Ackerman believes that military service dispels the fear of Muslims:
[E]ver since last year's "Ground Zero Mosque" flap, it's struck me that the Robert Spencers and the Pamela Gellars and the lot of them don't have their stock veterans to trot out in service of the idea that the mosque down the street is a threat to your grandmother. I do not believe that is an accident.
The Dish 