Iraq, Afghan Veterans Call For Respect For Muslims: 'America, You Gotta Have Our Back

[CrimsonWhite]

I would sign.

As veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have watched with increasing alarm the rise of anti-Islamic rhetoric within the U.S. We've seen attacks on Muslim citizens, intolerance toward religious expression, and even threats of book burning. All this goes against the values we risked our lives to protect.
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We have served beside Muslim soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen, as well Muslim translators, who risked their own lives and the lives of their families to help us. For the servicemembers currently deployed, the success of their mission and the safety of their lives depends on a basic respect for, and interaction with, Islamic culture.

Iraq, Afghan Veterans Call For Respect For Muslims: 'America, You Gotta Have Our Back' (EXCLUSIVE)

 

[random3434]

THANK YOU!

And spoken from one who is getting ready to go to the sandbox. I know some others that serve that feel the same way.

The hatered is out of hand, and only does disservice to the troops over there, and undermines their saftey.

 

[AllieBaba]

Their safety is already undermined, and it's idiotic to sign a document which essentially says that Americans should curb their freedom of speech because there are Islamofascists in the world who might be offended.