Posted on 03/20/2015 4:45:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
It was more than five years ago that the gunshots rang out, but those of us who survived can still hear their echoes. On Nov. 5, 2009, an Army psychiatrist named Nidal Hasan—an American radicalized by extremist Islamic beliefs—opened fire on his fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 14 people, including an unborn child, and wounding 32.
I was there. A beloved friend, Capt. John Gaffaney, died at my knees. I was slated to become the shooter’s direct supervisor and later learned I was at the top of his hit list.
That day has faded from the minds of most Americans. But the survivors and the families of the deceased continually relive its horror. They also continue to face betrayal by the government they served. ***
At about 1:34 p.m., Hasan, seated in a building on base and armed with an FN five-seven pistol and a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver, paused to bow his head. Then he stood up from behind a cubicle, shouted “Allahu akbar!” (God is great) and began spraying bullets throughout the room. Soldiers, including my friend John, charged the shooter but were gunned down before they could reach him.
Hasan took direct aim at those in uniform, including 21-year-old Pvt. Francheska Velez, who had disarmed bombs in Iraq and recently learned she was nine weeks pregnant. One survivor testified that she heard Velez plead, “Please don’t, please don’t. My baby, my baby!” Hasan shot her in the chest. Velez was headed home to Chicago for leave. Instead, she and her child died on the floor at Fort Hood.
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It is OBAMA’S DISGRACE!!!
Who protected and protects Hasan, the Islamic murderer?
Why?
And why are they not tried and hung?
Hasan should have swung less than two hours after the incident.
‘Come on...................
..........jus look at who we ‘elected’.
If hasan were to ever face a firing squad there would be no shortage of volunteers. I even believe we could raise a lot of money for his victims by selling raffle tickets to be on the squad.
This is not the same Army I served in. I am ashamed of what it has become.
Hasan must be in super secret solitary confinment.
I can’t believe nobody has yet figured out how to shiv him, poison him or beat him to death.
Because they and their friends are running the country?
Correcting edit.
we used to have some bad ass generals
I love it!
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