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- bossm4n, on 11/06/2009, -3/+82This woman's training and courage without a doubt prevented this from becoming an even greater tragedy. I heard on one of the morning news shows this morning that she had specific training as a first responder in case of such an attack.
- mkriss5681, on 11/06/2009, -6/+67Who says women can't be in combat. They seemed to step up here.
- jriot, on 11/06/2009, -6/+44Im going to spare my usual kitchen and female driving jokes and applaud her.
Nice work. - Unikraken, on 11/06/2009, -3/+36If it didn't suck before, it's really gonna suck to be a Muslim living near Fort Hood now.
- adremali, on 11/06/2009, -18/+46making sandwiches in combat is hard
- hokiedan99, on 11/06/2009, -3/+29How sad. Its hard enough to let a loved one go off to battle and risk their life in Iraq or Afghanistan, but just imagine getting killed before you are even shipped off. It boggles my mind why people do what they do.
Thank god for heroes to stop those animals. - pcpimpster, on 11/06/2009, -0/+23The shooter only had pistols but she is brave as hell, nonetheless.
- frcc, on 11/06/2009, -3/+26Hopefully the version of the hero doesn't change a dozen times like the shooter.
5 shooters then 3 then 1 who was killed only to be resurrected and alive. Who was wearing a military uniform but who ended up wearing Muslim garbs and chanting allahu akbar. - BohicaTwentyTwo, on 11/06/2009, -1/+22Reports are that Hasan is on a ventilator because he is paralyzed. So good shooting on her part.
- dshPls, on 11/06/2009, -1/+21If you saw what a bunch of racists did to the Taxi cabs in my area after 9/11 you'd know. The dumbest part about it was that the cab drivers were Sikh, not even Muslim like the terrorists. Racists are ***** idiots, please don't defend them.
- inactive, on 11/06/2009, -3/+22Um...I think we're way past that point.
- allisonV12, on 11/06/2009, -3/+21"Hasan had transferred to Fort Hood in July from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he received a poor performance evaluation, according to an official who also spoke on condition of anonymity."
"A former colleague, Col Terry Lee, said Hasan had fallen out with other soldiers on the base. He claimed that Hasan said he was "happy" when a US soldier was killed in an attack on a military recruitment centre in Arkansas in June."
The guy was a walking terrorist bomb.
They probably put more effort in weeding out low ranking homosexuals then taking on a lunitic officer. - Hetman, on 11/06/2009, -4/+22After timothy McVay blew up the oklohoma city building did we start doing serious profiling on white christian males from 18-27?
- eRaptor, on 11/06/2009, -2/+19Considering the scum bag's "traditional" view of women, I find it beautifully ironic that a woman took him out. My hat's off to that incredible officer.
- diggduggphil, on 11/06/2009, -2/+18Technically yes. But this guy doesn't seem very friendly to me.
- LonesomeFighter, on 11/06/2009, -0/+14everyone is issued an M16. and since he was an officer he is issued a side arm too.
- diggduggphil, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13The sad irony is he was an Army psychiatrist who helps people sick in the head.
- theonlywizdum, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13This was in a medical area. The soldiers were being checked over one last time before being shipped out. All the guns and ammo were locked in the armory, which is no where near the medical building. The only people that could respond were the MPs and the Police.
- LonesomeFighter, on 11/06/2009, -0/+13traitors aren't friendly
- enantiodromia, on 11/06/2009, -3/+16what is no secret, is that your style of trolling is both tired and boring.
- LonesomeFighter, on 11/06/2009, -1/+13sucks when "those animals" are wearing the same uniform as you and out rank most of the others around. it's crazy stuff, i'm sure the Army will do some new procedure to try to prevent it, but i don't know what they could do besides adding a few extra armed MP's for slightly quicker response
- ohplease, on 11/06/2009, -3/+15You can't return fire with a mop.
- WiseGuy1020, on 11/06/2009, -3/+14no ovens in combat
- Unikraken, on 11/06/2009, -6/+16It's great that you didn't try to use this horrible tragedy to further your own agenda or anything. Good on you being a decent human.
- frcc, on 11/06/2009, -1/+11How do you confuse someone dressed in white Muslim garbs on a military base with a soldier wearing a traditional camouflaged uniform? This is akin to confusing Bin Laden with GI Joe.
- Unikraken, on 11/06/2009, -0/+9The average soldier is not Jason Bourne.
- Unikraken, on 11/06/2009, -4/+13White Christian males are in charge of pretty much the entire system minus the presidency. They will never get that treatment.
- SamurAchzar, on 11/06/2009, -3/+11You point would be valid if any of these shootings or terrorist attacks was done on the behalf of Jesus. Even the IRA didn't have a theological agenda behind it (other that the members belonged to a specific demographic).
This is done by Muslims, FOR Islam. See the point? - ruarctb, on 11/06/2009, -0/+8It may have been her duty, but she's still a BAMF for stopping the shootings.
- XTomTomX, on 11/06/2009, -0/+8Lets see how you do in the line of fire with a split second to react with the lives of others hanging in the balance and then comment all you like.
- patriamus, on 11/06/2009, -1/+9now get back in the kitchen
- anaclagon, on 11/06/2009, -2/+10They need to turn the friendly fire option off.
- proliance, on 11/06/2009, -0/+8I don't know if Charles Whitman attached himself to any religion. I guess you're assuming he was Christian.
But Whitman didn't kill anybody because of religious reasons. It was likely a brain tumor that caused his actions.
A retired Colonel who used to work with Hasan says he overheard Hasan on several occasion badmouth the US, the soldiers, and the way we were fighting these wars, and even said that Muslims were justified in fighting against the Americans. Sounds like he had a religious reason for his attacks. - superkendall, on 11/06/2009, -1/+7No wonder he wanted a wife with a Hijab, it would throw off her aim.
- XTomTomX, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6You meant a "yarmulke." The "Yamaka" are the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.
- Unikraken, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6Cops really don't shoot people that often. A lot of cops can go through their entire career and never have to kill anyone. She is a hero regardless of what her job was, she stopped a ruthless killer.
- calypsoschnitzl, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6There is nothing mind-boggling about this attack. In some form or the other, the US is going to collect the change of all the violence it seeded in Iraq and Afghanistan. There's going to be a lot more of those 'animals' (how many terrorist plots were foiled this year?). Not being insensitive, just pragmatic.
- dshPls, on 11/06/2009, -2/+8I can only hope he still feels pain.
- LonesomeFighter, on 11/06/2009, -0/+6didn't the shooter only have side arms as well?
and i'm sure about everyone there was willing and trained to fight back, but were unarmed - Ahnteis, on 11/06/2009, -1/+6They probably figure that might be a motivating factor....
- Cymon86, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5And you've been shot yourself.
- SamurAchzar, on 11/07/2009, -0/+5Christianity didn't cause the IRA terrorism in the first place, it was politics and the demand for sovereignty. Did they demand people to either convert or die?
The same applies to Jewish terrorism (Lehi/Etzel/Hagana) before the foundation of Israel, and I'd even go as far to suggest it USED to be the same for the Palestinians, back in the days of the PLO. These guys were always Muslim, but in general their goal wasn't an Islamic theocracy. Arafat wasn't a religious leader, the Jewish organizations were all secular, and the IRA wasn't led by Cardinals.
Today terrorism has a difference face, caused by purely Islamic motives. So your comparison isn't really valid. Hizballah, Hamas, Al Qaeda are led by clerics - their supreme leaders aren't soldiers, they are men of faith. This is unprecedented. They are Muslims well above and beyond any other definition. Islam, as opposed to modern Christianity or Judaism, is not just a religion, it's also a political movement and a form of government all rolled into one.
There are no Muslim democracies; Lebanon is controlled by Syria, Iran and Hizbullah, Turkey only maintains secularism because of the open eye of the army and while most Muslim countries do have some sort of elections, they are just a coverup to keep the West happy.
This is why Christianity is not relevant, Judaism is not relevant, Hindu is not relevant and above all, Timothy-*****-McVeigh is not relevant. - inactive, on 11/06/2009, -4/+9So when you hear someone yell 'ALLAHU AKBAR' get the ***** out of dodge cause crazy Musilim coming
- Apex3, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5No, she's a hero because she actually fought back and stoppped the guy, he killed 13 people, 13 trained military personnel at that. Most people, including cops, would be hiding in the situation trying to get out of the way, not get in a shoot out with the guy risking their life trying to stop him. Maybe they're supposed to, but that doesn't mean they would, and it still took a lot of bravery.
- Cymon86, on 11/06/2009, -2/+7If you want evidence as to how our military is trained...take note that the grunts (used lovingly by a chairforce pilot) sought cover and brought wounded individuals with them. They also cut up what was on hand (uniforms) to make bandages. Rambo doesn't save lives, it gets you and others killed.
- Apex3, on 11/06/2009, -0/+5There's a lot of people on military bases, I think anyone with any sort of training or experience at all could take out several people in the situation. It's more that they were caught off guard by it than anything, it takes a second to react and get out of the way of this kind of thing.
- superkendall, on 11/06/2009, -1/+5Since that would be incredibly unusual, in fact I think those facts would be mentioned if the religious angle were obviously the motive behind the shooting.
Or are you saying since guys in traditional Muslim clothing yelling "Allahu Akbar!" is so common now there's no need to report that, since we can just assume that to be the case in mass killings? Orlando says you are wrong. - bluto36, on 11/06/2009, -0/+4"really don't care most solider are mid west dummy with no more the a few high school class"
how many of "the a few high school class" did you have? - theonlywizdum, on 11/06/2009, -1/+5Just in case you missed it, the scene was a little chaotic. It's hard to do precise fact checking when bullets are flying over your head.
- InactiveUser, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4So Allah allowed a women to shoot a man? How about that! It's Gods will after all..right?
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