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spanone

(135,866 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:00 AM Jul 2016

Father of slain Muslim soldier: Trump’s remarks ‘typical of a person without a soul’

The father of a Muslim U.S. soldier killed in combat in Iraq said in an interview late Saturday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s comments are “typical of a person without a soul.”

“What he said originally — that defines him .?.?. People are upset with him,” Khizr Khan told The Washington Post. “He realizes, and his advisers feel that [his original statement] was a stupid mistake.”

Khan told the Post that Trump is “void of empathy” and “unfit for the stewardship of this great country.”

“A person void of empathy for the people he wishes to lead cannot be trusted with that leadership,” Khan added. “To vote is a trust. And it cannot be placed in wrong hands.”


http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/289895-father-of-slain-muslim-soldier-trumps-comments-typical-of
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Father of slain Muslim soldier: Trump’s remarks ‘typical of a person without a soul’ (Original Post) spanone Jul 2016 OP
I served with people of every nationality, madokie Jul 2016 #1
What a rebuke for the ages. Boomerproud Jul 2016 #2
Spot on. smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #3
Khan is right. Koinos Jul 2016 #4
holy moly nt retrowire Jul 2016 #5
Wow, epic and totally accurate slam. lark Jul 2016 #6
K&R napkinz Jul 2016 #7
He is right, Donald has no soul treestar Jul 2016 #8
Sociopaths lack empathy. roamer65 Jul 2016 #9
person without a soul - that's going to leave a mark nt Fresh_Start Jul 2016 #10

madokie

(51,076 posts)
1. I served with people of every nationality,
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:05 AM
Jul 2016

every religion, male and female and it bothered me not about any of them. OTOH, tRump worries the shit out of me

Koinos

(2,792 posts)
4. Khan is right.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 09:24 AM
Jul 2016

Empathy is what makes us human. It is the basis of all ethical or moral or humane action. Anyone who lacks empathy is not a human being.

lark

(23,155 posts)
6. Wow, epic and totally accurate slam.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 10:16 AM
Jul 2016

That pretty much encapsulates everything bad about drumpf, he "has no soul".

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