© 2016 Jim Spence - Note- Sometimes you read something that is so simple and yet so profound in this silly world of Democratc Party make believe games that you just have to share it. In my previous column I commented briefly on the absurd speech delivered by Mr. Khizr Khan at the
DNC. Colonel Allen West expounded on the ideas I expressed. You can view the column here or read it below.
Everyone’s talking about the speech delivered by Mr. Khizr Khan, accompanied by his wife Ghazala at the DNC that focused on the loss of his son, U.S. Army Captain Humayan Khan.
First, let me offer my
condolences to the Khan family for their sacrifice, as they are now an American
Gold Star Family. Their son and I share an unbreakable bond. We both served our
nation and, along with three other generations in my family, took the oath to
support and defend our Constitution and served in combat zones.
Yes sir, Mr. Khan, I’ve
read our Constitution and firmly recognize the preeminent responsibility of our
federal government is to “provide for the common defense.” I also comprehend
the relationship between the three branches of government…you know separation
of powers, checks and balances, coequal branches of government.
I would offer a simple
recommendation to Mr. Khan. Perhaps you should have asked President Barack
Obama if he had read the Constitution — undoubtedly you would agree we have
witnessed a few unconstitutional actions from him.
And while you were at
it, Mr. Khan, perhaps you could have asked Hillary Clinton about handling
classified information — since I’m quite sure your son, Captain Khan, had at a
minimum a secret clearance.
I don’t think your son
would have been able to, well, have his “careless” mishandling of classified
materials and information simply excused. Perhaps Mr. Khan, you could have
addressed the necessity for high standards of honor, integrity, and character
in a commander in chief.
Also, I found it
interesting Mr. Khan, that you and your wife, an American Gold Star family,
would take the stage to support a sitting president and one desiring to be
president, who had abandoned Americans in a combat zone and lied about it.
I tend to believe that
if alive, your son would consider that type of behavior abhorrent and
deplorable. Or perhaps, as it seems, your speech was politically driven, and
not based on principle? After all, you did take the stage before a crowd that
disrespected a Medal of Honor recipient…is that cool with you?
You see, I understand
Mr. Khan, that your son and your family are Muslim and Muslims do indeed serve
in our armed forces. But in the military I know, we do not celebrate that which
divides, but rather that which unites. And what is it that unites us as
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines? It is service above self, commitment to
something greater than the individual, and sacrifice for our country and
comrades in arms.
Now, let’s be honest Mr.
Khan, those of us with knowledge could just as easily bring attention to SGT
Hasan Karim Akbar and Major Nidal Hasan, both Muslims serving in the U.S. Army.
Just as you celebrated your Muslim son’s sacrifice, there are others who could
give testimony to their loss due to those Muslim soldiers — and I use lower
case reference to them (soldiers) because they dishonored the oath and were
traitors to our Code of Honor. Your son was not, but that had nothing to do
with him being a Muslim: he was an American Soldier.
So, Mr. Khan, since you
had such an immense stage, what should you have addressed? You should have
taken the time to explain how humbled and thankful you are to live in America.
You should have mentioned how honored your son was and the pride you felt
knowing he was serving your adopted country. You should have explained to
America, and the world, what killed your son…the ideology of Islamism, Islamic
fascism.
You could have told all
of us why it needed to be defeated and that we need a commander in chief who would
not abandon Americans in combat, but ensure they were supported in order to
defeat this scourge.
Mr. Khan, you could have
taken these words spoken by a proven courageous and resilient leader, Sir
Winston Churchill, who has a U.S. Naval vessel named after him, and expounded
upon them:
“How dreadful are the
curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy,
which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful
fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident
habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and
insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or
live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the
next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman
must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or
a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of
Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Muslims may show
splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social
development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the
world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing
faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless
warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the
strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the
civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient
Rome.”
And now we can all
understand why Barack Obama had Churchill’s bust removed from the Oval Office.
Those were the
insightful, prescient, and relevant words of Sir Winston Churchill from the
first edition of his book, The
River War.
Mr. Khan, this is what
you should have addressed; it would have been so very well received. You could
have told the world and defined the enemy that killed your son…instead my
assessment is that you will be remembered as a political pawn.
You could have taken the
time to explain the words written by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, dated
March 28, 1786, to U.S. Minister of Foreign Affairs John Jay, reporting on
their meeting with the Ambassador of Tripoli:
“We [Adams &
Jefferson] took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of
their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and
observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no
wrong, nor had given us any provocation. [Note they clarify “nations who have
done them [i.e. Muslim Barbary States] no injury”] The Ambassador answered us
that it was founded on the laws of their prophet [i.e. Mohammed]; that it was
written in their Koran; that all nations who should not have acknowledged their
authority were sinners; that it was their right and duty to make war upon them
wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as
prisoners; and that every Mussulman [Muslims] who was slain in battle was sure
to go to Paradise.”
Mr. Khan, you had a
moment to speak on history and provide us clarity and truth from a Muslim man
who lost his son, an American Soldier, to Islamists. You could have clarified
the difference between your son and SGT Hasan Karim Akbar and Major Nidal
Hasan. That sir, to me, was a missed opportunity.
Then again, maybe you
had no intention of using the platform provided to you as a teachable
moment…but rather a politically-influenced opportunity for gain.
You, Mr. Khan, had the
chance to be the face and voice of a Muslim family that stood with the
fundamental principles and values of liberty, freedom, and democracy upon which
this Republic was founded — in which you have found a home.
You could have articulated
how a 7th century savage and barbaric ideology inspired by a murderous warlord,
psychopath, and, by modern day standards, a pedophile, was not a radical but
the leader of a militant phase of Islam introduced after the 622 AD event
referred to as Al Hijra.
Mr. Khan, I grieve for
the loss of your son. However, I grieve even more that you used his sacrifice
and loss as nothing more than a damn politicized stunt. May God forgive you for
it.
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Well said Colonel West. Well said. And it is very sad that the entire Democratic Party is in total denial when it comes to addressing this global threat to friends and families everywhere.
Well said Colonel West. Well said. And it is very sad that the entire Democratic Party is in total denial when it comes to addressing this global threat to friends and families everywhere.
