Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:14:43 PM
Muslim murderer of American soldiers on America soil.
The media wouldn't publicize the guys name at first. Why? Because they needed to spin as much as possible that this
couldn't be a terrorist act or that this person's recent conversion to Islam had
nothing whatever to do with this.
Bull.
Perhaps he was 'upset' about having to go to Iraq. I don't buy that meme for a second for several reasons. 1) The guy was a
Major. He's been in the Army for some time. He would be less inclined as not only as an officer but a high ranking officer to let personal feelings get in the way of his duty. Don't get me wrong. If the guy has deployed a lot, it does get old. It is frustrating to have to go back to a war-zone over and over. But as an officer, you have more than a personal responsibility to deal with. And the guy is an officer. If he was so upset with going, he could resign his commission and quite - he didn't have to go again. 2) Apparently he was also a psychiatrist. If he were suffering from PTSD or other mental 'problems' he would have been the first to realize the warning signs and could have done something about it. He would have realized that murdering a dozen people and attempting to kill dozens more is not the way to express your displeasure with having to deploy. So I'm not buying the whole PTSD, not wanting to deploy meme as this guys sole motivation.
I am more inclined to believe that this guy did what he did at least partially being motivated by his Islamic 'faith'.
What will be really interesting is to see what connection the other two folks who were arrested had with Hassan. Were they in on it? Did they help? Are they also Muslims or recent converts to Islam? If so, then the dynamic changes completely and the PTSD spin will be even harder to acknowledge as having any bearing.
It is striking that any other act of murder committed by anyone else identified as religious, Christians, fundamentalists, etc. is one of the first points publicized by the media. If a person calling themselves a 'christian' murders an abortion doctor, the President himself can't wait to publicize that fact and the media runs with it. Timothy McVeigh was portrayed as a christian fundamentalist wacko.
The Muslim shooter of Jews in California at a airline ticket desk is simply a deranged individual. Muslim murderers at a Jewish day care center in Washington are deranged individuals. The Beltway snipers weren't publicized as Muslims until well after their arrest. Muslim rioters in France are portrayed as 'unknown youths'. The FBI says no terrorism was involved before even beginning an investigation and arriving on the scene of the incident. The media speculates for three hours about what's going on at Ft. Hood taking every opportunity to sensationalize the incident, but when the murderers religion is revealed they want to be 'extra sure' they get everything right before putting it out there.
I however am not governed by such ridiculous restraints on the truth. Major Malik Nadal Hasan was a Mulsim. He murdered American soldiers on American soil. He was a Muslim.
UPDATE: The two folks arrested in conjunction with this incident have apparently
been released so I am amending wrote I wrote earlier - actually leaving what I wrote, just striking through it so the information is still there. Also there is now speculation if Hassan is indeed a Muslim. You can
read the update here for yourself. As I read it, it reads more like a spin attempt than an actual debunking about the guys religious faith. If it is revealed that Hassan was not indeed a Muslim, I will retract this post and apologize.
UPDATE II: No need to apologize for the guy being a Muslim and now it seems it may have been his motivation to do what he did - to kill in the name of Islam. It also appears the FBI may have been tracking some of this guys radical beliefs - for six months or so. Yep, no terrorism here. Good work FBI. Oh, and so much for any PTSD stress angle. The guy never deployed before.
More here with updates.
The guy was a POS of the 1st Order and I hope he rots in Hell.