Fort Hood - was it an act of terrorism or not?

Question

And since the guy was flagged by the CIA and reported to the army but nothing much was done about it by the army, was that an act of carelessness or political correctness?

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It was reported by the media that the CIA turned in the report but the army failed to act on it.

Answer 1

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That's why there is an independent investigation going on. It may have been a confluence of factors that lead to his flip out- 1. about to be deployed back to Afghanistan 2. radical Islamic sympathies/ anti military 3. Took in too much of the horror he was hearing from soldiers he was treating.

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Yep - a little bit of everything got involved.

Answer 2

Are you terrorized?

Answer 3

says alot about the effectiveness of the CIA doesn't it?

Answer 4

yes it was terrorism. this is fact.

Answer 5

Yes, yes, and yes.

Answer 6

duh....listen to Fox Tv and learn the truth....he made contact with
al Koda..it is terrorism

Answer 7

Looks like it, but who knows? I think we'll know better what his motives are as the days go by.

I have no idea what you mean by political correctness, so I can't answer the second part of your question.

Answer 8

YES, lone wolf or not he yelled Gihad! That is terrorism.....and if the killings themselves were not then I don't know what is!

Answer 9

They are pushing the mental breakdown lie. We know the truth but PC prevents it from being said.

Answer 10

Yes it seems he was a terrorist wanna be, in my mind.Has our Military really been infiltrated?People have been saying for a long time that political correctness was going to get people killed.So sadly that has happened.

Answer 11

The No. 1 lesson of the Fort Hood massacre is that political correctness kills. But instead of learning this lesson, the Pentagon is repeating the mistake, putting more soldiers at risk.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey warns that making the connection between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's terrorist act and his Islamic faith could "cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers."

Yet ignoring that connection, despite one red flag after another, is what allowed Hasan allegedly to carry out his own violent backlash against non-Muslim soldiers.

Just a few months ago, Hasan was promoted to major. He passed a security clearance despite evidence he openly engaged in anti-American rants, and even discussed cutting the throats of infidels during a PowerPoint presentation. Now there are reports that U.S. intelligence intercepted contacts between Hasan and al-Qaida.

But shhh! This isn't about Islam. Close your eyes. Look the other way. Do not make the connection.

"It would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here," Casey said on Sunday's morning shows. Really? Tell that to the victims of the Muslim terrorist who shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before pumping fellow soldiers full of bullets at close range. Tell it to their grieving families.

Diversity is a good thing only if Muslims embrace the military's mission. Of course many do, but a growing number object to fighting Muslims abroad. By our count, at least a dozen Muslims in uniform have been charged or convicted of terror or spying since 9/11, including Hasan. That's a sectarian pattern, not a random act by a lone gunman, as the media have portrayed it.

The prize for digging up the most imaginative excuse for Hasan's actions goes to ABC News. The network speculated he may have suffered from "second-hand trauma" — "like second-hand smoke" — from counseling soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder.

You see, Hasan had never actually been deployed, never seen combat, as first assumed. So the initial spin that he suffered PTSD no longer worked. Unless he suffered combat stress by proxy. So now it's "second-hand trauma." Anything but jihad.

But let's be fair. At least ABC reported that Hasan was Muslim. Over at Fox News, host Shephard Smith refused to even mention Hasan's name. And he's still waiting on a motive. "As journalists," the anchor said Monday, "we can't report what the motive was, because at this point, we don't know what his motive was."

Answer 12

Depends on what your definition of "terrorism" is. Is it the same kind of terrorism that happened on 9/11, which was politically and ideologically driven by a larger organization? I don't think so. But it is the kind of terrorism like Columbine where a mentally disturbed person or persons acted alone and decided to take out his anger and frustration on an innocent people? I say yes.

Answer 13

It was not terrorism It was a lunatic who wanted out doing what he had to do to not get deployed

Answer 14

Of course it was an act of terrorism! But what do those that practice political correctness care about it?! THEY REALLY DON'T!

Answer 15

I think it's up to the investigators and courts to decide. Since when were judicial decisions made by a "people's court" in the USA?