Political Correctness Played A Part In The Fort Hood Shootings
November 8, 2009 · carl · Print This Article
I have never been one to be “politically correct.”
And I am not about to break the pattern with this article, so be forewarned.
There are two factors that led to the shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
One is political correctness, the other is a severely flawed U. S. military policy.
As far back as six months ago, the alleged Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan was brought to the attention of the FBI over suspected comments he had made on a website.
It is now coming to light that Hasan had also been known to make some of the same sorts of remarks to his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
Among these were such red-flags as:
Describing the U.S. Army as the aggressor in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory.”
It’s being said that he had compared a soldier who died smothering a grenade blast to “suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers.”
Now if both the FBI and the military both knew, or even suspected, that these were the beliefs of this man, why was nothing done about it?
Have we gone this far down the path of fearing being charged with ethnic profiling that we allow a man who appears to have radical Islamist ideals to be a member of our armed forces?
During a time of war, Hasan should have been investigated, brought up omn charges under the UCMJ (Uniform Code Of Military Justice, and dishonorably discharged.
President Obama has promised a full investigation of the circumstances that led to this tragedy, and I hope he starts with the chain-of-command at Fort Hood, and at any other military base where Hasan may have been stationed.
The second thing that was a direct factor in this tragedy is the idiotic U.S. military policy which does not allow the carrying of loaded weapons on base.
This is contrary to the policy of almost every military training facility in the world.
If the troops at Fort Hood had been allowed to carry the weapons that they train with, this would have had a much different outcome.
Instead, it took the brave actions of a civilian female police officer to bring an end to Hasan’s rampage.
What in the hell is wrong with this picture when the largest military facilty in the world has to contract out with a civilian police force to provide base security?
I am furious about what happened at Fort Hood for a number of reasons, but there are two that really hit close to home.
One is that a close family friend has a son stationed at Fort Hood, and we agonized for hours before learning that he was OK.
The other is that next May my daughter leaves for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island.
Up until now, I have felt somewhat secure for her safety in knowing that the odds are highly against her being assigned to a front-line combat unit.
At least that is the policy right now.
Now I am left with the thought that, in spite of receiving the finest traing that the U.S. military has to offer. i have to fear for her safety while she is still stateside?
President Obama and I agree on almost nothing he proposes.
If he were to overturn this ludicrous policy prohibiting uniformed personel from carrying loaded weapons on-base, for that measure he would have my fullhearted support.
I am hoping that, not just for the sake of my daughter, but for the sake of all of the brave men and women who serve in our military, that in this day and age of war and terrorism, the least we can do is allow them the means to protect themselves.
Update: Late Breaking News: Fort Hood Shooter Had Links To 9-11 Terrorists
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Yeah and I’d feel a lot better if Iraq was a glass parking lot to but they won’t listen to me. There are no American lives that should be available for sacrifice for a muslim or a muslim population. Not even one American life is worth giving for a billion of those ragheads. With the bare minimum, the slightest amount of investigation one could findout that those people offer nothing to the human condition or the civilion community. The first muslim to win a nobel prize was Hussein, the idiot president. They offer not charity for natural disasters. All their money goes to Wahhabisism or jihadist ventures. They are usless pieces of trash. If they suddenly disappeared, no one would miss them. They offer no redeeming social value to any nation. All of this and we are following the politically correct story line to our graves. It’s plain follishness.