I heard an interesting discussion on a radio call-in show yesterday. An Iraqi immigrant called in from some place in the Midwest. He told the host that hw was very worried about his family in Bagdad, but that he had spoken to them that morning and they were ok. He was equally worried about his nephew in the US Army, because he wasn't sure if his unit was still in Kuwait or if they had moved on up the road. I expect this young soldier is more worried about accidental encounters with family members then he is about attacking other Moslems, and this is no different than the situation faced by other Americans in other wars. We are a nation of immigrants.

Moslems, or Muslems if you prefer, are believers in a religion called Islam, not a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock. They are members of any and every nation and their skin color can be any shade of tan/brown, ranging from the light complexion of Nordics to the dark one of Sub-Saharan Africans.

If SGT Akbar did what he is accused of, and I'm not saying he didn't, all of the media reports of comments from his commanders imply that it was because he didn't want to be in Kuwait or deploy to Iraq for his own personal reasons. Murderous? Certainly. Traitorous? It would be a stretch to say that these acts "gave aid and comfort to the enemy." Terrorist? The definition of that word seems to change daily, so I suppose we can all have our own opinions. The most recent news I've seen says that he is in confinement in Germany waiting for the Article 32 investigation to begin.