Posted on 11/08/2009 1:24:05 PM PST by jazusamo
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was declared "not a terrorist" before the facts were out - even before officials were sure whether the attacker was alive or dead. Failing to honestly name a terrorist attack despite the evidence is as destructive and dishonest as leaping to call an attack terrorism without the facts to support that.
Apparently, the claim was based largely on the fact that Maj. Hasan appears to have been a lone gunman. However, terrorism is defined not by the number of people involved, but by the motivations and intentions of the attacker. If reports about him are true, Maj. Hasan clearly was a terrorist.
He reportedly was upset about the activities of the United States in the Middle East and purportedly had made postings about suicide attacks on jihadist forums. He told an associate that "maybe the Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor"; he was videotaped on the morning of the attack wearing traditional white clothing in the manner of someone about to martyr himself. The same day, he divested himself of belongings and handed out Korans, and he shouted the battle cry of the jihadists, "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire. If these reports are true, this was not just terrorism; it was Islamic jihadist terrorism.
It is unclear whether Maj. Hasan acted alone or others were involved in this attack. It would not come as a surprise to learn more people were involved. If so, it will constitute a major counterterrorism failure.
Troubling questions are emerging. What diverted authorities from doing a more thorough job of investigating Maj. Hasan six months ago, when he was suspected of jihadist tendencies? Why was he allowed to remain on active duty in the Army, live amongst the troops and prepare for deployment to a combat zone?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
AMEN!
In the Washington Times???????
This is HUGH and SERIES !!!
SOMEONE.....quick....get me the smelling salts!
"I already read the Times and Post.
The Washington Times and the New York Post."
Ignoring the truth is a deliberate act of treason by this administration.
Quick, get into the shower.
The Times.....not the Post.
If it had been the Wash Post I’d have had heart failure.
And puts us all in danger of attack. Wonder how many sleepers have been emboldened by the weak reaction of the WH, the military and the political leaders? I suddenly feel like a sitting duck.
This is what the scum sucking PC crowd wants us to think. I wonder if they are on the side of the terrorists?
Yep, it’s pretty close to it.
WRONG. Being Muslim is probable cause in a post 9/11 world, but because truth is untouchable to our PC socialist overlords, we will see more dead Americans. The new kneejerk mantra of the left ("So what if he's Muslim, that's not terrorism!") is the exact opposite of what common sense tell us.
Second it!
m_bttt
I believe a lot of the PC crowd are on their side though many are too dumb to realize it.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a islamofascist terrorist, plain and simple!!
“Anyone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” and opens fire on a crowd of unarmed people is a terrorist. If Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is not a terrorist, no one is.”
No, there’s still those mean old right-wingers who criticize liberals. Janet Napolitano told me so.
Good for the Times.
The PC crowd wants to turn legitimate concern into prejudice against all Muslims. It’s not prejudice at all, it’s trying to save innocent lives from people who will kill them.
...it’s a shame that it takes a Korean owned paper to print the truth about what happened...likewise with the Times in the UK....all our US state controlled media does is reiterate Dem talking points.
Fixed. Geez, even an article trying to be un-PC remains PC. We must never, ever forget or whitewash the fact that these terrorist acts are wholly Muslim.
I hear you, him being a Muslim and saying what he said over a period of months was more than probable cause.
You got it worker our dead soldiers are in a way victims of political correctness gone mad and soft. FBI and other agencies already knew this guy was posting wacky stuff on the internet and visiting the wrong mosques with jihadi imams and he wanted out. They should have let him out.
Its ok, my doggie did the Heimlich!
She always does that, when i freak out.
Thanks for linking, that’s an excellent video and very telling of Obama.
did not know that!
Freepers are soooooo smart.
LOL!
“did not know that!”
....if you’re ever in the Washington area pick up a copy of the Post and the Times....the way the Post is biased you won’t believe your eyes....it’s like two different worlds.
Washington Times is NOT Washington Post !
Or maybe leaping to the assumption that a cop doing his job was being racist. Hmmm....
Yep, minorities seem to be calling out ‘racist’ about leo’s more and more, even when the minority is the majority in a given area.
I hadn’t actually listened to those before (actually I’ve managed to avoid listening to him altogether), but it’s clear to me that he speaks with an Arabic accent.
I’m under the impression that they didn’t let him out because he owed for his education.
I think you’ve mistaken the Washington TIMES for the Washington POST! Big difference....
The military needs doctors really bad. I guess they didn't want to establish a precedent,but that should all change now.
I’m not sure but I think you are saying “huge” and “serious” and, yes, it would be if it was in the Washington Post instead of the Washington Times (jk). The WT is the best totally unprofitable newspaper in America. When Sun Myung Moon finally dies it will probably go.
Thank God for the Washington Times!
I kinda thought the Times was better..doesn’t Krauthammer write for them sometimes.?
Still shocked..Is there such a difference? Is the Washington Times as conservative as the WSJ...which I subscribe to.
Guess i never realized there really was such a difference..thanks for “educmacating “ me.
God, I miss Bush.
You miss him? Lord do I ever miss him....
Some are not reluctant about saying we are at war with Islam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381656/posts
Imagine a time-machine takes us back 70 years:
1. Pearl Harbor has been attacked
2. Japanese people are in the US military
3. They’re being sent to the Pacific Theater, no questions asked
4. When they’re not in uniform, some of them walk around in kimonos and geta, sometimes with swords
5. When they’re dressed up like that, some of them openly say things like, “The US war against Japan is wrong, and it makes be super mad...”
6. Some of them go to the local shrine, and say things like, “That Tojo guy? He’s SWELL...!!!”
All US officers see this and are terrified to ask follow-up questions.
SEE HOW OUTLANDISH IT IS..?!
Excellent, Doug!
A really good parallel and it shows just how ridiculous this PC is now, it’ll cost more American lives.
You must be new here. Hugh and series has been a running joke on FR for years. It’s pointing fun at the pathetic spelling brought about by the rotten public school system in the USA.
Oh, I forgot:
Some of these hypothetical WW2 soldiers go onto official US Army newspapers with letters that say things like, “If a kamikaze takes out 100 or so marines, then that is a tactical victory.....”
Other US officers see these words and say nothing.
TOTALLY RIDICULOUS.
One would expect the Washington Times to take this position. It is a conservative newspaper, and, IMHO, the best newspaper in the US.
It would be pudent, I think, to have a personal weapon handy at all times.
Just in case, of course.
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