Posted on 11/06/2009 3:33:21 AM PST by tobyhill
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan never served a tour of duty in Iraq. But the psychiatrist worked inside two places that have seen the terrible fallout from the war – first Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in the nation's capital, and lately at Fort Hood, the giant Central Texas base.
He dealt with some of the invisible wounds from the conflict. He counseled soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, perhaps getting a preview of the horrors of war that he had yet to see.
But Hasan was, in many ways, very different from the soldiers and family members who had direct experience with the pain and suffering of war. He'd served in the Army for several years but had not been deployed overseas. Unmarried, he hadn't experienced the stress of soldiers whose family life had been interrupted by long deployments that put them in harm's way.
His religion, too, set him apart. He told relatives a few years ago that he was having second thoughts about his military career because other soldiers had harassed him because of his Muslim faith. More recently, he had expressed misgivings about being sent to Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Well, I see your point on that, but what I meant was if he really was upset about going to Iraq, he could have found a way out. He could have said it went against his religious beliefs if it were true he didn’t want to go.... for the media to say it was just an issue of conscience is deceitful, we all know this was an act of terrorism.
Theory: Psychiatrist counsels soldiers who speak of muslums as low-lives and also who ridicule Islam. Psychiatrist does not gain converts but only dirision. Psychiatrist does drugs while losing his sanity. Something/someone sets psychiatrist off.
HE IS A MUSLIM TERRORIST
Is anyone in the MSM calling this what it is: that is TERRORISM!?
I have been watching Fox and haven’t heard them utter the word.
The cousin should be looked into also!!
If he dreaded deployment then he’s REALLY going to dread execution.
He’s an OFFICER....a MAJOR.....no soldier harrasssed him about his religion!
” He could have said it went against his religious beliefs if it were true he didn’t want to go.... for the media to say it was just an issue of conscience is deceitful, we all know this was an act of terrorism. “
Fox News is now - as of a few minutes ago - reporting that he shouted ‘Allahu Akhbar’ just before he started shooting....
(I’d seen that speculated on in threads here on FR, but this is the first Media mention...)
I agree.
I know exactly what you mean. My SIL is an extremely over educated lefty who teaches at a community college.
She argued until she was red in the face with my wife about those muzzies in France a few years ago who were burning dozens of cars every night because the Police had the nerve to chase and try to arrest some low life POS while he was committing a crime. Sure, they shot him, but I guess my SIL was under the impression they should have tried to catch him and play patty cakes. And if I remember correctly, the muzzie POS didn't want to play patty cakes.
My SIL refused to admit they were muzzies, refused to admit they were wrong about anything, went on and on about how they were so persecuted and wronged at every step of their meager, good-natured, peaceful existence. They only rioted, robbed people, and burned innocent people's cars because the Police made them do it, etc, etc, etc.
I was about to butt in and break up the argument, but my wife was doing such a good job getting her lefty sis to foam at the mouth, that I just sat back and enjoyed the show.
I have a lefty nutjob nephew. Same thing!!
He is still crying about John Edwards and the baby drama!
I try not to let him bug me but he does.
Fox News analyst Peter Johnson Jr. really blasted the cousin, for possibly explaining away the perp’s “motive” for these horrific murders.
I’m not 100% sure that’s what the cousin was doing, but in any case, Johnson was not buying it.
Hi Cindy,Is there any word about the other shooters?Thanks.
Can’t stop thinking about your post! In many cases terrorists do act alone, with encouragement!
Perhaps he was afraid of being actively engaged against his Muslim brothers.
Yeppers.........radical’s in Islam and radical’s in the White House....walkin’ in lockstep.:(
“And Bush has to take a lot of the blame for this He was CIC for 8 years during the WOT”
This was going on long before Bush. Read “Muslim Mafia”
I'm afraid he would have done a lot more damage if he had deployed and been able to get even deadlier weapons in Iraq or Afghanistan. He could have killed a lot more.
Another crisis or convenient distraction?
Why aren’t we hearing more about the dead?
Has anyone seen a list?
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