The lame stream media, the president and even the Army was quick to spread the spin and attempt to define the debate before the bodies of the 13 murdered at Fort Hood were even cold.
The truth is that Hasan is an American-born Muslim with strong beliefs that Islamic Jihad against the United States is not only understandable, but inevitable and acceptable. His views were well-known by colleagues who would not file a formal complaint for fear of being labeled as anti-Muslim, a career killer. The unofficial heads-up that was given to superiors resulted in non-action, for fear of being perceived as intolerant of the religious beliefs of Muslims.
The refusal to face reality and respond with reasonable action has resulted in an Unintended (albeit foreseeable) Consequence of Political Correctness.One might think that the slaughter of 13 and wounding of 29 Americans on our homeland, on a military base no less, might be enough to shake loose the entrenched idiocy of Political Correctness. But that was not to be. The immediate reaction of We The People was outrage that once again the homeland had been attacked and our people killed because Muslim terrorists want us dead. The Misguided Marginal Media, Team Obama and the Army officials immediate reaction was to control and contain any suggestions that it was a terrorist act by a radical Islamic Muslim.
Massacre by a radical Muslim + Political Correctness = Attack by a disturbed individual.Think about it: An officer in the US Army has frequent arguments, many heated, with various fellow officers in recent years. He ranted about the stupidity and immorality of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He gave a Power Point presentation* to other doctors in 2007 where he lectured on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting wars in Muslim countries, instead of the medical topic he was suppose to give. This same officer lives a very spartan life. Although he earns over $100,000 annually, nothing in his life style accounts for how he spent the money.
Then this officer buys a gun nicknamed 'Cop-Killer' and then in the days before the shooting gives away his belongings... even his frozen veggies. He told his neighbor he was going "to do good work for God." He then goes to the Army base carrying two weapons, with extra magazines and enters a processing area at Fort Hood. After acting like he was there to help soldiers being deployed, he jumps upon a table and yells "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great)
Imagine if a fundamentalist Christian soldier had shot up a room full of unarmed Muslims while shouting “Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.” Imagine that he had a fascination with Old Testament stories of how God smote His enemies. Perhaps his pastor used rhetoric calling for a crusade to rid the land of non-Christians. Imagine there were indications that he had corresponded with and met with a cult that killing the heretics was a mission from God.
The chattering classes who are currently trying so hard to minimize the religious aspects surrounding Hasan would all be scrambling and screaming that Evangelical Christianity (egged on by right-wing wackos like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh) was inherently violent and then demand something be done to rein in this hateful theology.
There can and should be a rational debate (and eventually a decision) on whether Hasan committed an act of terrorism or treason but this insane retreat from reason and reality can no longer be tolerated or accepted.
In the years since 9/11, the Voice of Reason has issued many warnings that Political Correctness was going to get Americans killed. Contrary to common belief, this is not the first homeland attack against Americans by Muslims. This attack is the one that, in number and circumstance, is so dramatic it can't be ignored or covered with PC.
NOTE: Many in the media are now starting to point fingers toward the Army and why it did not remove Hasan from military service. We have to bear in mind that hindsight really is 20/20. My mom use to tell me that when you point your finger at someone else you have four fingers pointing back at you. The Bible says to take the plank out of your own eye before worrying about the splinter in your brother's.
Now imagine what the media would have said about the Army if they had kicked Hasan out. It would probably go something like... Here's this upstanding American citizen volunteering to serve his country who is being picked on by the very people he serves. All he's doing is exercising the free speech and freedom of religion rights that we all hold so dear... And how many articles would have been written about Muslims being profiled and discriminated against in the Army?
Of course a full investigation should be conducted and let the chips fall where they may. It could result in an overhaul of the US intelligence community as a Houston Chronicle article points out. We can only hope that the overhaul will be done to protect US citizens and not propagate even more of the Political Correctness so favored by Team Obama.
Click on MORE INFO and LINKS for links to Attacks on America during October; Examples of the Retreat from Reason and Reality concerning the Ft Hood Massacre; Examples of past Warnings about the dangers of Political Correctness and other articles, essays and posts discussing the PC brouhaha surrounding the shooting.
Part II of The Retreat of Reason and Reality will look at the definitions, origins and intentions of Political Correctness. In the meantime, I will leave you with this definition that is out on the blogs, "Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
* POWER POINT PRESENTATION
Maj. Hasan, was supposed to discuss a medical topic during gave a presentation to senior Army doctors in June 2007. Instead, he lectured on Islam, suicide bombers and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting wars in Muslim countries.
