“Hasan signed his e-mails with ‘Praise Be to Allah.’”
You remember that homeland security slogan, “If you see something, say something.”
Well, after you say something, the people in charge of defending our country are supposed to DO SOMETHING.
But the thread that continues to run through the Fort Hood jihadist debacle is that time after time, Hasan’s colleagues did say something. And his superiors continued to DO NOTHING.
The latest: According to ABC News, Hasan repeatedly pushed to have his own patients prosecuted for “war crimes.” He signed his e-mails with “Praise Be to Allah.” Which, of course, is perfectly in keeping with a jihadist whose military business card read “SOA” (Soldier/Servant of Allah).
But hey, let’s not talk about his religious fundamentalism. Shhhhh:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to “war crimes” during psychiatric counseling, according to investigative reports circulated among federal law enforcement officials…
…His last effort to get the attention of military investigators came on Nov. 2, three days before his alleged shooting spree, according to the reports.
Colonel Anthony Febbo at Fort Hood reportedly told investigators he was twice contacted by Hasan, on Nov. 2 and a week earlier in October, about the question of whether he could legally provide information on “war crimes” he had learned in the course of psychiatric counseling he provided soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Col. Febbo told ABC News he could not comment because of the on-going investigation.
His supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry, Captain Naomi Surman, told investigators that Hasan raised similar issues with her in conversations in October, according to documents reviewed by ABC News.
Captain Surman told investigators that Hasan had formally contacted military prosecutors to report patients he was evaluating, according to people briefed on the exchange. She said Hasan signed his e-mails with “Praise Be to Allah.”
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Captain Surman, who was scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan with Hasan on Nov. 2 told investigators that Hasan had both social and academic issues in his medical training. She said that on one occasion, Hasan told her she was an infidel who would be “ripped to shreds” and “burn in hell” because she was not Muslim.An Army spokesperson contacted by ABC News declined to discuss Hasan’s possible motives for the massacre.
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But … but … but …. isn’t saying “Praise be to Allah” on all of his emails just the same thing as a devout Christian saying “God bless?”
Isn’t the devout religious fundamentalism of Muslims just the same thing as the devout religious fundamentalism of Christians?
I mean, so what if Jesus was a nice guy who preached a message of love and forgiveness and who let himself be crucified while Islam’s Prophet of Allah ordered the mass slaughter of men, women and children? Aren’t they still ‘just the same?’
Just curious:
If he is a Major, how could his supervisor be a Captain?
The question we have to ask is “why”. Why did the Hasan’s superiors minimize the danger of this walking time bomb? It’s got to be more than political correctness. I hope it’s not just stupidity.
This is why Pres Obama wants no Congressional hearings, trying to put a basket over the light of truth. He must have thought the MSM would also comply.
If that comment had not been made infromationally, as in, “You know, some loony dangerous muslims believe that you should be,”….”;
but rather had been made sincerely, clearly showing that he believed what he was saying;
then perhaps he deserved having the Captain give him…oh, I don’t know; maybe a tire iron to the face?
“His supervisor in the Department of Psychiatry, Captain Naomi Surman”
Females are always superior?
Why was this guy not strapped to a gurney 3 years ago? Better yet, why was he even allowed into the officer corps?
What DHS meant was if you see something say something, but only if it is politically correct. That means with this administration you better not say anything or you will be a racist or a bigot.
Massacre? Major Hasan responding to the taunts and harassment can at least now be called a massacre? Are we sure the Departments of Defense and Justice won’t be calling this self-defense?
Former Sgt. Asan Akbar lives, Captain Christopher Scott Seifert is dead.
But let us not rush to judgment. There are plenty of young Americans for the jihadist to kill so lets celebrate diversity.
21st Century Officers Creed
#1)cover your butt
#2)diversity
#3)the mission
#4)and if you have the time your people’s lives, if. We have plenty of people.
How could this woman not immediately petition her superiors to get this guy off the line? What a whackjob! It seems, for all the success and nobility of the military, that the chain of command can be just as bad as their political masters at times. And like Congress, the top brass will close ranks to cover their tails. Likely some colonels or a lt. general will be ruined and sacked.
I wonder how soon, some judge will rule that he won’t have a “fair trial” by the military and move it to a federal court somewhere, outside Texas, which has a history of strong death penalty convictions. I would suggest Vermont, Massachusetts or California.
Sorry if this is old news. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/officials-major-hasan-sought-war-crimes-prosecution-us/story?id=9019904
Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s military superiors repeatedly ignored or rebuffed his efforts to open criminal prosecutions of soldiers he claimed had confessed to “war crimes” during psychiatric counseling, according to investigative reports circulated among federal law enforcement officials.
On Nov. 4, the day after his last attempt to raise the issue, he took extra target practice at Stan’s shooting range in nearby Florence, Texas and then closed a safe deposit box he had at a Bank of America branch in Killeen, according to the reports. A bank employee told investigators Hasan appeared nervous and said, “You’ll never see me again.”
They have already submitted to the fear of Islam at home, even though they continue to fight it elsewhere.
Hasan is a homeboy. Islam is big in the African community as well. To fight against this movement will cause great strain on racial lines. We are living in an Obama Nightmare.
Oops. Sorry about the repeated text, just wanted to provide the link. Time for coffee.
And if I signed any of my E-Mails with “Praise the Lord” I would have been (CONSULED) about (DIVERSITY) and told not to do it again because others reading my E-Mail have (FEELINGS).
We can’t be serious about fighting a war against radical Islam if we aren’t serious about fighting it within our own borders, military institutions, courts and government offices. We were infected with it a long time ago, which has lead to all the repeated ignorance.
I’d like to shove an American Flag up allahs arse.
FAATHHRIO
Not only sad that he was in the OFFICER CORP, but that he was recently promoted to the rank of MAJOR… Although any member of the military, with an MD after their name is automatically given the rank of CAPTAIN, he had unsatisfactory reviews, and never should have been promoted… Ohhhh, I forgot, he was a MUSLIM, a chosen MINORITY, therefore promotion was expected… Just ask any active duty member of the military…
Just more proof of terrorism that we are not supposed to talk about, because it happened on Obama’s watch.
Speaking of terrorism and Obama, I wonder how far Obama will go to get a conviction of KSM in NY? It has been discussed that our intelligence gathering methods will be revealed (like the 93 WTC trial), but what about the information garnered from foreign intel services? I wonder how the Eurpoeans and Israelis will feel about Obama when he has Holder use the intel they shared with us, thus outing their gathering techniques, to get a conviction.
They DO! They go after the person who reported it for being RAAAACIST! And IIIIIINTOLERANT! And ISLAAAAAMOPHOBIC!
And ……
Hmm. I haven’t seen any of my military colleagues sign their emails “Jesus is Lord”, or similarly. But, apparently it’s okay.
Right?
I sign many of my e-mails with tag lines honoring and praising my Lord, Jesus Christ. Just not in the workplace. If I signed them that way in the workplace, at least in any official communication, I’d be disciplined.
If he signed e-mails to friends with that tag line, that alone is not a red flag. However, it’s in the context of all of his other problematic comments and actions that the tag line must be viewed.
The guy was a mass-murder waiting to happen, and it should have been obvious to everyone around him.
The answer is simple…it’s called the Army allowed itself to become an experimental laboratory for diversity and feminization. The breakdown of its integrity was a long time making. I mean, how many Chiefs of Staff generals can you come up with who sounds more like John Effing Kerry than George S. Patton?
The US Army is in a bad state today, but that has been a 25-year process. Only now have we got the perfect Commander-in-Chief for that liberalized, fully diversified and politicized organization.
No, by all means, let’s do. You know those Christians – we really need to do something about them. They believe in traditional marriage and the sanctity of life, and stuff. We’re just this side of having the Pope in the White House! We must address the issues of Christian radicals.
Wait…you’re talking about Islamic fundamentalism?
Ooops.
Never mind.
I jsut got back from a Provider Resiliency training here at the military hospital I work at (it is mandatory for all hospital personel regardless of whether you work with patients or not). This training was planned about two months ago, but the point the trainer was making is that the Hassan deal was caused by a provider (Hassan) being too over stressed at work and snapping. You could just see the eyes rolling of most in attendence (for the most part it was active duty military or prior military like myself). We also went through an
It now appears that this will be the narrative for the Hassan case.
It used to be that we would get angry when a leftist wiseguy would declare military intelligence to be an oxymoron. Now, I’m starting to wonder.
Osama bin Laden and Muslim fanatics have always banked on a weak-willed America to essentially fold against a determined Muslim population and ideology. They all can be thankful for such perfidy to western thought and such little willpower to defend against the jihad by politically correct cowards. There is no ideological war according to these liberal jerks, hence the criminal show trials of KSM and other terrorists that should be handled by military tribunals. I pray for the future victims and their families that will die because we have such miserable cowards in our midst.
Politicial Correctness cost lives. Whne is the next one?
If that is true, it stinks to high heaven. Hasan’s behavior made it clear that he was against the wars and saw them as a fight against Islam. How could our military continue to subject troubled soldiers to that kind of harrassment as a “reward” for their service?
Can you imagine them allowing a Christian doctor to continue to practice if he pushed to have his patients who were Muslim soldiers prosecuted as terrorists. The first time he tried would be his last (even if he turned out to be right.)
Political Correctness has become so pervasive that many in the media were wishing that the Fort Hood shooter had not been Muslim — like it was just an odd coincidence. It’s as if they would have been overjoyed if the shooter had turned out to be Christian.
“Why did it have to be a Muslim?” is the question they keep asking. These people are ignoring or even rewriting history, and if they continue down that path, we are doomed to repeat it — over and over.
And this, by itself, is reason for suspicion? Gosh, I bet your racist friends over at VDARE would agree.
Does saying “Goodbye” make a person a raving, murderous anti-abortion Christian, using the same sort of logic? Seems to me that anyone using such a parting needs to be watched, given that they’re obviously predisposed to walk up to a doctor outside of church and blow his head off.
The level of open bigotry here has passed the hip-wader stage, and is well into snorkel territory.
Hey, SixDegrees, we all know that. We’re all raaaaacists for thinking open fundamentalist followers of the war cult pressing their religion on patients and co-workers is a bad sign.
Oops. And there I called the war cult a war cult. How bigoted of me.
After all, enlightened people all know Jesus and Muhammed were ‘just the same,’ just like all sacrificial lambs and mass murdering warlords.