https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/abrar-omeish-battle-of-iwo-jima-calls-it-evil-fairfax-county-school-board-member-virginia-japanese-day-of-remembrance-history-us-marines-condeming-parents-association

The spin in her response to WJLA is quite the achievement. What she says has almost nothing to do with the remarks she made at the SB meeting.

I regret Omeish. Big time.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

Oops. Missed this little but of overt racism. Do you have the same problem with churches that hosted Jan 6ers (southern baptists et al) , Timothy McVeigh (catholic churches)?
I am done with you because you obviously don't have any arguments, just petty grievances, bigotry, and a smooth brain.

The point is that she’s in no position to speak to what constitutes a “record” for “human evil” when her own father consorted with some other strong contenders for the title. Sorry if you’re too addled to figure that out on your own.

I don't know anything at all about this argument, and I don't really want to, but suggesting someone loses the right to participate in public discussions because their parent "consorted" with someone is a little ridiculous. Does every member of the Trump family have to shut up forever because they "consorted" with the Saudis, who funded the 9/11 hijackers and dismembered a US citizen with a bone saw? I mean I would like that but I don't actually think that's how it works.

Correct. No need to judge her based on her her father’s actions. Abrar Omeish does have a mind of her own:

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/a-call-to-censure-and-remove-abrar-omeish/article_0dbc68f6-172c-11ec-8fa9-03928393c39b.html

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I cannot stand Omeish but what her parents did or her parent's mosque did is entirely irrelevant. We shouldn't be doing this guilt by association thing. She says plenty enough things herself that disqualify her from serving again.

The apple didn't fall far from the tree. Her father was involved in hiring Anwar al-Alwaki at a Falls Church mosque, and she opposed a resolution to honor the victims of 9/11 on the specious grounds that it "ignored a holistic understanding of the American experience" and would somehow "elevat[e] a traumatic event without sufficient cultural competence." She seems to believe targets of unkind remarks after 9/11 were just as much victims of 9/11 as the people who actually lost their lives following the terrorist attacks. Sorry, but the two things are not the same.

Sick of her posturing, pandering, and utter stupidity. She has no business on a local school board.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

To be sure, the USA is pretty effing evil. We haven’t exactly done a lot of good in the world. Our origin story is is steeped in genocide and human trafficking, we fought a war over the right to keep that slavery, we are the only nation in the world to use nuclear weapons and used them twice … against civilian population centers. We have already capitalism everywhere. And we beat our chests and yell about freedumb to countries that have far more personal freedoms than we enjoy.

Can you point to a country who’s history you do approve of?

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

Oops. Missed this little but of overt racism. Do you have the same problem with churches that hosted Jan 6ers (southern baptists et al) , Timothy McVeigh (catholic churches)?
I am done with you because you obviously don't have any arguments, just petty grievances, bigotry, and a smooth brain.

The point is that she’s in no position to speak to what constitutes a “record” for “human evil” when her own father consorted with some other strong contenders for the title. Sorry if you’re too addled to figure that out on your own.

I don't know anything at all about this argument, and I don't really want to, but suggesting someone loses the right to participate in public discussions because their parent "consorted" with someone is a little ridiculous. Does every member of the Trump family have to shut up forever because they "consorted" with the Saudis, who funded the 9/11 hijackers and dismembered a US citizen with a bone saw? I mean I would like that but I don't actually think that's how it works.

Correct. No need to judge her based on her her father’s actions. Abrar Omeish does have a mind of her own:

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/a-call-to-censure-and-remove-abrar-omeish/article_0dbc68f6-172c-11ec-8fa9-03928393c39b.html

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I cannot stand Omeish but what her parents did or her parent's mosque did is entirely irrelevant. We shouldn't be doing this guilt by association thing. She says plenty enough things herself that disqualify her from serving again.

The apple didn't fall far from the tree. Her father was involved in hiring Anwar al-Alwaki at a Falls Church mosque, and she opposed a resolution to honor the victims of 9/11 on the specious grounds that it "ignored a holistic understanding of the American experience" and would somehow "elevat[e] a traumatic event without sufficient cultural competence." She seems to believe targets of unkind remarks after 9/11 were just as much victims of 9/11 as the people who actually lost their lives following the terrorist attacks. Sorry, but the two things are not the same.

Sick of her posturing, pandering, and utter stupidity. She has no business on a local school board.

I fully agree her 9/11 position was appalling. But there is still no reason to drag her parents into this. Just because my mom or dad may have done something bad does not make me bad. Now being a crappy person MYSELF - that is what makes me bad.

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Anonymous wrote:Has she explained what she meant by “when Iwo Jima unfortunately happened” because seeing the clip it seems like she mispoke, maybe meaning to reference something else? Or she somehow thinks Iwo Jima was an event related to internment

Yeah, I’m thinking she misspoke and meant Hiroshima. I guess OP could ask her, but that’s not as much fun as just blasting her here and elsewhere anonymously.

I read where she was asked and doubled down on the Iwo jima part. I had initially assumed she confused Iwo jima with Hiroshima. And, even if she had said Hiroshima, it will was inappropriate. She does go out of her way to slam the US.

My uncle was convinced that his life was saved by Hiroshima as he was a Marine in a force that was preparing for the invasion. He likely would have been in one of the first groups to land.

I am okinawan. Your uncle's perspective is not uncommon for tjose of us from those Japanese islands.

Ryukyu women threw their children off cliffs into the ocean because they would rather do that than surrender to the Americans. They were told that the American soldiers would brutalize the population just like the Japanese did in parts of China. I promise that many who survived were horrified at that act once the Americans arrived and were basically kind teenagers from farmlands and cities handing out chocolate to the kids, including my parent who was very young at the time.

War is horrible, but sometimes there is Just War, which you must win at all costs. WW2 was one of those times.

Omeish is practically a teenager, and a poster child of the recent failures of FCPS to teach history and critiql thinking skills.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

To be sure, the USA is pretty effing evil. We haven’t exactly done a lot of good in the world. Our origin story is is steeped in genocide and human trafficking, we fought a war over the right to keep that slavery, we are the only nation in the world to use nuclear weapons and used them twice … against civilian population centers. We have already capitalism everywhere. And we beat our chests and yell about freedumb to countries that have far more personal freedoms than we enjoy.

It's good to see that Abrar's people have showed up and let us know what they really think about our country. She implies the same thing but it's usually word salad so it's good when one of her crowd just cuts with the crap and spews their unabashed hatred of the United States.

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Anonymous wrote:Has she explained what she meant by “when Iwo Jima unfortunately happened” because seeing the clip it seems like she mispoke, maybe meaning to reference something else? Or she somehow thinks Iwo Jima was an event related to internment

Yeah, I’m thinking she misspoke and meant Hiroshima. I guess OP could ask her, but that’s not as much fun as just blasting her here and elsewhere anonymously.

I read where she was asked and doubled down on the Iwo jima part. I had initially assumed she confused Iwo jima with Hiroshima. And, even if she had said Hiroshima, it will was inappropriate. She does go out of her way to slam the US.

My uncle was convinced that his life was saved by Hiroshima as he was a Marine in a force that was preparing for the invasion. He likely would have been in one of the first groups to land.

Your uncle’s life was worth less than a Japanese civilian’s. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

To be sure, the USA is pretty effing evil. We haven’t exactly done a lot of good in the world. Our origin story is is steeped in genocide and human trafficking, we fought a war over the right to keep that slavery, we are the only nation in the world to use nuclear weapons and used them twice … against civilian population centers. We have already capitalism everywhere. And we beat our chests and yell about freedumb to countries that have far more personal freedoms than we enjoy.

Vote her off the school board and pray she doesn't run for some higher office.

She is not worthy of being an elected official. Not even dog catcher.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

Oops. Missed this little but of overt racism. Do you have the same problem with churches that hosted Jan 6ers (southern baptists et al) , Timothy McVeigh (catholic churches)?
I am done with you because you obviously don't have any arguments, just petty grievances, bigotry, and a smooth brain.

The point is that she’s in no position to speak to what constitutes a “record” for “human evil” when her own father consorted with some other strong contenders for the title. Sorry if you’re too addled to figure that out on your own.

I don't know anything at all about this argument, and I don't really want to, but suggesting someone loses the right to participate in public discussions because their parent "consorted" with someone is a little ridiculous. Does every member of the Trump family have to shut up forever because they "consorted" with the Saudis, who funded the 9/11 hijackers and dismembered a US citizen with a bone saw? I mean I would like that but I don't actually think that's how it works.

Correct. No need to judge her based on her her father’s actions. Abrar Omeish does have a mind of her own:

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/a-call-to-censure-and-remove-abrar-omeish/article_0dbc68f6-172c-11ec-8fa9-03928393c39b.html

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I cannot stand Omeish but what her parents did or her parent's mosque did is entirely irrelevant. We shouldn't be doing this guilt by association thing. She says plenty enough things herself that disqualify her from serving again.

The apple didn't fall far from the tree. Her father was involved in hiring Anwar al-Alwaki at a Falls Church mosque, and she opposed a resolution to honor the victims of 9/11 on the specious grounds that it "ignored a holistic understanding of the American experience" and would somehow "elevat[e] a traumatic event without sufficient cultural competence." She seems to believe targets of unkind remarks after 9/11 were just as much victims of 9/11 as the people who actually lost their lives following the terrorist attacks. Sorry, but the two things are not the same.

Sick of her posturing, pandering, and utter stupidity. She has no business on a local school board.

Anonymous wrote:I am a democrat, I am so over this nonsense. School board's job is to focus and work on issues pertaining to schools, not trying to drum up attention by making charged statements. I especially don't like people like Omeish, she is constantly in the news trying to raise her political profile, just do your damn job.

Next time, I am voting republican. So, done with this sh** show.

Sure. Because those folks aren't trying to drum up attention with charged statements about CRT and other nonsense /s

I am a democrat, I am so over this nonsense. School board's job is to focus and work on issues pertaining to schools, not trying to drum up attention by making charged statements. I especially don't like people like Omeish, she is constantly in the news trying to raise her political profile, just do your damn job.

Next time, I am voting republican. So, done with this sh** show.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

Oops. Missed this little but of overt racism. Do you have the same problem with churches that hosted Jan 6ers (southern baptists et al) , Timothy McVeigh (catholic churches)?
I am done with you because you obviously don't have any arguments, just petty grievances, bigotry, and a smooth brain.

The point is that she’s in no position to speak to what constitutes a “record” for “human evil” when her own father consorted with some other strong contenders for the title. Sorry if you’re too addled to figure that out on your own.

I don't know anything at all about this argument, and I don't really want to, but suggesting someone loses the right to participate in public discussions because their parent "consorted" with someone is a little ridiculous. Does every member of the Trump family have to shut up forever because they "consorted" with the Saudis, who funded the 9/11 hijackers and dismembered a US citizen with a bone saw? I mean I would like that but I don't actually think that's how it works.

Correct. No need to judge her based on her her father’s actions. Abrar Omeish does have a mind of her own:

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/a-call-to-censure-and-remove-abrar-omeish/article_0dbc68f6-172c-11ec-8fa9-03928393c39b.html

+1
I cannot stand Omeish but what her parents did or her parent's mosque did is entirely irrelevant. We shouldn't be doing this guilt by association thing. She says plenty enough things herself that disqualify her from serving again.

Wait, when there is a crime committed by a black person I am supposed to judge their character and how they got there by their upbringing and what their mother or father did or did not do correctly. Hmmm, but in this woman's case, we should put that aside, even though her father's beliefs OBVIOUSLY determined her beliefs. Okay, go it.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the people freaking out know anything about the battle of Iwo Jima? It was brutal and deadly for the Japanese--almost 20K lives lost and later, too many American lives lost trying to keep it.

In the end, the island was basically never used and had no utility during the war. It was used for emergency landings only.

So yeah... a lot of lives lost brutally for a completely useless arena.

You’re trying to cover for Omeish. She’s not weighing in on whether, in hindsight, the battle was strategically unnecessary and led to unnecessary deaths. She’s commenting on it in a way that clearly is intended to cast the US as a distinct purveyor of “human evil.”

Coming from a woman whose family’s mosque hosted 3 of the 11 hijackers from 9/11, I do not need this spoiled woman-child giving us public lectures about what constitutes a “record *** for human evil.” If the Democrats refuse to de-platform her, the voters should.

Oops. Missed this little but of overt racism. Do you have the same problem with churches that hosted Jan 6ers (southern baptists et al) , Timothy McVeigh (catholic churches)?
I am done with you because you obviously don't have any arguments, just petty grievances, bigotry, and a smooth brain.

The point is that she’s in no position to speak to what constitutes a “record” for “human evil” when her own father consorted with some other strong contenders for the title. Sorry if you’re too addled to figure that out on your own.

I don't know anything at all about this argument, and I don't really want to, but suggesting someone loses the right to participate in public discussions because their parent "consorted" with someone is a little ridiculous. Does every member of the Trump family have to shut up forever because they "consorted" with the Saudis, who funded the 9/11 hijackers and dismembered a US citizen with a bone saw? I mean I would like that but I don't actually think that's how it works.

Correct. No need to judge her based on her her father’s actions. Abrar Omeish does have a mind of her own:

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/a-call-to-censure-and-remove-abrar-omeish/article_0dbc68f6-172c-11ec-8fa9-03928393c39b.html

+1
I cannot stand Omeish but what her parents did or her parent's mosque did is entirely irrelevant. We shouldn't be doing this guilt by association thing. She says plenty enough things herself that disqualify her from serving again.