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Thoughts on Abdo

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in response to reader comment: Then, Why the heck did he join the Army in the first place?

Submitted by Sigmund Derman (United States), Aug 22, 2012 at 10:28

That's very good point. If he had joined prior to 9-11 he would have had little expectation of fighting Muslim fighters. But anyone who joins now knows what he is up against.

On the other hand, people do change their minds, especially younger people who often have not had time to sufficiently mature and reflect on their ideas and beliefs. His thinking may well change again. In any case, the Army is much better off without a person with his specific ideas about fighting against other Muslims. An individual certainly can have some reservations about war in general and even about particular wars and still do a great job in the military. But when the reservations are so strongly structured and focused as his, just get him out of there. Even if he has no intention of deliberately harming his fellow soldiers, he would be a menace.

The child pornography has to be viewed as a separate issue. I do not think he was specifically targeted. But anyone with common sense has got to realize that if you antagonize any powerful employer for whom you work, that employer is going to run through all your files and you had better have wiped off anything even slightly suspicious using high level file removal programs many months before you start causing a ruckus. This applies to anything suspicious on your computer--income tax, gambling, anything. I don't mean to be telling people how to get away with a crime but there are some things that can be misconstrued. If you intend to "cause trouble" (even in a justified case such as a justified whistle blower), clean up your files first because everything is going to be examined. That's just the way life works now in the 21st century. Abdo is no exception. The powers that be are going to run your files whether you are Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, atheist, whatever.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
United States of America - The Modern Pharaoh [100 words]AbdallahAug 13, 2012 06:01197874
That'd actually make it easier for actual jihadists to kill americans. They'd be armed. [42 words]AnonAug 12, 2012 21:05197862
2Most disturbing aside from the usual terrorism stuff [42 words]saraAug 12, 2012 20:08197860
1Shades of Hannibal Lecter [29 words]DaveAug 12, 2012 19:25197857
1He gets a secret + clearance in the Army? [98 words]JohnJul 12, 2012 19:24197198
4"I don't see that, from the Islamic point of view" [173 words]AhmedJul 10, 2012 17:55197132
2So called racism in the US Army [199 words]ShishirAug 1, 2011 07:33187894
2More due to being a result of a broken family [169 words]ShishirAug 1, 2011 07:22187893
4Why so much sex offences? [320 words]dr med Michael KochAug 2, 2011 09:08187893
A deranged boy [32 words]MosheAug 2, 2011 09:12187893
WHAT 'S YOUR OPINION [19 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
ABDOJul 25, 2011 07:39187680
7Can a Muslim be a Loyal American Soldier. I say no, Not as long as they Serve Allah. [141 words]AnneJul 21, 2011 10:41187601
You didn't read [12 words]ABDOJul 25, 2011 07:35187601
4Not as long as the serve Allah- response to ABDO [45 words]AnneJul 25, 2011 19:13187601
9al-munafiq al-kabeer [128 words]dhimmi no moreJul 26, 2011 14:39187601
1Pfc Abdo is a perfect fit to be CAIR's public relations manager! [217 words]PrashantJul 18, 2011 00:14187522
3Muslim loyalty [78 words]Philip SmeetonJul 17, 2011 13:44187510
3Muslim Loyalty [38 words]Nenette GrunbergJul 19, 2011 10:56187510
WHAT IS THE TITLE HERE?? [8 words]ABDOJul 25, 2011 07:33187510
9Ignorance and hypocrisy [44 words]dhimmi no moreJul 26, 2011 08:09187510
1Can a Muslim be a loyal American Soldier? [130 words]Nenette GrunbergJul 17, 2011 13:18187507
IS THERE?? [7 words]ABDOJul 25, 2011 07:30187507
7The real Egyptians are not the wannabe Arabs like our dear Abdo [93 words]dhimmi no moreJul 26, 2011 14:29187507
1Is there [115 words]Nenette GrunbergJul 28, 2011 15:57187507
7A violation of military regs [146 words]Dean M.Jul 17, 2011 12:57187506
1War, Islam and Abdo [24 words]Steven LJul 17, 2011 12:56187504
4Muslims in the US Army [92 words]Anil K. Sarkar. MDJul 17, 2011 12:13187499
2Perversion of the chanin of command. Abdo tries to build an American Hiz'b'allah [227 words]Abu NudnikJul 17, 2011 11:55187496
2Then, Why the heck did he join the Army in the first place? [57 words]PazuzuJul 17, 2011 11:28187492
Thoughts on Abdo [318 words]Sigmund DermanAug 22, 2012 10:28187492
All that aside, Abdo had set a major precedent [111 words]saraAug 22, 2012 17:16187492
Islam, Anthem, Citizenship [73 words]Alan SilvermanJul 17, 2011 08:20187481
That guy was not a true Iranian [46 words]KouroshDec 24, 2011 02:16187481
3Pipes' wishful thinking? [462 words]John in Michigan, USAJul 17, 2011 08:17187480

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