The Fort Hood Report: Why No Mention of Islam?

Time ^ | January 20, 2010 | Mark Thompson

[Cheap_Hessian]

The U.S. military's just-released report into the Fort Hood shootings spends 86 pages detailing various slipups by Army officers but not once mentions Major Nidal Hasan by name or even discusses whether the killings may have had anything to do with the suspect's view of his Muslim faith. And as Congress opens two days of hearings on Wednesday into the Pentagon probe of the Nov. 5 attack that left 13 dead, lawmakers want explanations for that omission.

John Lehman, a member of the 9/11 commission and Navy Secretary during the Reagan Administration, says a reluctance to cause offense by citing Hasan's view of his Muslim faith and the U.S. military's activities in Muslim countries as a possible trigger for his alleged rampage reflects a problem that has gotten worse in the 40 years that Lehman has spent in and around the U.S. military. The Pentagon report's silence on Islamic extremism "shows you how deeply entrenched the values of political correctness have become," he told TIME on Tuesday. "It's definitely getting worse, and is now so ingrained that people no longer smirk when it happens."

The apparent lack of curiosity into what allegedly drove Hasan to kill isn't in keeping with the military's ethos; it's a remarkable omission for the U.S. armed forces, whose young officers are often ordered to read Sun Tzu's The Art of War with its command to know your enemy. In midcareer, they study the contrast between capabilities and intentions, which is why they aren't afraid of a British nuclear weapon but do fear the prospect of Iran getting one.

[Dick Bachert]

Political Correctness:

”A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

By spreading this definition around, perhaps we can employ one of the more effective methods of deflating and defeating the fools who practice and promote it: RIDICULE.

Unless stopped – and soon – PC will DESTROY Western Civilization -- if it hasn’t already.

PASS IT ON!!

THEN PASS THE KOOL AID!!

[pray4liberty]

"a reluctance to cause offense"

Is the root cause of our doom, unless and until we wake up and start OFFENDING the people who want Americans dead!

[MaxMax]

Cover for Obamao so he can say there were no attacks under his administration.
There is no reality with these people and the public is sick of it already.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

I could only skim the first few opening paragraphs without nodding off...but that's the effect Time Mag has on me.

That said, the very fact that Time is asking "Why no mention of Islam?" is big news.

[Cheap_Hessian]

That said, the very fact that Time is asking "Why no mention of Islam?" is big news.

That's what I was thinking too.

[pioneerstakethearrows]

Ralph Peters had an excellent article, critical of the Ft. Hood Report, in Saturday’s New York Post.

[bgill]

14 killed.

[Paperdoll]

SOMETHING VERY SINISTER.

[Cheap_Hessian]

Ralph Peters had an excellent article, critical of the Ft. Hood Report, in Saturday’s New York Post.

Thanks for the heads up. Here is the link to that NY Post article.

[clintonh8r]

We refuse to offend our enemies, much less kill them....

[MsLady]

I just heard on Foxnews earlier that they were going to try to go with, he was just a nut job. Because I guess his superiors were on the verge of retirement age and just kept giving him a pass. I guess they didn’t want to deal with the headache of having him thrown out. PC I’m sure played a big roll in this.

[556x45]

You’d never believe how much time the Army spends on PC classes. Seems they’re far more afraid of offending than protecting. Frankly, this problem isn’t limited to the military...its everywhere and can be totally attributed to libs demanding we be touchy feely and ‘conservatives’ saying nothing.

[Moe Tzadik]

in·fil·trat·ed : to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively for subversive purposes.

[MsLady]

I can believe it, the Navy did it too. My hubby had to go to those things in the 80’s. At the time I thought it was the biggest waste of time and money I’d ever heard of. All you need to know, is common decency and respect for another, end of story.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Some people wander through life like sheep unaware that the Nidal Hasan’s are waiting for the opportunity to slaughter them. The government wants to keep it that way rather than offend anyone.

[556x45]

‘All you need to know, is common decency and respect for another, end of story.’

You start off pushing moral relativism as the norm and wind up w/ classes like this b/c theres no one set of rules for personal interaction. Guess who gets to make the ‘new’ rules? This is where PC came from.