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Author: TriSec    Date: 08/02/2016 09:38:00

Good Morning.

After a weekend of rhetoric, there seems to be little more that can be said about the Khan affair. Trump sure stepped in it, didn't he?

Veering away from Ask a Vet a bit this morning, this past weekend has got me wondering if maybe it's time.


You're the only folks that know what my faith choices have been in recent years. As a marginal member of what is about to become a persecuted minority, I feel it far more prudent to remain extremely private in these matters.

But the Khans have suddenly made it respectable and honourable to be public Muslims.

We try very hard here at AAV to not lose sight of the actual people we write about. It is, after all, a veteran's news column - not politicians, contractors, or the military itself.

I have known some Blue-Star families in my neighborhood, but nobody bears the Gold Star in my local acquaintances. One can only imagine what that must be like - and one would fail.


“No one, no one has given more for our freedom and our security than our Gold Star families,” the president said at the Disabled American Veterans convention in Atlanta. “Our Gold Star families have made a sacrifice that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. They represent the very best of our country. They continue to inspire us every day."

 

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Comment by wickedpam on 08/02/2016 12:47:39
Morning all - still gishwhes so this is just a run through

A few years back we had a Blue Star turned Gold Star mother in our neighborhood. She was devastated. In fact sold the house and moved cause that was where her son had grown up and she couldn't take being there anymore.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/02/2016 14:21:03
Mornin' all

Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/02/2016 14:32:44
Good morning!! Accelerating slowly, which is not what I want on heading into work for a little bit. In some good news, Indiana has accepted my test results so my teaching license is officially renewed.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/02/2016 16:10:32
Comment by Scoopster on 08/02/2016 18:47:51
A 10yo child at a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday stood up and yelled "Take the bitch down!" after the candidate mentioned Hillary Clinton. His mother later defended the child's right to speak and blamed his language on "Democratic schools."

I weep for this country... I really do.