First, it's absolutely horrible that a pregnant woman was killed, as if this horror needed anything more.
I'm hesitant to believe initial reports about any of these spree killers with respect to "warning flags". Having said that, if these reports are true, then there will be some people getting relieved of duty.
The UCMJ (military law) doesn't allow service men and women to make political statements, question command authority or to question the decisions of the Command-in-Chief. If reports are to be believed, this guy did all of that and more. There should have been an investigation, at a minimum. And, if the allegation proved to be with merit, there should have been disciplinary actions taken - which would mean a court-martial for an officer. The people who didn't report these statement are derelict in there duty, and if they were reported, then command has some explaining to do about why they weren't formally investigated and prosecuted.
Nonetheless. the army being aware firsthand of his issues, is no consolation to those grieving or those who lost their lives. Fort Hood is 339 sq. miles & 52k troops this year have been there. I question how he picked his victims. His location. This was very premeditated IMO
Maj Hasan, aged 39, was a military psychiatrist and was reportedly due to be sent on a mission to Iraq.
His cousin said Maj Hasan - a US-born Muslim - had been resisting such a deployment.
“He hired a military attorney to try to have the issue resolved, pay back the government, to get out of the military. He was at the end of trying everything,”
Forcing someone to fight their co-religionists when they object is not a very smart move - especially when dealing with Islam.
He's already been reprimanded for proselytizing Islam in uniform. So I assume he was reported.
That obviously didn't stop his promotion (which I've read are automatic for doctors, no matter what their disciplinary record), or his assignment to Iraq.
I'm afraid political correctness has trumped not only the UCMJ, but sanity itself.