This is a long post with several links. Since the shooting at Ft. Hood it's been one WTFO!? day after another...
Apparently there IS a connection between Nidal Hasan, the Ft. Hood shooter, and Al-Qaeda.
The story first broke on ABC News. Here's the link to it via FOX News:
What's even worse, is that it appears the CIA knew about Hasan's attempts to contact Al-Qaeda HQ for months:
And while the CIS is in full CYA (Cover Your "Butt") Mode, what is DHS doing now that we know there was an Islamist extrimist within the Army's Officer Corps?
Their more concerned about "anti-Muslim backlash" instead of protecting law-abiding Americans:
Ever since the last shot rang out at Ft Hood the mainstream media (MSM) has done all kinds of contortions to deny any existance of terrorism as Hasan's motive. Causes such as bullying, racism and even some form of, and as yet unheard of, "viral PTSD" (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome). That is, somehow Hasan contracted PTSD after conducting counseling sessions with soldiers returning from their deployments ("downrange" as we call it).
Bruce Bower of Pajamas Media called the MSM on it's collective spin:
So wherein lies the problem?
Mark Steyn points to a "hole in our strategy":
Mark also has a good summation of the fallout from all this in his In the Corner, NRO post:
The on-going news from all this generated a lot of message traffic among my friends. Here's some of the best comments from Comrade Karla & his dad:
First, the good comrade:
I thought Chris Matthews "we may never know what motivated him to do this" was the dumbest quote of the weekend, but this one tops it:
“As great a tragedy as this was, it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well,” the Army Chief of Staff also said Sunday."
Yes...nevermind 12 KIA and 30 WIA. It'd really be sad if our "diversity" got harmed. They must really brainwash these guys nowadays.
Karla senior asks:
What about further Muslim anti-US attacks? Should we be warned about that?
Then he goes on to discuss terrorism and the Army's buck-passing operation:
The Army had plenty of evidence to warrant a closer look at Hasan, regardless of the critical shortage in his career field. Whatever the underlying reason, Hasan committed an act of terrorism. Whether God tells a person to do it or something else prompts him, an act of terrorism is an act of terrorism. Period. Hasan was a commissioned officer in the Army, voluntarily, nobody drafted him. Evidence suggests he had sufficient intelligence to complete a course in a specialized field of medicine. The Army was either unable to see he was, or was becoming a serious problem -- clearly he was at least becoming an annoyance – and failed to deal with it. If our military is so hamstrung by inefficiency or so blinded by what they consider essential requirements, and drop the ball, as in Hasan’s case, they are still responsible for what happens as a result. If they accept what might be considered reasonable risk, and, for whatever reason, take the risk, just as they might be applauded if the risk pans out, so must they pay the consequences if it fails.
If this weren't enough Victor Davis Hanson gives us a glimpse of the next 3 years:
Thanksgiving weekend didn't end well for us Tacoma residents. Yesterday, 4 Lakewood PD officers where shot and killed in a coffee shop. The suspect, a Maurice Clemmons is still at large.
