GOP rep.: Ft. Hood report 'sanitized'

Politico ^ | January 18, 2010 | Jake Sherman

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The Pentagon’s 86-page report on the Fort Hood massacre was “sanitized” to avoid discussing Islamic terrorism, the congressman who represents the base told POLITICO Monday.

The report, released last week, says that the Army’s middle management missed signals about Nidal Malik Hasan in the months leading up to the mass shooting.

But missing from the report is any discussion of what Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) said was the a “crisis” with Islamic terrorism. Hasan allegedly wore ritual Muslim garb shouted “God is great” in Arabic when opening fire on a group of soldiers on the base — facts Carter said should have been disclosed in the report to help soldiers identify such signs in the future.

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Republican Rep. John Carter represents Texas's 31st Congressional District, which includes Fort Hood.

Rep. John Carter knew the Fort Hood report was whitewashed in order to conceal the politically correct pandering to Muzzies like Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

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Of course they want to sanitize the report and downplay the jihadist’s behavior before he murdered those people at Fort Hood. The truth is too embarrassing.

The people in the chain who knew about Hasan’s Muslim ravings and did not act because they were afraid to be viewed as being biased are a disgrace to the uniform. Soldiers are expected to be courageous. These people exhibited cowardice.

My concern is that a few lower level officers will be sanctioned, while the higher ups who they feared would not appreciate hearing the truth, go unpunished. Of course that is the way it works, but someone has to pay enough of a price to stiffen the spines of officers who may be in the same position in the future.