Ft. Hood Victim's Family Speaks Out Against Anti-Muslim Sentiment

[Are_grits_groceries]

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5588696n&tag=api

Army chief of staff Gen. George Casey said this weekend that he is concerned that the deadly shooting at Ft. Hood last week could "cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers."

"I've asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that," Gen. Casey told CNN on Sunday, stating that "as great a tragedy as this was, it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well."

On Monday, the family of one of the victims offered a hand of support to the Muslim community. Michael Cahill, a physician's assistant at the base, was the only civilian to be killed in the attacks, and his family spoke to CBS News to denounce the scapegoating of Muslims.

"You can't blanket a whole group of people. There's extremists in every religion, and there's extremists all over the world," said Cahill's daughter, Kerry. "And I don't think that we can blanket a whole group of people when this man obviously was ill, I think."

Cahill's other daughter, Keely Vanacker, expanded: "The death of our father, or any of these victims, shouldn't be an excuse or reason to begin to hate an entire group of people."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/09/ft-hood-victims-family-sp_n_351005.html

These are some remarkable people. Compare them to the other idiots not even involved running their mouths.

[Jennicut]

1. Incredible people, especially with what they went through.

[T Wolf]

2. Cahill - a CIVILIAN physician's assistant. HE worked on saving lives, not taking them. That is

why his family takes this enlightened approach of the loss of their father.

Would not expect the same from regular military types.

[Ron Green]

3. I agree. And that's another by-product of the all-volunteer military.

The "regular military" mindset is one of the unhealthiest trends of the past 30 years, in my view.

[uppityperson]

4. k&r

[LeftishBrit]

5. k&r&admiration

[AntiFascist]

6. The victims' families who are making these statements are truly remarkable...

it only goes to show that there are many such remarkable people in the military who do not hold narrow-minded bigoted viewpoints. Too bad they can't be featured on Fox News which is truly unremarkable.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Don't see many people like this especially

so soon after the tragedy.