Morning Meeting host Dylan Ratigan on Friday appeared uncomfortable discussing the faith of the Muslim shooter who killed 12 people in Texas. In a tease for a segment on the subject, he noted that Major Nidal Hasan is being "described as a devout Muslim, mortified at being deployed to Iraq. Did that drive him to allegedly commit murder?" Ratigan quickly added, "And who cares what his religion was?"
Talking to Corey Saylor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ratigan offered a tortured, run-on question about the importance of Hasan’s Muslim faith: "Corey, it's very easy, considering, sort of, the history of the relations between our country and some nations- and some individual, really, of a Muslim faith. There's a very quick response or higher levels of anxiety for no reason other than because of the lesser familiarity."
Meandering his way to the end of this politically correct query, Ratigan concluded, "Is it appropriate to be looking at the- any sort of religious signals in a situation like this when you're clearly dealing with an American soldier, born in America, who enlisted again right out of high school?"
Speaking to FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt, Ratigan wondered what pressures Hasan may have been under:
RATIGAN: Yep. Clint Van Zandt, it's very easy to people to play pop psychiatrist or pop psychologist in a situation like this. Again, fear of war, abstractly, fear of going into combat abstractly would make anybody anxious, let alone working for as long as this man did as an Army psychiatrist, counseling men who lived and continued to live through war. Can you give us any indications, any commonalities of what happens when you're expose to do trauma like that repeatedly?
A transcript of the two exchanges, which occurred at 10:07am EST on November 6, follow:
9:59am
DYLAN RATIGAN: Still ahead here on the Morning Meeting, inside the mind of the alleged Fort Hood shooter, described as a devout Muslim, mortified at being deployed to Iraq. Did that drive him to allegedly commit murder? And who cares what his religion was?
10:07am
RATIGAN: Corey, it's very easy, considering, sort of, the history of the relations between our country and some nations- and some individual, really, of a Muslim faith. There's a very quick response or higher levels of anxiety for no reason other than because of the lesser familiarity. Is it appropriate to be looking at the- any sort of religious signals in a situation like this when you're clearly dealing with an American soldier, born in America, who enlisted again right out of high school?
COREY SAYLOR (Council on American-Islamic Relations): I think that it's really important that we, first of all, express our condolences to the victims of this tragedy and, which, those who are injured that they get better quickly. Right now, investigators need to do their jobs and look at everything. And the importance is we sew patience and sobriety in waiting for that investigation and let's hear what their conclusions are.
RATIGAN: Yep. Clint Van Zandt, it's very easy to people to play pop psychiatrist or pop psychologist in a situation like this. Again, fear of war, abstractly, fear of going into combat abstractly would make anybody anxious, let alone working for as long as this man did as an Army psychiatrist, counseling men who lived and continued to live through war. Can you give us any indications, any commonalities of what happens when you're expose to do trauma like that repeatedly?
CLINT VAN ZANDT (Former FBI profiler):Well, number one, there's going to be hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of men and women who have gone through this all the time. Dr. Hasan was not being sent in as a ground troop. He was being sent in to help care for those psychologically injured during the course of war, just like he had treated them in the states. Dylan, this was a contract that he had with the U.S. government. You and I and all of the taxpayers agree to pay his way through medical school with the understanding that he would stay in the military and that he would perform his duty, whatever the military said that was. So here, it appears we have a man who may have been in conflict between his duty to his country and his duty to his religion. And he, apparently, sided with one as opposed to the other and made the decision he was not going to go to Iraq. He was not going to be part of any action that saw the lives of Muslims taken in a combat situation and he was going to violate the terms of the agreement he had with this government.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.




















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EYES WIDE SHUT
November 6, 2009 - 17:42 ET by ptsonIf he is chanting "god is great" while he is shooting people in his own personal jihad, it is RELEVENT! (media morons!)
Only Matters if his is Christian
November 6, 2009 - 18:13 ET by allanfIs this the same media that was calling the left wing Holocaust Museam shooter a "right wing" extremist?
allanf... Sure
November 6, 2009 - 18:21 ET by bigtimerallanf...
Sure is....great catch there!
No bias/hypocrisy there...not at all.
They make sick...all of them.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
MSNBC
November 6, 2009 - 17:50 ET by TWOTIMETUNAI have tried watching MSNBC and everyone on there is in denial. I just don't understand how so many people can be so stupid.
The Government is the Enemy
TTT
November 6, 2009 - 19:34 ET by MightyMouthMSNBC is a magnet for stupid. I just can't understand why wolfe blitzer is still at CNN. Maybe CNN has a moron magnet?
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Stupid~Morons..how
November 6, 2009 - 20:17 ET by bigtimerStupid~Morons..how fitting.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
If MSNBC were really a
November 6, 2009 - 20:25 ET by FeynmanFanIf MSNBC were really a magnet for stupid, Geraldo Rivera would be there.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Fox needs Mr. Rivers for "balance"
November 6, 2009 - 20:29 ET by MightyMouththey have a stainless steel 3/8ths chain on his neck. When he trys to go to stupid network BOR yanks him back!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Fox needs Rivera for
November 6, 2009 - 20:34 ET by FeynmanFanFox needs Rivera for balance like I need a hole in my head for balance. He's been completely discredited so many times it isn't funny.
Fox needs to raise its standards for liberals they have on their programs and get people who will at least make an effort to present a reasoned argument.
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Yes Yes yes
November 6, 2009 - 21:26 ET by FranksamI knew as soon as Geraldo was allowed to comment on the Ft. Hood terrorist attack that he would apologise for the Jihadist mf'er. Geraldo needs to go to Univision or Telemundo. He is a disgusting individual who whores himself to FOX (Oh gosh, I capitalized that) , so that they can play to the faux Puerto Rican crowd. Get the hook!
→ Crikey
November 6, 2009 - 21:28 ET by Cool ArrowI'm watching the Geraldo segment now. Yukk!!!
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Trade?
November 6, 2009 - 22:15 ET by BigVooCan we trade Rivera for Dobbs?
You tell it, Fan
November 7, 2009 - 13:32 ET by Secret ConservativeWhen Geraldo was first hired by FOX I wrote them a letter expressing my concern that they would tarnish their brand by hiring such a MORON!!! He is discredited just about every time he opens his mouth, and his work at FOX is no exception. Why ANYONE hires this guy is beyond me! He belongs at BSNBC.
HERE IS WHY, DYLAN...
November 6, 2009 - 17:52 ET by danybhoySince so much of the world's violence is done in the name of the "religion of piece", about 85% of it, maybe that's why Dylan. Or you could look at this list(sorry I posted it in a different thread, but I think it should be posted again), it the official US State Dept travel warnings. Seem to be an awful lot of Islamic connections in these warnings, just click the nation listed to see the threats listed & you will see exactly what I mean...
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
Almost all of the threats are Islamic in nature. Terrorism, banditry, piracy, kidnapping, extortion, wars, all in the name of Islam.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
I still can't get over the "irrelevant" hypocrisy
November 6, 2009 - 17:54 ET by UndercoverConservativethe same folks who swear that a "Hate Crime" bill isn't special treatment and is somehow "fair" because "motivation behind an attack is critical and not the attack itself" are 180 degress reversed today, saying motivation "doesn't matter".
Which one is it for cryin' out loud? Either what a witness or victim claims the criminals say during an attack is critical and defines an attack aimed at our entire society, or it is not important at all and a person's beliefs have no relevance in the prosecution of the crime.
WWW.GS2AC.COM. 2nd Amendment Grass Roots Action in the Bay Area, CA. We're not all "Breakfast Cereal" folks here! :)
Before determining if its
November 6, 2009 - 19:47 ET by SnappyBefore determining if its critical you need to establish which side of the conflict the "Protected" class of people or person is on.
Attacker: Not relevant, must be a deeper issue. The unforseen violence was probably caused by actions taken by the class of person who was ultimately attacked, thus attacker was not really at fault but society as a whole for lacking the empathy needed to help the protected class survive in an obviously biased society.
Victim: Absolutely relevant which is why even more laws and harsher punishments are needed for these obviously biased attacks to have occured.
I caught this segment early
November 6, 2009 - 17:56 ET by bigtimerI caught this segment early morning...needless to say, after I hear this always rude-loud-mouth saying this...I clicked it as soon as I could do so...especially after I heard/saw who his guest was too.
I don't know if anybody has watched him in the past, he is one of the most unbearable POS they have added to the rest of the crew at msnbc.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
How can you-
November 6, 2009 - 18:03 ET by Big Wally-Watch this station without blowing out your heart muscles?
Folks we are in trouble "Mark Levin"
Lol BW... I usually don't
November 6, 2009 - 18:15 ET by bigtimerLol BW...
I usually don't the majority of the time for the very reason you suggested ...can't handle it anymore, but I do flip it around in the morning hours here depending on what is on a few other shows I watch...he comes on at 7am my time, while Iim having my coffee and doing chores/business, sometimes I can't get tot he clicker fast enough.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
The 'media' really needs to forget they ever heard the word
November 6, 2009 - 18:00 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonALLEGEDLY
Today, it was 'reported' that 13 people were 'allegedly' shot to death.
No fool! There was nothing 'alleged', it was factually based.
And there were entirely too many RELIABLE EYEWITNESSES for the identity of the killer to be 'alleged'.
For an accurate use of the word, I refer you to the following.
"The report was issued by an allegedly honest source, NBC.... or cbs, or abc, or... etc"
Allegedly, these sources are honest and above reproach.
To date there has been no factual basis to determine honest reporting from any of those sources.
http://gjresult.com
thankgod for van zandt!
November 6, 2009 - 18:02 ET by michiganruthat least someone spoke up and explained why religion just might, perhaps, be germane in this case. I'm curious: does anybody know what happened after this? did RATigan admit he might be wrong, or did he just continue sucking up to the CAIR guy?
Aww, poor Dylan...
November 6, 2009 - 18:04 ET by BKeyserIf only it had been the base Pastor...
Well, maybe he doesn't care what the shooter's religion is, but these people do (H/T GiovanniWorld) - Caution: This may anger you even more than Dylan Ratsnest.
Bk... As to your Caution
November 6, 2009 - 18:18 ET by bigtimerBk...
As to your Caution Warning~It did.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Reuters: Some Muslims fear backlash after Fort Hood shooting
November 6, 2009 - 18:06 ET by krendlerReuters: Some Muslims fear backlash after Fort Hood shooting
http://www.reuters.c...
Going into this piece, I was ABSOLUTELY sure they were going to justify the concern by making some some bull*t claim about all the "backlash" suffered by Muslims following 9-11. And sure enough, they did:
"Hate crimes against Arab Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs rose after the
September 11, 2001 attacks. The number has since declined but many Arab
and Muslim Americans still report verbal abuse and harassment. "
I'd really love to see the MSM put out a tally of these supposed "hate crimes" against Muslims following 9-11. I sure can't recall anything significant during the past 8 years, and you know the media would be all over them if/when they occurred.
Considering the sheer magnitude of the TRULY horrific hate crime that occurred on 9-11-2001, it's a testament to the people of America that no retribution or discrimination against Muslims materialized in its wake.
Who cares about the
November 6, 2009 - 18:09 ET by NikaWho cares about the religion of the shooter??? The shooter cares.
If he wasn't a muslim would he have done this? I don't think so.
We live in a PC world and it's going to be the death of us, if Obamanation doesn't get us first.
GREAT POINT...
November 6, 2009 - 18:15 ET by danybhoyNika,
You hit the most obvious point & I missed it. The one who cared about the religion was the shooter, best point of the day. Well done.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Agreed excellent
November 6, 2009 - 18:44 ET by deerjerkydaveAgreed excellent point.
Didn't the 9-11 hijackers shout the same thing, "Allah Akbar" (God is great) when they flew the planes into the towers?
If we can't even call this guy a terrorist then we are setting ourselves up for another attack. Political correctness comes at an extremely high price sometimes I guess. Sure 13 people are dead, but at least nobody was offended!
Exactly. His religion was
November 6, 2009 - 19:01 ET by celatorExactly. His religion was the motivation behind the killings. I agree with Dany and others. It's the WHOLE point he was trying to make, for crying out loud, by his own words and behavior.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Okay, we can forget about
November 7, 2009 - 10:43 ET by NikaOkay, we can forget about Pre-PTSD. I just saw this over at Ace of Spades:
Sudden Jihad Syndrome, made me laugh.
Maybe MSNBC can try this one on today.
Lets bring him his 72 Virgins...
November 6, 2009 - 18:11 ET by ConcernedOnearmed with knives, bats and other such torturous paraphernalia and well, you can guess the rest...
~This country just keeps sinking farther and farther into the abyss. ~
ConcernedOne
Comically consistent
November 6, 2009 - 18:19 ET by Dim BulbAt least Ratigan is commically consistent; he didn't seem to care that the gun toting "racist" tea party protestor was black. Remember?
Fast Liberalism
November 6, 2009 - 18:50 ET by NoMoreClintonsDylan, I liked you a lot better on "Fast Money" where you were actually enjoyable to watch. You are out of your league now, pal.
" And who cares what his religion was?"
November 6, 2009 - 18:54 ET by MightyMouthWell if the shooter was a redneck, baptist from Mississippi you and every friggin liberal "newscaster" in the MSM would care!
Give me a break!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
you are so right
November 6, 2009 - 19:11 ET by michiganruththey'd be Christian-bashing 24/7, and the Janeane Garofalos and Olbermanns would be whining. but hey, maybe if a Christian murdered a bunch of Muslims, Obama would care!
Nah, if he was
November 6, 2009 - 22:18 ET by Willis_Leon_Johnson"a redneck, baptist from Mississippi ", the shootings would never have happened.
Now, if the shooter was a minority from an inner city, the media would have been looking at what society did to that poor, underpriviledged, poorly educated murderous b*stard.
It is NEVER the fault of the murderer.
http://gjresult.com
Dont fear WLJ
November 6, 2009 - 22:32 ET by general companyThey will do that for him also.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Real Americans do
November 6, 2009 - 18:56 ET by RD KingThat aint my America, aka known asThis aint
http://www.youtube.c...
Facts be damned......
November 6, 2009 - 19:02 ET by DeclinesToStateI love these guys. They continually label conservatives as "religious right" , the implication always that one who is labeled as such is close minded and quick to be violent against those that don't believe similarly. The horrors of the "religious right" are always alluded to, but never materialize in actual fact. Contrast this to real religious zealots who crash planes into buildings, or take a gun and kill 13 unsuspecting colleagues (including a pregnant 21 year old) and the Traditional Media Types are afraid to admit, and downplay the obvious influence of these murders on the perpetrators religion.
It seem to me that the real problem with closed minds is that of the Old Media, who are afraid of facts that run counter to their politically correct, college nurtured world views.
Darwin Awards await........
DTS... Precisely. Darwin
November 6, 2009 - 19:11 ET by bigtimerDTS...
Precisely.
Darwin Awards await indeed...or Alinsky.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
So absurd, but expected.
November 6, 2009 - 19:06 ET by iBlogAs I am sure has already been said, if this guy was a white power neo-nazi it would be the lead headline everywhere. I don't understand why the PC police are so scared to call out radical Islam. Let's call a spade a spade.
NAZIS...
November 6, 2009 - 19:23 ET by danybhoyLike Illinois Nazis?
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Islamic Muslim Terrorists
November 6, 2009 - 19:24 ET by viluzionAlthough it is true that not nearly all Muslims are terrorists, it is also true that nearly all terrorists are Muslims. Denying facts doesn't change them, and it is amazing to me that any American could deny that fact at this point. To do so merely reveals the denier to be either a moron or a fifth columnist. I don't know which Mr. RATigan is, but he is certainly unqualified to report the facts in either event. Thanks MSDNC, for proving once again that you are the fake news organization our mothers warned us about.
Uhh Dylan...Dylan, the
November 6, 2009 - 19:27 ET by rockyracoonUhh Dylan...Dylan, the moooslim terrorists want to kill any and quite possibly all Americans, they don't care whether you're a D or an R!!
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
real terrrorists
November 6, 2009 - 19:38 ET by LibertydudeIf it was a bible tot'en, gun owning, heterosexual man, then napolitano would have been right--TERROISTS.
BUT not a muslim saying allahu ackbar as he was shooting.
never, NEVER.
what the hell world are we living in.
" And who cares what his religion was?"
November 6, 2009 - 20:01 ET by JeffWeimerThose of us concerned about his motive.
I will love to see old
November 6, 2009 - 20:13 ET by RMRI will love to see old Dylan spin this one. HA! HA! HA!http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/fair-or-not-indian-men-seek-ways-to-lighten-skin/article1353226/
Conclusions - Hussein Style
November 6, 2009 - 20:23 ET by DoktorFrankenI saw a great post on the NBC Chicago site regarding Hussein's comment about not ''jumping to conclusions''.
Obama: "Don't jump to conclusions."
Obama: "The cops acted stupidly."
JMHO, you understand.
If Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC. ---- Me
Deal Or No Deal
November 6, 2009 - 20:49 ET by viluzionIf Saul Alinsky owned a news channel it would be MSNBC.
I doubt Soros is ready to sell yet.
KUDOS to O'Reilly
November 6, 2009 - 20:46 ET by TexndocAnd I'm not Bill-oh's fan by any stretch of the imagination. But I heard him say yesterday his show had over 5 million viewers, double his norm. I wonder why. MSNBC has really become a parody of itself. I actually watched some segments of "Hardball" and it is the same everytime I see a Republican politician on it now: they've finally learned to throw Chris Matthew's cr+pola back in his face from the opening bell. I think word went out not to go on MSDNC and sit still for their (expletive).
Col Peters
November 6, 2009 - 20:56 ET by jaywlJust saw Col Ralph Peters on BOR. I agree with him on all fronts. This was a terrorist act, the Army PC'd this sicko Muslim while he was at Walter Reed. giving him a pass for arguing with combat veterans fresh from Afghanistan, doing nothing after becoming aware of postings by him on the web saying it was OK for all Muslims to kill aggressors (that's us!). Stop the madness! As Peters said, it makes me want to puke. He also said "what about the names of the victims." We all know the a-hole's name and all about the poor bastard's tormented life and his devoutness. What news outlet has talked about the innocent, what problems and aspirations did they have?
The taxpayers paid for his medical degree.
November 6, 2009 - 22:22 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonThe military was trying to find a way to get our money back instead of it all being wasted on this muslim terrorist.
http://gjresult.com
Yeah, who cares what religion he is...
November 6, 2009 - 21:07 ET by stage9it isn't like he's a prolife Christian or something! If he were a Christian THEN we could find reason to crucify him. We have nothing against America-hating muslims.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will
be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for
pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner."
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Sometimes I see or hear
November 6, 2009 - 21:09 ET by BKeyserSometimes I see or hear these points of view from the left and I think, "okay, they're defending their position," and I happen to disagree with the aforementioned position. Two sides to every story and all that...
But how can they justify the mass liberal talking point that religion, or more specifically, Islam, has no part in this tragedy?
Putting on my tin-foil hat, and pouring a glass of Kool-Aid, I'm trying my best to get in the mind of a liberal and figure out their argument in this case. But no matter from how many angles I look at this, not one results in a rational explanation.
As you'd expect, Tingles is also saying that we'll never know if religion played a role (one can assume that he's really hoping the Major does not survive his injuries and someday start talking), almost mirroring the analysis of the Bill Sparkman "hanging" in early September in Kentucky- of course substituting hatred of Obama for religion.
Oh. Wait. They did suspect hatred for the first black president was behind the gruesome "murder" of Mr. Sparkman, mostly because of a rumor that the word "Fed" was written on his bare chest. And...now...it seems that suicide is the most likely cause of death...
So, putting the tin-foil hat back on and taking another shot of colored sugar-water, I can only assume that the liberal mind rations that rumor and innuendo is enough to convict a political movement that has no history of violence even after many mass demonstrations (Tea Partiers) while a committed Muslim with known religious conflicts toward the US wars in the Middle East and who is heard by multiple witnesses utter the chant most often used just prior to an act martyrdom, should be given the benefit of the doubt before we conclude or say something that might offend others of his ilk who might seemingly commit the same heinous act.
Jer? 007? Or any other liberals here? Can you explain to me where I'm wrong?
Bob
November 6, 2009 - 22:32 ET by BlondeIt just goes to show you....PC can get you killed.
Disgusting. Obama is disgusting.
I hope he fails, too.
→ In other news
November 6, 2009 - 21:14 ET by Cool ArrowPresident Obama warned Americans against "jumping to conclusions" following the Ft, Hood shooting.
Unfortunately, none of the journalists present asked if the President thought policewoman, Sgt Kim Munley, "acted stupidly".
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Thank you CA, now I have
November 6, 2009 - 21:23 ET by SnappyThank you CA, now I have to clean my screen off. :)
→ Well
November 6, 2009 - 21:27 ET by Cool ArrowHe has, at least once before, accused police of "acting stupidly" after admitting he didn't have the facts.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Political Correctness---
November 6, 2009 - 22:18 ET by matthewdeanA couple of posts have mentioned that "political correctness" is going to be the end of us.
To be politically correct, no one must SAY, DO, or THINK, ANYTHING, whatsoever, that MIGHT, MAY, or COULD, offend either an animal, a vegetable, a mineral, or another hooman bean.
PC has been around so long now that I don't think any of us could pin down even a general date as to starting point.
I think it initially began as a benign sort of Golden Rule concept; do unto others---.
Somewhere along the line, as the educational system became more and more liberalized, it was decided no more dodge ball, it is too violent, no one loses in our games-give every one who participates a trophy. We certainly don't want to prepare our children for the rigors of the real world, neither do we want their feelings to be hurt by losing.
Then the Feds got involved, then state, county, and local government in the way of Affirmative Action. Again, with the best of intentions.
But, like absolutely everything the federal government has ever touched, PC got too big, too unwieldly, and too out of control.
Too big - it affects every facet of our lives.
Too unwieldly - if there are any rules, who is making them up?
Too out of control - only minorities can claim racism. Unfair.
What started out as benign has become malignant.
As far as properly showcasing, and calling out the murderous aspects of Islam---
If our government, and the MSM, are not held to account and made to change their ways, political correctness will be the malignancy that kills the U.S. of A.
MD
"There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress."
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
"higher levels of anxiety
November 6, 2009 - 21:22 ET by ConservativeRex"higher levels of anxiety for no reason other than because of the lesser familiarity"
At this point I don't think that anyone is not familiar with this murderous, lying, cult. Fact is, most of us are all too familiar with it. That ain't the point you clown.
This POS wanted to kill Americans from the start. This country is full of Trojan horses. When are you lididiots going to learn that America is the battle field in this war!!! These Muhammadans probe, and poke, looking for weak points in every facet of American life. And they've found 'em.
They will continue to find them as long as political correctness rules our government. If the knuckleheads that want to accommodate every sorry assed flotsam that the world dumps on our shores ever wake up they'll realize they've been wrong all along. Too late then partner.
These murderers have got all kinds of time. They've been practicing this crap since the mid 700's.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
No surprise really
November 6, 2009 - 21:55 ET by ThoreauI guess 1200 years of destruction, beheadings, child molestation, and government overthrow isn't enough to judge a death cult on MSNBC. And 911 is just a phone number. What a shocker.
I bet if Hasan had been a Christian...
November 6, 2009 - 22:01 ET by R D Helm...we would know exactly how many cookies he had pilfered from the cookie jar by the age of twelve, how many cavities he had by the age of ten, how many demerits he got as a high school freshman, and the names of his two prom dates.
We would probably even know what he likes on his pizza, too.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
"Allahu Akbar"
November 6, 2009 - 22:16 ET by chuckkThat simple phrase - "God is Great" in Arabic, now makes me want to throw up when I hear it. It conjures images of beheadings, explosions and pointless violence.
I've never had such a reaction to the phrase "Jesus is Lord," I guess because I associate that with charity, ministry and inclusiveness.
Jesus is Lord
November 7, 2009 - 08:26 ET by bpjamTrust me, the first time somebody walks into a room and shouts "Jesus Is Lord!" and then guns empties his guns into the crowd, the media will finally notice religious terrorists.
Until then, we get to pretend that all terrorists aren't muslim.
Hasan has NO moral backbone.
November 7, 2009 - 04:50 ET by ekslibHasan had the option of calling someone in the Leftist media and declaring his opposition to the wars.
Instead of accepting the consequences for refusing to serve overseas, he inflicted pain and death on others.
He certainly isn't a pacifist.