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What Gold Star families know and Donald Trump doesn't
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/opinions/gold-star-families-opinion-borek/index.html
By Ryan Manion Borek (a gold star sister)
Excerpt:
I don't personally know the Khan family, but I know the Khan family. I know what they have been through over these last 12 years. I know that they want the world to know their son's story of service and sacrifice, and I know that they could have never imagined that their story would be politicized in the way that it has.
Here is the bottom line -- unless you have personally lost someone in the perils of war, you have no business saying anything but "thank you for your loved one's service and I am sorry for your loss."
Comparing your "sacrifices" to those whose loved ones have given their all is not only wrong, it is un-American and goes against everything for which this great nation stands.
Ms. Borek's brother, 1stLt Travis Minion, USMC, was killed in Iraq in April of 2007.
Will the Trump campaign keep sticking its foot in its mouth over the Khzir Kahn speech at the DNC?
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/01/opinions/gold-star-families-opinion-borek/index.html
By Ryan Manion Borek (a gold star sister)
Excerpt:
I don't personally know the Khan family, but I know the Khan family. I know what they have been through over these last 12 years. I know that they want the world to know their son's story of service and sacrifice, and I know that they could have never imagined that their story would be politicized in the way that it has.
Here is the bottom line -- unless you have personally lost someone in the perils of war, you have no business saying anything but "thank you for your loved one's service and I am sorry for your loss."
Comparing your "sacrifices" to those whose loved ones have given their all is not only wrong, it is un-American and goes against everything for which this great nation stands.
Ms. Borek's brother, 1stLt Travis Minion, USMC, was killed in Iraq in April of 2007.
Will the Trump campaign keep sticking its foot in its mouth over the Khzir Kahn speech at the DNC?
