Sami, a Muslim American soldier, publicly opposed Bush’s Iraq war and religious rhetoric.

Evidence

I’m not on the side of the president at all. I think he’s an idiot! I think his policies are skewed. I think his opinions are skewed. I think he uses religion as a form of control over the country. You hear him? He says God’s on our side and God has tapped the United States as the world’s police, and I’m always thinking, how do you know that? God tells you everything that happens? — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 291

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