Posted on 11/10/2009 4:49:57 AM PST by Kaslin
One reads and hears with increasing disbelief and anger that we don't know the motive or motives of Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army major who fired over 100 shots at his fellow American soldiers in order to murder and maim as many as possible. Hasan ended up allegedly murdering 13 people, but government and Army spokesmen and the mainstream media claim they just can't figure out why he did this. They are, however, certain that it was not an act of terrorism.
Sunday's New York Times "Week in Review" article about Nidal Hasan was titled "When Soldiers Snap." The gist of the article was that Maj. Hasan had snapped -- even though he had never been in combat. He snapped in advance. Just two sentences in the article were devoted to the possibility that his motives were in any way relatable to his Muslim faith.
As Chris Matthews put it, "it's unclear if religion was a factor in this shooting." To Matthews, not only was it unclear if Hasan's Islamic faith was "the" factor, it was unclear if it was even "a" factor.
Likewise, on NPR, Tom Gjelten offered the novel explanation that Hasan, who has never been in combat, may have suffered from "pre-traumatic stress disorder" because he anticipated having traumatic distress. "Was he an example," Gjelten seriously asked, "of these soldiers who are literally freaked out by what they are likely to face when they are deployed?"
And on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera, said, "I don't know what motivates him ... as far as I know ... he's a sociopath; he's a criminal. He could have had a toothache and gone off because of that."
The deaths and maiming at Fort Hood are heartbreaking and angering. But ultimately far more injurious to America than the act of evil that caused those deaths and injuries is the massive self-deception American society engages in out of fear of being called bigoted, racist or "Islamaphobic."
Any American who is not prepared to lie to himself has reason to believe that Hasan's religious views were prominent, if not exclusive, factors for why he slaughtered fellow American soldiers. The motives appear as clear as any could be.
Chuck Medley, Fort Hood's director of Emergency Services, told Reuters that Hasan yelled "Allahu Akbar" -- the Arabic incantation of "Allah is the greatest" yelled by Islamic terrorists before they slaughter people -- just before the shooting,
Dr. Val Finnell told The Associated Press that he and other classmates participating in a 2007-2008 master's program with Hasan at the Uniformed Services University had complained about his comments, including that the war on terror was "a war against Islam."
Another classmate told the AP that he complained to five officers and two civilian faculty members at the university. He also wrote to Pentagon officials that fear in the military of being seen as politically incorrect prevented an "intellectually honest discussion of Islamic ideology" in the ranks.
Other classmates who participated in a 2007-2008 master's program at a military college said they, too, had complained to superiors about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's anti-American views, which included his giving a presentation that justified suicide bombing and telling classmates that Islamic law trumped the U.S. Constitution.
And ABC News now reports that Hasan had attempted to contact al-Qaida.
It is a given that the vast majority of American Muslims are loyal Americans. But that's not the only given.
It is equally a given that a certain percentage of Muslims in and outside of the military are Islamists who want Americans dead and America Muslim.
It does the majority of Muslims no favor to deny the existence of the minority. And Muslim Americans do themselves no favor by denying it. Unfortunately, Muslims are theoretically represented by groups like CAIR whose values are correctly seen by most Americans as suspect.
Americans are worried by the fact that there are Muslim Americans whose beliefs compel them to murder non-Muslim Americans. But what is even more worrisome is that American Muslim groups (and their supporters on the left) deny this.
Well this AMERICAN is not CLUELESS. The motive is that Hasan is a MUSLIM TERRORIST!
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
Political Correctness is simply capitulation with untruth.
Stated another way, PC is the suppression of truth in favor of lies.
They will PUNISH you for telling the truth, making those who capitulate complicit with the lies, and therefore unable to, with a clear conscience, call anyone else on their lies either.
BTTT
And let's be clear (truthful) about who 'THEY' are.
'THEY' are the elected representatives and their appointed cronies who comprise the United States government.
Exactly
‘THEY’ are liberals. Plain and simple. Liberals live in a world of LIES. Their ideology is based on the simplest and first lie of all. See tagline.
I think it’s possible that they are. However it’s their own fault that we have doubts because of their silence after the 9/11 attacks
Conservative women and manly men have him nailed.
‘THEY’ are f*#@ing scumbags!
If America doesn’t stop being “p*ssified” by diversity, tolerance and the PC crap, we’re screwed.
Then they can join him in Hell! Soon!
The fruits of 50+ years of white guilt, multiculturalism, tolerance and Marxism are manifesting themselves in many dangerous ways. This will only get worse as this kind of disconnect and logicless thinking prevails. The beleivers can not and will not grasp nor dare speculate that race, religion or ethnicity has anything to do with anything. We are slowly but steadily devolving into a chaotic Balkinized morass of nation destruction.
“If America doesn’t stop being “p*ssified” by diversity, tolerance and the PC crap, we’re screwed.”
That ship has sailed; it too late for us. The PC crap has already ruined America to a point of no return. Buchanan warned us about this years ago but nobody paid attention.
I want to ask if our government has become so monumentally stupid but I already know the answer. Political correctness is a mental disorder that causes a person to ignore the obvious and blame the US for everything.
There isn’t a Muslim on the face of the earth who doubts that Hassan acted out of religious fervor.
Maybe not such a novel explanation - The One got a Nobel Please Prize for the anticipation of what he would do, so is it that far a stretch? Reality? What’s that?
Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Frequented Local Strip Club
Monday , November 09, 2009
By Jana Winter
KILLEEN, Texas —
The Army psychiatrist authorities say killed 13 people and wounded 29 others at the Fort Hood Army Base Thursday was a recent and frequent customer at a local strip club, employees of the club told FoxNews.com exclusively.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came into the Starz strip club not far from the base at least three times in the past month, the club’s general manager, Matthew Jones, told FoxNews.com. Army investigators building their case against Hasan plan to interview Jones soon.
“The last time he was here, I remember checking his military ID at the door, and he paid his $15 cover and stayed for six or seven hours,” Jones, 37, said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573052,00.html
What REALLY freaks me out is that, in the days following this act of terror, it was the JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER in our neighborhood that was vandalized, NOT the MOSQUE!
Not that I am advocating vandalizing ANYTHING, but I JUST don’t understand it!
Mohammed Ata frequented the strip clubs in Broward County prior to his terrorist act on 9/11 as well.
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