Thursday, August 04, 2016 9:10:03 AM
JimLur -- your badly off-target sniping speaks only to your own willful both ignorance of, and ignoring of, any actual facts that don't fit/can't be shoehorned into your false view/narrative of reality; I and others here have provided plenty of real information about Dick Morris to demonstrate that he is and long has been nothing more than a ludicrous self-promoting bullshitter -- and now you double down by resorting to the wildly batshit-crazy Christo-fascist Shoebats
as to my bluntness, keep in mind that you're far from the first to bring and be answered about such stuff here, and that I've some time since just pretty well lost any remainder of whatever patience I might ever have had with such stuff
this is not a game -- a few times you've imperiously commanded others here to 'wake up' -- you need to wake up
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I was Capt. Khan’s commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family.
The gravesite of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan at Arlington National Cemetery.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
By Dana J.H. Pittard
August 3, 2016
The writer is a retired U.S. Army major general.
I am a former soldier who served our nation in uniform for more than 34 years. I was also Capt. Humayun Khan’s combat brigade commander in Diyala province, Iraq, in 2004. I came to know Humayun after taking command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, in Germany in 2002. The motto of our unit was “No mission too difficult. No sacrifice too great. Duty First!” Humayun was a wonderful person, liked and respected by all who knew him. I used to joke with him about the tank platoon he once led, which I had led 20 years earlier. I often told him that we were kindred spirits. I remember clearly the day he died.
Humayun was a great officer. The 201st Forward Support Battalion, Humayun’s unit, was the most motivated and combat-oriented logistics unit I had ever seen. It supported our 4,000-person brigade, protected wheeled convoys and was responsible for guarding the gates at our large forward operating base: Camp Warhorse.
We employed more than 1,000 Iraqi citizens at Camp Warhorse. We were slowly making progress in the province, the economy and security was improving, and the insurgents were losing steam. Security at Camp Warhorse was extremely tight. Unfortunately, we had killed or wounded several innocent Iraqi drivers at our gates over the previous month for failing to heed our warning signs and our gate guards’ instructions. Each of these incidents potentially hurt our relationship with local Iraqis. Humayun had fostered a warm relationship with our local workforce, and he and his unit were determined to break the cycle of violence by reducing or eliminating unnecessary deaths and injuries at our gates.
On the morning of June 8, 2004, the gate guards alerted Humayun to an orange-and-white taxi cab slowly moving through our serpentine barriers during the “rush hour” of Iraqi day workers coming onto camp. Humayun probably moved toward the suspicious vehicle to avoid killing the driver unnecessarily, but at some point, he concluded that something was wrong and ordered his men to hit the dirt. The driver detonated his car bomb, killing Humayun and two Iraqi citizens. Humayun died trying to save the lives of innocent Iraqis. His brave effort to approach the vehicle probably saved American lives as well.
I raced to the gate upon hearing the huge explosion. It was an awful scene. Battalion commander Lt. Col. Dan Mitchell and his soldiers had resecured the destroyed gate, but we lost more than a gate, we lost a member of our team — of our family. Humayun’s death caused sadness throughout our entire brigade combat team. There were three different memorial services for him — one with our soldiers at Camp Warhorse, a second with our rear detachment and family members at our home base in Vilseck, Germany, and a third with the Khan family in United States. We named the 201st Battalion headquarters building on Camp Warhorse the Khan Building in his honor.
Humayun was one of 36 men and one woman in our brigade who died during our year in Iraq. Our fallen comrades were of all races, religions and genders. They represented sacrifice, service, duty and the essence of what makes our country great. And, yes, it is a great country right now. Despite our flaws, the United States remains a beacon of hope around the world.
Blue Star families are those with a member deployed to combat in the service of our country. Gold Star families are families that have lost a loved one in a combat zone. In our military culture, we hold Blue Star families in the highest regard. But we have absolute reverence for our Gold Star families.
I join all those who stand in support of the Khan family. This family is our family, and any attack on this wonderful American Gold Star family is an attack on all patriotic and loyal Americans who have sacrificed to make our country great. Any politically or racially motivated attack [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccain-adds-latest-salvo-in-gop-dismay-over-trump-clash-with-khan-family/2016/08/01/10ca7e10-57e8-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html ] on the Khans is despicable and un-American.
I am no politician. I have stayed away from politics my entire adult life. My family has been Republican ever since my maternal grandparents migrated from Jim Crow South Carolina to Philadelphia in the late 1920s. My grandmother voted for Herbert Hoover in 1928. Though I am a Republican, I have voted my conscience — for both Democrats and Republicans — for the past 32 years. I’m going to vote my conscience again this year.
We live in a dangerous and complex world. We need leaders who are steady, patient and empathetic, especially at the national level, during this troubled time. We need somebody who has respect for our Gold Star families.
But, above all, our country needs more men and women like Humayun Khan and the countless others who willingly and humbly served this great nation of ours without reservation or recognition.
“Duty First!”
Read more about this topic:
Ghazala Khan: Donald Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ghazala-khan-donald-trump-criticized-my-silence-he-knows-nothing-about-true-sacrifice/2016/07/31/c46e52ec-571c-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html
The Post’s View: What is at stake in this year’s election
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-conventions-are-done-and-its-clear-what-is-at-stake-in-this-years-election/2016/07/30/74526940-55a7-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html
E.J. Dionne Jr.: Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-cruelty/2016/07/31/9ce43188-573f-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html
© 2016 The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-capt-khans-commander-in-iraq-the-khan-family-is-our-family/2016/08/03/9a4c0e4e-598f-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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Trump Says 9/11 Hijackers ‘Wouldn’t Have Been Here’ Under His Muslim Ban
The GOP nominee again tries to rewrite history, leaving out the part that the U.S. had few reasons to restrict Middle East immigration prior to the 2001 attacks.
08/03/2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-911-hijackers-muslim-ban_us_57a2565de4b0104052a12242 [with embedded video, and comments]
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Francois Hollande Says Donald Trump ‘Makes You Want To Retch’
A Trump presidency would have global consequences, he warned.
08/03/2016
French President François Hollande has joined a growing list of world leaders who have slammed U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump as the election looms closer.
Trump’s “excesses” are sickening, Hollande said Tuesday in Paris, noting the Republican nominee “makes you want to retch.”
In this instance, Hollande was referring to Trump’s recent remarks about Khizr Khan, the father of a slain U.S. soldier. ...
[...]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/francois-hollande-donald-trump-consequences_us_57a1fd57e4b0e2e15eb7f427 [with comments]
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New York Post Releases Naked Photos Of Trump's Wife
Published on Jul 31, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
The New York Post slapped a nude photo of Melania Trump on the front page of its Sunday issue over the weekend.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/31/the-new-york-post-publishes-a-nude-photo-of-melania-trump-on-front-page/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uasg1NA3F4 [with comments]
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as to my bluntness, keep in mind that you're far from the first to bring and be answered about such stuff here, and that I've some time since just pretty well lost any remainder of whatever patience I might ever have had with such stuff
this is not a game -- a few times you've imperiously commanded others here to 'wake up' -- you need to wake up
--
I was Capt. Khan’s commander in Iraq. The Khan family is our family.
The gravesite of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan at Arlington National Cemetery.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
By Dana J.H. Pittard
August 3, 2016
The writer is a retired U.S. Army major general.
I am a former soldier who served our nation in uniform for more than 34 years. I was also Capt. Humayun Khan’s combat brigade commander in Diyala province, Iraq, in 2004. I came to know Humayun after taking command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, in Germany in 2002. The motto of our unit was “No mission too difficult. No sacrifice too great. Duty First!” Humayun was a wonderful person, liked and respected by all who knew him. I used to joke with him about the tank platoon he once led, which I had led 20 years earlier. I often told him that we were kindred spirits. I remember clearly the day he died.
Humayun was a great officer. The 201st Forward Support Battalion, Humayun’s unit, was the most motivated and combat-oriented logistics unit I had ever seen. It supported our 4,000-person brigade, protected wheeled convoys and was responsible for guarding the gates at our large forward operating base: Camp Warhorse.
We employed more than 1,000 Iraqi citizens at Camp Warhorse. We were slowly making progress in the province, the economy and security was improving, and the insurgents were losing steam. Security at Camp Warhorse was extremely tight. Unfortunately, we had killed or wounded several innocent Iraqi drivers at our gates over the previous month for failing to heed our warning signs and our gate guards’ instructions. Each of these incidents potentially hurt our relationship with local Iraqis. Humayun had fostered a warm relationship with our local workforce, and he and his unit were determined to break the cycle of violence by reducing or eliminating unnecessary deaths and injuries at our gates.
On the morning of June 8, 2004, the gate guards alerted Humayun to an orange-and-white taxi cab slowly moving through our serpentine barriers during the “rush hour” of Iraqi day workers coming onto camp. Humayun probably moved toward the suspicious vehicle to avoid killing the driver unnecessarily, but at some point, he concluded that something was wrong and ordered his men to hit the dirt. The driver detonated his car bomb, killing Humayun and two Iraqi citizens. Humayun died trying to save the lives of innocent Iraqis. His brave effort to approach the vehicle probably saved American lives as well.
I raced to the gate upon hearing the huge explosion. It was an awful scene. Battalion commander Lt. Col. Dan Mitchell and his soldiers had resecured the destroyed gate, but we lost more than a gate, we lost a member of our team — of our family. Humayun’s death caused sadness throughout our entire brigade combat team. There were three different memorial services for him — one with our soldiers at Camp Warhorse, a second with our rear detachment and family members at our home base in Vilseck, Germany, and a third with the Khan family in United States. We named the 201st Battalion headquarters building on Camp Warhorse the Khan Building in his honor.
Humayun was one of 36 men and one woman in our brigade who died during our year in Iraq. Our fallen comrades were of all races, religions and genders. They represented sacrifice, service, duty and the essence of what makes our country great. And, yes, it is a great country right now. Despite our flaws, the United States remains a beacon of hope around the world.
Blue Star families are those with a member deployed to combat in the service of our country. Gold Star families are families that have lost a loved one in a combat zone. In our military culture, we hold Blue Star families in the highest regard. But we have absolute reverence for our Gold Star families.
I join all those who stand in support of the Khan family. This family is our family, and any attack on this wonderful American Gold Star family is an attack on all patriotic and loyal Americans who have sacrificed to make our country great. Any politically or racially motivated attack [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccain-adds-latest-salvo-in-gop-dismay-over-trump-clash-with-khan-family/2016/08/01/10ca7e10-57e8-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html ] on the Khans is despicable and un-American.
I am no politician. I have stayed away from politics my entire adult life. My family has been Republican ever since my maternal grandparents migrated from Jim Crow South Carolina to Philadelphia in the late 1920s. My grandmother voted for Herbert Hoover in 1928. Though I am a Republican, I have voted my conscience — for both Democrats and Republicans — for the past 32 years. I’m going to vote my conscience again this year.
We live in a dangerous and complex world. We need leaders who are steady, patient and empathetic, especially at the national level, during this troubled time. We need somebody who has respect for our Gold Star families.
But, above all, our country needs more men and women like Humayun Khan and the countless others who willingly and humbly served this great nation of ours without reservation or recognition.
“Duty First!”
Read more about this topic:
Ghazala Khan: Donald Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ghazala-khan-donald-trump-criticized-my-silence-he-knows-nothing-about-true-sacrifice/2016/07/31/c46e52ec-571c-11e6-831d-0324760ca856_story.html
The Post’s View: What is at stake in this year’s election
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-conventions-are-done-and-its-clear-what-is-at-stake-in-this-years-election/2016/07/30/74526940-55a7-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html
E.J. Dionne Jr.: Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-cruelty/2016/07/31/9ce43188-573f-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html
© 2016 The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-capt-khans-commander-in-iraq-the-khan-family-is-our-family/2016/08/03/9a4c0e4e-598f-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
--
Trump Says 9/11 Hijackers ‘Wouldn’t Have Been Here’ Under His Muslim Ban
The GOP nominee again tries to rewrite history, leaving out the part that the U.S. had few reasons to restrict Middle East immigration prior to the 2001 attacks.
08/03/2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-911-hijackers-muslim-ban_us_57a2565de4b0104052a12242 [with embedded video, and comments]
--
Francois Hollande Says Donald Trump ‘Makes You Want To Retch’
A Trump presidency would have global consequences, he warned.
08/03/2016
French President François Hollande has joined a growing list of world leaders who have slammed U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump as the election looms closer.
Trump’s “excesses” are sickening, Hollande said Tuesday in Paris, noting the Republican nominee “makes you want to retch.”
In this instance, Hollande was referring to Trump’s recent remarks about Khizr Khan, the father of a slain U.S. soldier. ...
[...]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/francois-hollande-donald-trump-consequences_us_57a1fd57e4b0e2e15eb7f427 [with comments]
--
New York Post Releases Naked Photos Of Trump's Wife
Published on Jul 31, 2016 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
The New York Post slapped a nude photo of Melania Trump on the front page of its Sunday issue over the weekend.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/31/the-new-york-post-publishes-a-nude-photo-of-melania-trump-on-front-page/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uasg1NA3F4 [with comments]
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Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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