Posted on 11/13/2009 3:59:48 PM PST by Abakumov
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was charged with 13 counts of murder for the Fort Hood massacre, but 14 persons were killed. Army Pvt. Francheska Velez, a 21-year-old Chicago native, was six weeks pregnant when she was gunned down. Her unborn child is the 14th victim, but the death so far has been ignored by our government.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Private Velez was from my neighborhood in Chicago.
While I agree with the writer I think it is in the best interests of “we the people” to concentrate on shaming the government into backing off on the PC and actually call a terrorist a terrorist ... this can be our main thrust when overriding concerns such as terrorism and loss of sovereinity aren’t in the mix ,, say when pregnant women are killed in traffic accidents or in other homicides.
The Times took on that issue yesterday: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/running-away-from-terrorism/
Prolife ping, maybe something good will come from this tragedy.
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