlooInBloo]

85. I hope they have guards for the graves....

So that people like him can RIP.

[Historic NY]

87. Lt. Mohsin Naqvi US Army killed 9/17/08

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS/809190359

Army 2nd Lt. Mohsin Naqvi, 26, of the Town of Newburgh, was killed September 17, 2008, by a roadside bomb in Gardez, Afghanistan. Naqvi was on patrol with four other U.S. soldiers. when they were all killed by the bomb.

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"We're a Muslim family, OK?" his sister, Tasneem, said. She wants people to know her brother was an American patriot and a Muslim, and those two things don't conflict. It burns her to even feel compelled to say this. But she says news media have skewed the image of Muslims since Sept. 11, 2001.

"I think he's proven himself," she said. "He has proven he is not the type of Muslim the media says we are."
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http://www.nbc4.com/news/3405344/detail.html



Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim and an American, loved his country and the military. He also believed strongly that peace would be the ultimate outcome of the war in Iraq.


There a many who were KIA's

http://www.altmuslim.com/a/a/a/crescents_among_the_crosses_at_arlington_cemetery/

http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_in_the_military/0013612

[Swagman]

89. just 20 years old ! A pox on those racist Repug wretches. Vale Kareem

[alphafemale]

91. He was nearly the same age as my daughter.

Their birthdays are less than 3 weeks apart.

That mother's face is wrenching.

:cry: