“Our diversity, not only in our Army but in our country, is a strength….And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.”

So tell me… what is it about Gays that is so much worse that it justifies DADT again?

I heard some Army officer (captain?) compare Hasan to other soldiers who might be under similar “stress”. (What stress? the stress of getting a medical eduction at our expense?). We hear that some of his colleagues were reluctant to speak up because they fear retribution for failing to celebrate diversity. And General Casey worrying about backlash (Ft Hood: Islamists 13; kafirs 0).

When do you stand up for the men and women in your command and say enough of this PC BS?

It would be interesting to see what George Patton would have thought about all of this.

(But I do think he is a lunatic- not sure if that is leagal sanity or not)

I think you misunderstand the definition of insane. This terrorist functioned very well in the world, did his job, went to strip clubs, bought beer.
He made a calculated decision and followed through, methodically shooting and killing people. He went back and shot the wounded, this isn’t an insane man.
Despite what the left has taught you all these years, being evil isn’t being insane.

Just askin’

Enough with the moral relativism, bub.

The same that drive an anti-war protestor to use violence.
The same that drive a pro-lifer to use violence.

No matter the religion, ethnicity and value system, lunatics are the same across the world.

The problem dates back a very long way, and it was always seen that people who were homosexual would be unsettling for other soldiers when it came to being in the battlefield. Other reasons that were given include the potential for blackmail that would cause them to turn traitor…. but I do not know of any cases where that might have happened. I can think of a few names that might be worth investigating but these were not military types, rather they were secret agents…. one of those names is Kym Philby.

What I am seeing is that a lot of the suspicion has begun to disappear and that there is a more general acceptance of the situation. So long as there is no overt behaviour then it should remain a non-problem.

However, the other issue that is raised (one that increases my sympathy for gays as far as military is concerned) is the way in which political correctness has allowed men like Hasan to serve in the military, thus endangering the lives of all military men and women. This latest in a series of events within the last 12 months should serve as a reminder that people who want to join the military need to have a thorough background check. I would go further and suggest that it means that men and women who come from specific ethnic and religious backgrounds (this man was an American born citizen of Jordanian parents – who were Palestinian) should be either excluded from the military or they should undergo a thorough examination of their beliefs i.e. what they understand as jihad and how they understand the Koran.

During the second world war Japanese-Americans were interred. Here in Australia we also interred people from Japan and Italy and in the first world war we interred people from Germany (thankfully my great grandfather was already dead when WWI broke out). Unfortunately for some reason the powers that be have not been able to see the possible problems associated with allowing people with such a background as that of Hasan to be admitted to the military in the first place.

Second, I now agree that Hasan was working alone, but he had influence over others at Ft. Hood. I was reading something about a recent convert to Islam by the name of Duane who was a protoge of this man…..

Third, when he was in Washington at the Walter Reed Institute he attended a mosque that was very, very radical. In fact the Imam from that mosque is now in Yemen where he continues to advise would be murder-suicidists about their actions. Details are not all that hard to discover about this Imam. The mosque itself is tied to two of the terrorists who committed murder-suicide on the date of 11 September 2001. It is possible that Hasan knew these people and was influenced by their actions.

Fourth, a number of people have come forward with information about the beliefs of this man, including a Muslim who argued with him about the meaning of Jihad. It would seem that this other Muslim was wrong in his interpretation of the meaning… but that is another story.

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,,26323845-5006301,00.html

As a distant citizen reviewer of the details I have come to the following conclusions: 1) The Major acted alone; 2) He most likely reloaded his weapons in the process of firing multiple rounds; 3) He aimed to kill and he was largely successful.

If I am correct, I am not the least bit interested in knowing his demons. I am interested in preventing his demons from ever being unleashed again.

Also, I want to know how he made the rank of Major and why he was unleashed on the mental health of troops if he showed any signs of having psychological problems himself.

This business of examining our society to find the origins of his problems is useless self flagellation as well as looking through the wrong end of the telescope. It seems all so typical of the liberal mindset. A cretan arises in our midst and we immediately respond by trying to discover what caused the cretan, rather than to act upon the immediate signs of trouble. It is sort of like making sure the TSA harasses everyone in an effort to avoid profiling.

It is that simple.

The unfortunate events at Ft Hood were a man-caused disaster (kind of like Obama’s election was a voter-caused disaster).

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Hasan is a member of a growing fifth column in this country hell-bent on enforcing dhimmitude. And it’s working.

The media coverage has been delusional (news reports from major news outlets that omit his Islamist beliefs); many dhimmis (us) have made an effort to close our eyes and ears to the obvious (a Ft Hood officer’s wife saying that it’s too bad that the killer wasn’t named “Smith”); headlines in the press like “Shooting Raises Fears For Muslims In US Army”); and a military that PROMOTED this guy from Capt. to Major _after_ his rantings became known.

I think that’s why Fargo is a better movie than Seven. Marge Gunderson did her job without trying to get into the head of the killer. In Seven, if you try to figure out what the killer is doing, you end up becoming the killer.