Posted on 11/09/2009 3:54:06 AM PST by RoadTest
A senior U.S. senator on Sunday said the shootings at Fort Hood could have been a terrorist attack, and that he would launch a congressional investigation into whether the U.S. military could have prevented it. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who heads the Senate's Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, said initial evidence suggested that the alleged shooter, Army Major Nidal Hasan, was a "self-radicalized, home-grown terrorist" who had turned to Islamic extremism while under personal stress.
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No no no.
He is an Islamic Extremist. No excuses. He is completely morally culpable for willing participation in this murderous death cult.
LIEberman: talking out of both sides of his mouth while he votes like a democrat.
He’s one of the few decent democrats.
I have a dumb question... say this guy was a whitey serving in the military instead, and he said a bunch of things that were racist against non-whiteys or he advocated violence against non-whiteys. How long would it have taken for the military (depending on the branch?) to take action against him?
In the committee's final report it should place the blame for the carnage squarely on the shoulders of the major. The second sentence should take to task those in the Army who knew of his radical beliefs and failed to give him the boot.
PC be dammed. Let the lives of these Americans have been lost for no less an honor of heralding the beginning of the end of our failed experiment with PC. Tolerance is a good thing, but like everything in life too much of a good thing is not a good thing.
If this guy had been from a non-protected racial/religious group he would have been made a civilian, long ago. Anyone who thinks that the US military treats all members the same, regardless of race or gender, is sadly mistaken.
at least someone at the hill has the cajones to call this what it is a terrorist attack plain and simple. Ive always appreciated Liebermann’s support for the troops.
If the libs hadn't neutered our military with rules like "Don't ask, don't tell", this would never have happened.
I agree with the Senator that the Major’s actions could have been self-radicalized, home-grown terrorist. However to state that he had turned to Islamic extremism while under personal stress is too much.
Sen. Joe, are we trying to pull an excuse like Columbine HS here?? That the high school shooting was directly the fault of all those jocks at Columbine teasing these poor misguided students??? PPPPLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEEEE..........
Help me out here. Is a ‘homegrown terrorist’ better or worse than a regular terrorist?
More idiocy to obscure the facts.
If Hitler had been as clever as Mohammed, he would have proclaimed Nazism to be a new religion.
Then PC-uber-alles dolts would demand that Nazi SS “priests” should be allowed to join the US Army, even as they preached the slaughter of non-Nazis.
And when these Nazi SS “priests” massacred Americans, these PC dolts would worry more about a potential backlash against “moderate Nazis” than the safety of Americans.
PC Kills.
It would take roughly the same amount of time for the official investigation. The difference would be in the speed with which the Media would ‘try’ the accused in the public forum.
It would take roughly the same amount of time for the official investigation. The difference would be in the speed with which the Media would ‘try’ the accused in the public forum.
“If Hitler had been as clever as Mohammed, he would have proclaimed Nazism to be a new religion.”
You couldn’t speak anything against it.
Lieberman got it right. The others were too cowardly to call it.
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