Who do you love more: Mom of Dad?

Have you ever been asked who you loved more, Mom or Dad? What a stupid question to ask, right?! Don't you think it is equally stupid to ask people to choose between their country and their religion? Yet we are asking them to do just that when we send Muslims in our military to fight in Afghanistan or Iraq. The wars we are fighting there may not be overtly religious wars (and understandably, they are being fought for purely economic, not religious or political reasons), but the divide between the sides is along the religious lines.


If we continue to stubbornly oppose the fact that Muslims should not be asked to choose their country over their religion, we risk having many more Maj. Nidal M. Hasans. We will breed a strong fifth column in our military. After all, we did not send Japanese Americans to fight with Japan in World War II.

I am not saying that Muslims should not be allowed to serve in our military forces. But they absolutely should not be required to serve in combat against Islamists. To ignore the obvious fact of their split loyalties is to make a grave mistake.