Did 13 American soldiers die at Fort Hood because officers
were afraid of appearing insensitive to Muslims?
In 2001, the alleged shooter, Nidal Hasan, apparently attended a
Virginia mosque led by a radical cleric -- the same mosque attended by
two of the 9/11 hijackers. He openly opposed the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan because the United States was fighting Muslims. A doctor
who studied with Hasan recalled him justifying suicide bombings and
accusing the United States of waging war against Islam.
"His fellow students complained to the faculty about Hasan's
'anti-American propaganda,' but said a fear of appearing discriminatory
against a Muslim student kept officers from filing a formal written
complaint," The Associated Press reported over the weekend.
U.S. intelligence officials knew that Hasan had tried to contact
al-Qaida, ABC News reported on Monday.
Patriotic Muslims have given and continue to give valuable service
to this country. That is not the question the Fort Hood shooting
raises. The question is whether kowtowing to political correctness
prevented the Army from expelling a known enemy within its ranks. At
the moment, that appears to be the case.
