When Army Major Nadil Malik Hasan gave away his worldly possessions and cleaned out his apartment it was not an act of desperation or a moment of immense psychological stress. It was in preparation for carefully calculated premeditated mass murder.
When he spread anti-American propaganda to mentally distressed soldiers returning from war instead of providing medical treatment, it was not a man who was distraught about the horrors of war.
When he walked into a hospital and shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he fired more that 100 rounds killing 13 and wounding 29 unarmed soldiers who were about to go home after years of deployment, it was not a desperate act of a man afraid to face a war the likes of which no one has ever seen.
It was an attack on our military by a Radical Islamic Terrorist known for pro-jihad sentiment that was carried out on American soil – the first of its kind since 9/11.
So why then is Dr. Phil on CNN talking about the immense pressure that a soldier faces after war (i.e. PTSD) even though this murdering bastard has never been deployed and never seen combat?
Why is the media still afraid of portraying Muslims in a negative light for fear of backlash?
Why did the New York Times headline read “Told of War Horror, Gunman Feared Deployment?”
Why does CNN act like the soldiers in this war are so much more distraught then the men in WWII, Korea, or Vietnam?
Why are we pretending that this evil son of a bitch is a victim?
The lengths the media will go to politicize this brazen act of murder is sickening. These men died serving their country in an ambush by an Islamic Terrorist. They were not the unfortunate bystanders when a man was overcome by the horror of a war that he never even fought in.
I don’t want to feel sorry for this extremist. I want to see Major Hasan swing from a noose on national television. I want to see the look in his eyes the second the rope squeezes the life out of him. I want the executioner to tie the wrong knot so he slowly chokes, denied a swift execution befitting a warm blooded human being. I don’t want this story to be used as fodder for the media cannons aimed at demonizing our military while evoking sympathy for the people who would set this world on fire. I don’t want CNN making excuses for him.
~Man Overboard
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You went a little overboard at the end with the televised execution, but besides that I agree with you that the Media is selling out for the sake of Political Correctness. There is so much evidence that points to this guy being being motivated by Radical Islam.
As for Dr. Phil, he is an opportunist who needs to be ignored. He’s just another pundit, same as Rush, Glenn Beck, etc…except he talks psychology instead of politics. No matter what he’s a fool.
Well, he is Man Overboard…at least he stays true to his name!
There was a totally unrelated shooting yesterday in suburban Portland (about 1/2 – 1 hour or so away from Ft. Hood). Its raining so damn much out here I’m ready to shoot someone.
Just look at this crap from Huffington Post! Do the idiots over HufPo care to do their homework and figure out that this nut has never been deployed and never seen combat! How do you get PTSD without the TS?
I mean, he had to LISTEN to all of those stories about war from soliders who were actually deployed. Listening is pretty stressful…
PRE Traumatic Stress Syndrome?
From what I have read, he didn’t do much listening at all. He had multiple complaints against him for telling traumatized soldiers that the terrorists had every right to IED their humvees. He was also investigated for attempting to contact an Al Qaeda recruiter. Poor guy.
I was under the impression that this terrorist actually was involved with talking to soldiers before they were deployed. Investigators have found emails proving he attempted to contact Al Qaeda.
In fairness to the article Jack, it does not in any way allude to the fact that Hasan saw combat or was suffering from PTSD. It was using the tragedy to highlight the growing concern amongst combat veterans who return home mentally unstable.
That said, I think there is a legitimate beef with the article in that it does, to a degree, paint Hasan in a sympathetic light. Citing him mental illness and the Army as a whole dropping the ball when it comes to identifying and treating soldiers who suffer from varying degrees of mental problems.
Technically correct. But it blatantly insinuates that Hasan was a victim, which is complete BS.
Maybe the people at Huffington Post would feel diferently if they were staring down the barrel of gun held by a man shouting “Alahu Ackbar.”
Wasn’t it Admiral Ackbar who famously shouted, “It’s a TRAP!”?
Jack, great post.
well, what they should do with him before is to try to get information that would lead to the people, or group, that send him. They are more dangerous, because they are here, among us, looking for the next Hasan.
As per the media, in recent years, together with the war on terror, something very strange emerged among politicians and other powerful leaders; they all become sensitives and try not to go publicly against groups that fights on the name of Islamic faith. They rather not admit that there are cell of terrors here, in our cities. The danger is far away they say, over the ocean.
In the UK they tag them as Legitimate forces for anti occupation / Fighter for anti dominance West Culture. The truth is, there are all terrorist groups, and this is how we need to tag them!
I don’t think he was part of a larger cell to be honest with you. I think he was just an overweight 40 year old loser who couldn’t interest a women so he turned to Radical Islam to justify his pathetic existence. But I think his computer will show that he had encouragement from terrorists in Yemen.
The NY Times yesterday had an article about how this is now being classified as terrorism. Jack, you were just ahead of the curve, man.
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