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- Troika37, on 11/09/2009, -29/+163So a high-ranking officer in the US Army tries to make contact with the enemy, the FBI knew, and the Army didn't and NOTHING was done about it? Isn't that - by definition - treason?
I guess 45 casualties is a small price to pay for political correctness. - merton42, on 11/09/2009, -42/+157 Don't jump to conclusions about this being a Muslim act of terror? Isn't that what the White House was puking out? Well now the CIA must be involved in a conspiracy to put the Muslim Terrorist slant on this tragedy. Geez, this PC ***** is going to get more of us KILLED!! Call it like it is and deal with it!!!
- atomheartmother, on 11/09/2009, -30/+109It's time to stop the ridiculous political correctness and admit that the vast number of terrorist attacks which target innocent civilians are perpetrated by Islamic extremists, and protect ourselves accordingly. This is the only group I see making videos of themselves (as their loved ones approvingly look on) laughing and joking before they strap on explosives and blow up pizza parlors full of students. This is the only group of people with websites devoted to glorifying and documenting their murderous acts. Peaceful Islamic leaders need to start speaking out a lot more forcefully against extremists, and Islam needs to purge itself of the 12th century doctrine and rhetoric which inspires the kind of violence we see all over the world.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attac ... - elliotys, on 11/09/2009, -16/+74Religion: Directly and Indirectly causing death and destruction since the creation of it. . .
- duggitt4u, on 11/09/2009, -38/+91Amen...and let's not forget our president, while admitting he "didn't know all the facts", was quite comfortable saying the Cambridge officer acted "stupidly."
But somehow we should reserve judgment on this one. - bluto36, on 11/09/2009, -21/+68"if only the Army was more Tolerant and America was less racist this would have never happened."
this seems to be the message from the media this weekend and it has made me sick.
what a bunch of crap lack of tolerance does not make a Major in the army Snap yell God is Great and start blasting people. - sousademiami, on 11/09/2009, -30/+76Wow, it's like an ignorance circle-jerk in here.
- oldhick, on 11/09/2009, -14/+55Isn't it always a good idea to reserve judgment until you have all the facts? I'm no Obama fan, but I fail to see the problem with his reasoning. Are you saying the better course of action is to take limited and incomplete information and rush to judgment?
- Hetman, on 11/09/2009, -1/+40The same thing happened during 911. The CIA, FBI and the armed forces do not share information freely.
- markgl, on 11/09/2009, -34/+68It's the first thing that popped into my mind as soon as I heard the guys name.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 11/09/2009, -14/+47To my knowledge there is no previous example of any soldier with PTSD attempting to contact Al Qaeda, much less the newly invented by the media 'PTSD by proxy' affliction.
- foucaultsvac, on 11/09/2009, -17/+50In some ways, it's too bad this piece of sh*t wasn't killed.
Imagine how shameful it would have been for a Muslim to be killed by a white, infidel woman. I doubt there would be any virgins/white raisins wanting to f*ck him in the afterlife. - quirkopatra, on 11/09/2009, -1/+32I know. It's pissing me off, too. This is his fault. It's on HIM. It is NOT on other Americans.
- agreenerplace, on 11/09/2009, -25/+54Just because you may to be correct this time doesn't mean you are not racist...
- quirkopatra, on 11/09/2009, -5/+34Oldhick - Some disturbing and telling facts came out almost immediately on this guy. When I first heard the story, my rush to judgment was that a soldier had had lost it and opened fire.
Then within a short time we had his name, we knew he opposed the war and had been vocal about it at a Homeland Security meeting. We found out he'd praised suicide bombers.
And yet we were letting him counsel soldiers and we were going to send him over?
I think Obama wanted to do damage control to prevent Americans from taking things out on Muslim Americans...but that shouldn't mean that we don't call this what it is..
...and I'm not buying the PC ***** that he was driven to this because other people persecuted him as a Muslim. That's *****. - sugarazor, on 11/09/2009, -15/+41Because a man being arrested at his own home is exactly the same as a gunman opening fire on a military base and killing a dozen people.
- merton42, on 11/09/2009, -25/+50I believe you're on to something!! Good analogy.
- drunkCatholic, on 11/09/2009, -6/+29I find it funny that everyone on digg rushed to call the guy who killed Dr. Tiller a terrorist, yet we should reserve judgment this time.
- EddiePotato, on 11/09/2009, -6/+29Just because you say the idea didn't also pop into your mind when you first heard is name, doesn't mean you are not being disingenuous. It's not racism, it's trying to make sense of a terrible event with very little information. Even most Muslims probably immediately entertained the idea that this was "religiously" motivated, particularly because of the potential backlash they'll face.
- EddiePotato, on 11/09/2009, -0/+21I'm actually really glad he lived, because it's exactly what he didn't want to happen.
- bluto36, on 11/09/2009, -6/+27thats what i want to know. Why was he counseling our servicemen. why was he written up for arguing with the same people he was supposed to help and still left to be there psychiatrist? what is wrong with the Army that this Malcontent was left to affect those who needed to hear it the very least.
anyone who has been in the service knows it is complete BS that a Major would be harassed. he would
have to be harassed by a rank officer. As soon as that officer was reported his career would be over. - Hetman, on 11/09/2009, -0/+20Has anyone noticed that he looked like private pyle from full metal jacket. That should be the first warning sign he is about to go crazy.
- daveydudely, on 11/09/2009, -1/+21So basically several people knew this guy was a wingnut, from the "intelligence" community to anyone who saw his website, and nobody did anything about it.
Wow, good work turning all those billions of dollars and protraction of basic freedoms into such awesome 'security'. - Zoshx, on 11/09/2009, -10/+29Sure is a lot of crazy up in here.
- quirkopatra, on 11/09/2009, -6/+23***** you for calling people racist. The facts on this started tumbling out IMMEDIATELY. Every additional detail since day ONE has had me saying, "WTF were we thinking, letting THIS guy counsel soldiers?"
He was confrontational at a Homeland Security meeting. He was praising suicide bombers. Classmates said he was so vocal and outrageous that they feared he would do something.
Screw you for calling people who are upset this guy was even IN the position racists.
You can NO LONGER kill the conversation by yelling your label of choice. - tswelti, on 11/09/2009, -9/+26You ask every single airport employee what religion they belong to? How do you know they are Muslim? You need to get your terminology correct and stop generalizing before you try to spout conspiracy theories.
- CaptCarrot, on 11/09/2009, -0/+16Wasn't that called the Department of Homeland Security?
- stevebee, on 11/09/2009, -10/+25That's right. It doesn't "say" it.
- sgerwel1985, on 11/09/2009, -0/+15Pretty shameful if you ask me... How this all went un-noticed and untouched is beyond me. It seems once again when the proper agencies have the information needed to save lives, they fail to act. Then once the horrific events happen they stand there and look surprised.
You can put your finger in a dam only so many times... - djbittner, on 11/09/2009, -3/+17Having ethnic employees working in airports isn't the problem. Having intel on an outspoken Muslim in the military trying to contact extremists and making public anti-American statements and doing nothing about it is.
- mrsurfboard, on 11/09/2009, -2/+16He was born in the US, he can't be deported. But I will take great pleasure in his execution.
- cplusplus, on 11/09/2009, -0/+14Maybe he shouldn't have mailed al Qaeda from his .mil account.
- directedition, on 11/09/2009, -2/+16They were building a case on him. Certainly they couldn't foresee that he would go ***** crazy and start shooting people up. They probably were waiting to see who he would get in contact with, how, and if he would be assigned to work with sleeper cells in the US they didn't previously know about.
- dillonflynn, on 11/09/2009, -5/+18Crazy is crazy, no matter what religion it uses to feel like it fits in.
- lead2thehead, on 11/09/2009, -1/+14With an 8-year long media smear campaign and a 6 month congressional hearing. After 9/11 they were attacked RELENTLESSLY for not being able to prevent it. And during the Iraq war EVERY politician who regretted voting it has tried to blame the CIA for "misleading them".
- jjmdirector, on 11/09/2009, -18/+31A Gun-Free Zone at Ft. Hood
With the massacre at Ft. Hood, we once again see the consequences of gun control.
Remember what the gun controllers say: that once gun control is imposed, would-be murderers will obey the gun-control law by resorting to some other form of murder. At least the killers won’t use a gun, the gun-controllers exclaim, because gun possession is now against the law.
Now, you would think that of all places where people would be armed, it would be a military base. Not so, however. There are strict gun-control laws on military bases, including a prohibition against concealed-carry, even if the state in which the base is located permits concealed-carry.
Thus, at Ft. Hood, the shooter knew that the likelihood of anyone being able to defend himself from the coming onslaught was virtually nil. He knew that since this was a federal gun-free zone, he would be able to shoot his gun and kill his victims until he ran out of ammunition or until the local police arrived and gunned him down.
Why do shooters select gun-free zones to commit their massacres rather than, say, gun shows? No doubt that question continues to befuddle the gun-control crowd.
By Jacob Hornberger
Campaign for liberty - Coven, on 11/09/2009, -0/+13He was born in Virginia to Palestinian parents if I read correctly.
- quirkopatra, on 11/09/2009, -2/+14Excellent point. At the same time Tiller was killed, two soldiers were killed by a Muslim extremist in Arkansas...and we weren't allowed to talk about that either.
- bluto36, on 11/09/2009, -6/+18@sugar
he was a Major... who would harass him? colonels, or generals? - mrwalsh, on 11/09/2009, -5/+17Yeah, we need to wait and see what Rosie and Whoopie think.
- stevebee, on 11/09/2009, -14/+26"No crime was committed"?
It's a crime for any member of the military to contact the enemy during war time.
Of course, John Kerry did it and look how well his life turned out. - insertAliasHere, on 11/09/2009, -1/+13I hate it when stories like this hit the front page. It's like all the stupid people that never comment decide that now's a good time.
People talking about how much they would like to see this guy tortured, people talking about how Muslims are the source of all America's problems, people blaming Obama (of all the stupid *****. I'm not an Obama supporter at all, but that's just ***** moronic).
It's honestly kinda pathetic. Now, for context. I harbor not an ounce of goodwill for this man. He did a detestable thing, and should be tried for treason and be subjected to the punishments that come with it. - quirkopatra, on 11/09/2009, -2/+14Remember people! We're not allowed to even SAY terrorism anymore!!
This was a man-made disaster.
/s - sugarazor, on 11/09/2009, -1/+13I have to agree with diggit, if anyone actually thinks Obama is responsible for this, then they're a ***** idiot. Hasan didn't just join the military on January 20, 2009... he'd been in the Army for over 20 YEARS. So if you're going to blame Obama, I hope you plan on blaming Bush, Clinton, and HW Bush as well.
- NiNiCraftOne, on 11/09/2009, -3/+14I am not in any way opposed to cotton fabrics.
- AlyxVance, on 11/09/2009, -8/+19not surprising I guess
- str1fe, on 11/09/2009, -4/+15rabble rabble rabble TRUTH!
- bluto36, on 11/09/2009, -4/+15sorry we do not operate by the commands of the Koran.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 11/09/2009, -5/+16Its not known whether the FBI passed this information on to the Army or not. I can see the FBI saying that because no crime was actually committed, there was no reason to pass on this information, even though his actions would seriously effect MAJ Hasan's security clearence.
- LonesomeFighter, on 11/09/2009, -0/+11"and future potential attacks could be avoided"
i doubt this Major really had much details about future attacks. they can interrogate him all they want, and i hope they do, but they'll probably get nothing. -
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