It’s just a trial balloon, appearing on page A17 of today’s fish wrap, but, the Times does go to great lengths to blame the Army. They also do a great job in saying Muslims are cute and fuzzy, so, the War on Terrorism, sorry, Operation Domestic Contingency, must be our fault: Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage and Ask Questions
Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here expressed outrage on Friday at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had become a regular attendee of prayers at the local mosque.
But some of the men who had befriended Major Hasan at the mosque said the military should examine the policies that might have caused him to snap.
“When a white guy shoots up a post office, they call that going postal,†said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad.
“Ultimately it was Brother Nidal’s doing, but the command should be held accountable,†Mr. Benjamin said. “G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.â€
Our Book doesn’t say to kill the Infidel if he will not convert. Our Book doesn’t turn women into objects that should never appear in photo’s with men. Our Book doesn’t tell us to yell “Allahu Akbar” when killing the infidel. Nidal believed America was the bad guy, and the aggressor. He considered himself a Palestinian first. He lectured on how great decapitation of infidels was.
It could turn out that this was more a case of going postal than a Muslim attack on the infidel. We might never know, particularly if Nidal does not survive. That said, perhaps the Muslim community, which is probably mostly just good people, devout, caring, and proud, should stand up and put an end to what certain members of their religion are doing in the name of their religion. Until such time, their religion will be blamed, and, quite frankly, they are just perpetuating the idea that they were forced to do it by blaming others, such as the Army.
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no word from johnny Jihadist yet?
This guy was a wack job for a loooong time but no one did anything about it. And I think that it was crazy to have any Arab psychiatrist giving therapy to soldiers who had developed PTSD in Iraq. Doesn’t anyone see that there were a lot of alarming signals being given off here ? The Army should have either taken the loss and discharged him, or kept him under close observation. He was a wack job. Some people say that this could not have been prevented, I say it could have.
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Certainly religion was a factor here. Anyone saying otherwise is ignoring the obvious. And for christians to bash muslims seems kind of funny considering all of the horrible things that are done in the name of their religion. Like advising people not to wear condoms in Africa where the HIV rates are through the roof, or hampering the progress of stem cell research. Let’s ask the people in Iran or Afghanistan if they think christianity is a religion of peace. Let’s not forget the crusades, the inquisition, abortion clinic bombings, or the Salem witch trials.
Religion: “With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes religion”.
Teach, you definitely bring out the Idiots. I’ll help you where I can.
Apples and oranges, Weidner. Yes, horrible things have been done in the name of Christianity. The important difference is that these things were NOT done according to Christ’s teachings; many of the atrocities committed in his name were in direct violation of those teachings.
In Islam, however, such atrocities are not only condoned, but often REQUIRED by Muhammed’s teachings.
Advising against condoms in Africa, you know what works better than condoms? ABSTINENCE. As for stem cell research, embryonic stem cell experiments have yielded failure after failure. Non-embryonic stem cell research is the only place where you will find any actual advances. So why on earth, whether your reasons are based in religion or not, would anyone continue to blow billions in researching a failed theory that requires the destruction of unborn children?
But then, this is what passes for logic on the left.