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2. Quotes claiming tortures that he says should be inflicted on infidels are instead tortures in hell after death.

You are right about that and it really chaps me when people who have no excuse for poor research, like Sean Hannity, repeat distortions like that over and over again. It unnecessarily undermines their credibility.

But Hasan's PP presentation wasn't just a simple introduction to or history of Islam. It was focused on jihad and not just the internal spiritual jihad.

Taken as a whole it was like a suicide note giving an explanation or excuse for what he indeed ended up doing. Amazing that the psychiatrists who he gave the presentation to didn't see that.

I somewhat "finessed" the title of this thread and url to keep it off a vanity or blog category because I thought the information and possible connections too important not to get as much FR attention as possible since others at FR are quite skilled at researching.

Below is the interesting and lengthy analysis by Barry Rubin cited by Atlas Shrugs (in case you missed the link at the website).

Saturday, November 14, 2009
Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All to You
By Barry Rubin

How do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You’ve seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what’s most amazing of all is this:

Hassan is the first terrorist in history to give an academic lecture explaining why he was about to attack. Yet that still isn’t enough for too many people—including the president of the United States--to understand that the murderous assault at Fort Hood was a Jihad attack.

[Analysis follows at link]

The Rubin Report