Saturday, November 07, 2009

Fort Hood massacre

The assailant who carried out the massacre in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and wounding 30, was a Muslim psychiatrist. Now that alone is a scary thing! Can you imagine that the US Army employed a Muslim psychiatrist to help its soldiers adjust after being in Iraq or Afghanistan. Ok, on the face of it that isn't so bad, but when you hear about this character, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, then you must wonder about the Army's sanity.
First, this man was born in the US, but listed his nationality as Palestinian, since his parents fled the West Bank. Second, when he was studying at Walter Reed Army Hospital he tried to convert his classmates to Islam and openly stated his opposition to US policies. That in itself is not criminal, but it almost got him arrested at one point. Then when he was in Fort Hood, he again openly opposed sending US forcces to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan, not a very useful position for an Army psychiatrist. Then he wrote on his web site that suicide bombers were not so bad, he compared them to marines. This got the notice of the FBI, who were investigating him and at one point interrogated him. Then he got his orders, what made his superiors think that sending this guy to Afghanistan was a good idea?
On the morning of the shootings he cleared out his apartment, said goodbye to all his friends and wore a pure white dishdasha, a clear sign that he was intending to carry out a suicide mission, since that is what the perpetrators wear! No-one who noticed this had the faintest idea what was in store! My advice is, if you see a Muslim wearing all white, run for the hills!
So as if this series of incidents and actions did not raise red flags in the minds of the US Army security, why are they there, what are they doing? Yes, I know, simply because the guy is a Muslim doesn't mean he's a terrorist. That's profiling! But, the fact is that any Muslim can become a terrorist at the blink of an eye, and it usually takes planning and shows some intent. That's common sense. So now the US has its own home-grown Muslim terrorists like Britain and Europe, and now they will have to profile, because make no mistake, while all Muslims are not terrorists, they can all become terrorists!

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