Is Political Correctness and a Return to Pre-911 Responsible for Islamic Major Hasan's Terrorist Act at Fort Hood

Our elected officials and media are quick to label a lone suicide bomber who blows himself up in the middle of a group of people an act of terrorism, but we are told by the President not jump to conclusions on this obvious act of terrorism. What's the difference -- Hasan used a gun instead of a backpack to slaughter people?

Three days after we are told not to jump to conclusions, we wake up to this story from ABC that Major Hasan tired to contact al Qaeda. The conclusions that almost everyone jumped are readily becoming confirmed -- he was an Islamic Jihadist even if he was working alone. Hasan had been reported numerous times by his peers about his comments that were anti-American to senior officers but nothing was done. FBI knew about him six months ago and nothing was done. Now we discover he tried to contact al Qaeda -- was he successful?

We have said all along that this was a act of terrorism. When a psychiatrist hands out the Koran and tries to get patients to join Islam while making comments supporting the terrorists against US Troops, then officials should have taken action instead of counseling him. Hasan should have been dishonorably discharged from the Army but we are back to the pre 9/11 mindset it looks like which is dangerous.

Senator Joe Lieberman is correct in calling for an investigation into this act of terrorism. We are so grateful he is heading the Homeland Security Committee which has an investigative unit, and he has the authority to launch an investigation. On this Committee sits Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn so we have complete faith we will learn the truth.

This coddling of people who want to kill us by this Administration needs to stop. Obama reaches out to our enemies and disses our allies. Now we have troops killed and wounded at the hands of an Islamic Jihadist on American soil, and we hear don't jump to conclusions from this President who didn't think anything of jumping to conclusion when his friend, Gates, was arrested. He called the cops stupid.

Hasan complained about Obama because he had said during the campaign he would bring American troops home and why he supported him. When Obama didn't follow through, Hasan got angrier. Maybe on the campaign trail candidates should tell the truth instead of spinning so the American people know where they stand and then let us make a decision.

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS
Today (9 Nov 09), 7:53 AM EST

Army Major in Fort Hood killing used 'electronic means' to connect w/ terrorists

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

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On Sunday, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether the Army missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist.

"If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had become an Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance," Lieberman told Fox News Sunday.

Investigators want to know if Hasan maintained contact with a radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen and runs a web site that promotes jihad around the world against the U.S.

In a blog posting early Monday titled "Nidal Hassan Did the Right Thing," Awlaki calls Hassan a "hero" and a "man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people."

According to his site, Awlaki served as an imam in Denver, San Diego and Falls Church, Virginia.

The Associated Press reported Sunday that Major Hasan attended the Falls Church mosque when Awlaki was there.

Excerpt: Read More at ABC News

The worst part of this ABC article comes from the politically correct Army Chief of Staff who is following in the steps of the President.

In listening to the military analyst on the news after this tragedy, it became clear that political correctness has become the norm in the US Army. Officers complained about Hasan and his support of Islamic terrorist. One person interviewed had actually been in a meeting with Hasan when he spouted his Islamic rantings and reported him but nothing was done. That seems to be normal response by the Army to complaints on Hasan except to counsel him he shouldn't try to convert patients. They promoted him to Major, gave him a low rating, and then shipped him off to Fort Hood to be deployed.

The blood of these men and women who were killed is on the hands of the superior officers that were told about his Islamic rantings beginn with his medical schooling, internship, residency, and career who no action. They received complaints from patients on his trying to convert them to Islam but their reaction was more counseling for Hasan. Was it because he was Muslim they wouldn't take action? Pretty poor excuse to tell the friends and families of the people killed and wounded.

Army Chief of Staff

A fellow doctor who studied with Hasan, Val Finell, told ABC News, "We would frequently say he was a Muslim first and an American second. And that came out in just about everything he did at the University.

Finell said he and other Army doctors complained to superiors about Hasan's statements.

"And we questioned how somebody could take an oath of office…be an officer in the military and swear allegiance to the constitution and to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic and have that type of conflict," Finell told ABC News.

The Army Chief of Staff, General George Casey, raised concerns over the weekend that innocent Muslim soldiers could suffer as a result of the shooting at Fort Hood.

"I think the speculation (on Hasan's Islamic roots) could potentially heighten backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers," he said on ABC's "This Week."

Words almost fail me at this moment after reading what the Army Chief of Staff said. Our men and woman in the Army are a lot smarter then he gives them credit as they are not about to attack someone based on the religion. This Major gave signs for years and actually stated that he put Islamic Law ahead of the United States Constitution but his superiors did nothing except finally send him to Fort Hood for deployment. He was never physically attacked even with spouting his Islamic nonsense of choosing Islam over America. What bothers us is the Army wanted to deploy an obvious Islamic radical into the Middle East which makes no sense.

Some of the media have tried to say post traumatic stress syndrom (PTSD) was the cause of his snapping -- was that the White House spin they were reporting? One small problem, actually more then one, as Hasan was never in combat and held these same beliefs while he was still in medical school and they only got worse. Fellow officers reported his statements to superior officers who seemed to file it away with action or just counseling.

He knew exactly what he was doing from all accounts. But yet we are told "Don't Jump to Conclusions." Excuse us, but we will continue to believe whether he did this on his own or at the request of a terrorist organization, he was still a Islamic Jihadist that wanted to kill as many American soldiers as he could in a short period of time. In our opinion this was his way of carrying out Islamic Law over the U.S. Constitution.

Hasan needs to receive the death penality but will this politically correct Administration and Army have the nerve to give him that or will they come up with lame excuses why he shouldn't be excuted. Time will tell!