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Fort Hood killer escaped action, despite open extremism, because of fear of discrimination charges
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The Muslim soldier, Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, attended the same mosque as 9/11 terrorists, reports the London Telegraph. Although his anti-American, pro-terrorist views were common knowledge, "a fear of appearing discriminatory . . . kept officers from filing a formal written complaint," reports the Associated Press. Moreover, “a key official on a review committee reportedly asked how it might look to terminate a key resident who happened to be a Muslim," notes NPR. As a result, he escaped any disciplinary action or review of his fitness.
Intelligence officials knew he was trying to contact Al Qaeda, reports ABC News today.
The Fort Hood shooter had previously said that Muslims should rise up against the military, "repeatedly expressed sympathy for suicide bombers," was pleased by the terrorist murder of an army recruiter, and publicly called for the beheading or burning of non-Muslims, talking "about how if you’re a nonbeliever the Koran says you should have your head cut off, you should have oil poured down your throat, you should be set on fire." But thanks to a politically-correct double standard, nothing was done to remove him from a position where he could harm others.
President Obama's initial response to the tragedy was embarrassing, even for some liberal journalists. Obama's initial remarks about the tragedy came buried in the middle of a speech laced with "wildly disconnected" ramblings about an unrelated topic, starting with a "joking shout-out." Even the liberal Boston Globe, which endorsed Obama in 2008, chided the President for a speech lacking in "empathy" for the victims.
In an absurd display of political correctness, early media reports chose to harp on the false claim that the killer had PTSD (which he didn't: he never even served overseas) or the unsupported claim that he had been subjected to harassment (support groups for Muslim soldiers say they have received no reports of Muslim soldiers being harassed). They also jumped to conclusions in denying (as Atlantic Magazine's Max Fisher did) that the shooter's motives had anything to do with his extreme religious beliefs or "any related political causes."
Commentators also point to a gun-control policy that disarms soldiers while on military bases to create “gun-free zones,” leaving them defenseless in the face of an attack. The policy succeeded in disarming the killer's victims, but not the killer himself.
In other news, the House of Representatives passed a massive, 2000-page healthcare "reform" bill Saturday night, by a 220 to 215 vote. The bill, backed by the Obama Administration, will raise taxes and reduce medical innovation. It will also explode state and federal budget deficits and cost far more than promised. In his 2008 campaign, Obama promised not to raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. But this healthcare bill would impose a laundry list of new taxes on the middle class, including a tax on uninsured people.
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