Wednesday, November 11

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Last week at US Army Base in Fort Hood TX, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar”, then went on a killing rampage, leaving 13 dead and dozens wounded. This was the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11. The facts are evident and Hasan’s links to al-Qaeda should be troubling as there were numerous warning flags that could have prevented such a massacre. How could someone with his past be allowed to have continually serve in the US Army, as a psychiatrist nevertheless? What needs to be investigated is what did everyone from top down know and when did they know it? We must ask the tough questions that no one is asking and do whatever it takes to prevent another attack.

A NATION MOURNS: Pamela Geller – Atlas Shrugs

Sometimes an Extremist Really Is an Extremist

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan demonstrated many things when he allegedly committed treason in the war on terror. For starters, he showed — gratuitously, alas — that evil is still thriving.

He demonstrated that being a trained psychiatrist provides no immunity to ancient hatreds and religious fanaticism, nor does psychiatric training provide much acuity in spotting such things in others. For example, the London Telegraph reports that, in what was supposed to be a medical lecture, Hassan instead gave an hour-long briefing on the Koran, explaining to colleagues at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that nonbelievers should be beheaded, have boiling oil poured down their throats and set on fire.

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When Nidal Hasan Reached Out to Al-Qaeda, Why Was Nothing Done About It? Officials: U.S. Army Told of Hasan’s Contacts with al Qaeda

The details surrounding Nidal Hasan’s murderous rampage keep getting more disturbing. ABC reports that Hasan reached out to al-Qaeda:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with an individual associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

According to the officials, the Army was informed of Hasan’s contact, but it is unclear what, if anything, the Army did in response.

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So did the Army know anything? Or, did the CIA just never pass along the intelligence? Does it even matter?

Political correctness kills and this is how:

As a reminder, political correctness is derived from the more intellectually respectable doctrine of cultural relativism (it’s sort of CR’s public “happy face”). In essence, cultural relativism holds that an individual’s beliefs and activities should only be understood in terms of his or her own culture. It’s the ultimate version of “who are we to the judge?” If Ayatollah Khomeini wishes to oppress all the women and homosexuals in Iran, it’s their way. If Mao seeks to knock off seventy million of his countrymen, so be it. Let the Chinese decide. We shouldn’t impose our values.

On our increasingly tiny globe, this theory — when spelled out — is nothing short of preposterous. It fairly invites a return to the mass murdering ideologies of the Twentieth Century — Nazism, communism, etc. — and opens the door wide for Islamism.

Still not convinced it is out of Islamic Ideology? That somehow an American man who is Muslim could not be capable of the visciousness

Well, these are the words of Anwar al-Aulaqi, Hasan’s one-time spiritual leader, after the mass murder:

Nidal Hassan is a hero. He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many Muslims brush aside and just pretend that it doesn’t exist. Any decent Muslim cannot live, understanding properly his duties towards his Creator and his fellow Muslims, and yet serve as a U.S. soldier. The U.S. is leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against Islam. Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly occupying the rest through its stooges.

Nidal opened fire on soldiers who were on their way to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. How can there be any dispute about the virtue of what he has done? In fact the only way a Muslim could Islamically justify serving as a soldier in the U.S. army is if his intention is to follow the footsteps of men like Nidal.

The heroic act of brother Nidal also shows the dilemma of the Muslim American community. Increasingly they are being cornered into taking stances that would either make them betray Islam or betray their nation. Many amongst them are choosing the former. The Muslim organizations in America came out in a pitiful chorus condemning Nidal’s operation.

The fact that fighting against the U.S. army is an Islamic duty today cannot be disputed. No scholar with a grain of Islamic knowledge can defy the clear cut proofs that Muslims today have the right — rather the duty — to fight against American tyranny. Nidal has killed soldiers who were about to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in order to kill Muslims. The American Muslims who condemned his actions have committed treason against the Muslim Ummah and have fallen into hypocrisy.

Imagine a Christian preacher praising the killing of abortionists. Just one doctor killed by an ideology would cause on uproar. The Western World is being asked to stay silent all for diversity. At what cost? We’re facing an ideology that praises murderers, glorifies death, and elevates their way of life by destroying nonbelievers – infidels.

The Army, the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security said nothing rather than do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may. Is this the new America we live in where we cannot correctly call it for what is, pure evil? Political correctness has long destroyed the fabric of our society and our efforts must remain vigilant in ridding out Islamic terrorism and Jihad. We cannot fail our fellow Americans, all for the risk of offending someone.

Troubling Portrait Emerges of Fort Hood Shooting Rampage Suspect

WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive.

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A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.
Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting

President Obama didn’t wait long after Tuesday’s devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership, but this time the subject matter was more grim than a pair of governorships.

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters to Bill O’Reilly: Ft. Hood Shooter Major Hasan Is An Islamic Terrorist

Why Obama is Blind to Terror… & Freedom Sunday, November 08, 2009
by Kevin McCullough

A man yells, “Allah Akbar” before unloading his weapon, after posting repeatedly on pro-terrorist web-sites for months, and had been ranting about not being forced to serve in Iraq nor Afghanistan because he objected to the purposes of the U.S. Military in those regions, but his connections to terrorism were not to be “considered.”

How could such a posture come about in the FBI? We real Americans would like to know.

Only a day previous the President demonstrated that he had genuine perception problems as it related to another concept: freedom.

After Prime Minister Angela Merckel’s gracious visit the Obama administration went out of their way to publicize the fact that the President would have no part in recognizing the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Berlin Wall of course represented everything America stood in opposition to, and it was an American President and not a Soviet agent that ultimately caused it to fall. So why wouldn’t President Obama wish to do the simple act of honor to his OWN nation and the cause of liberty universally and pay homage to a date the unified the German people after many years of separation?

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Obama Admits He Is A Muslim

UPDATE: Good piece, except I disagree that communism is gone. Nope! It’s very much alive and it happens to be in the White House.

Obama Ignores Terror Threat at His Own Peril
Communism is gone but Islamic radicalism and jihadism are with us. President Obama will have to find an effective way to deal with this new threat or the American people will find someone else who can.

In the wake of “11/5,” the attack at Fort Hood, Barack Obama faces a tough choice–like it or not.

The 44th president must choose to confront an unpleasant reality, head on–or else it will run him over. The issue is the threat of terrorist violence, here on the homefront.

Terrorism, and the debate over how to respond to terrorism, was the defining issue of the 43rd presidency. And now it’s apparent that Obama, too, will spend the bulk of his presidency confronting terror, from Afghanistan to new battlezones, such as central Texas.

Obama and fellow Democrats would rather, of course, talk about health care. But over the next few years, the Fort Hood shooting is going to be a bigger story, since it is connected to our relations, good and bad, with the entire Islamic world, including nuclear Pakistan and almost- nuclear Iran.

For his sake, and for ours, Obama needs to understand that sometimes even presidents don’t get to decide the agenda — the agenda is decided for him. In such a situation, the question is whether or not the president can adapt to the new era and its new challenges.

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