
So sayeth President Obama as he promises “to make sure that something like this doesn’t happen again.” But, like so many other promises he makes, this one can not be kept.
Whether or not this was an act of terrorism, and whether or not Hasan’s words and deeds foretold the senseless loss of life at Fort Hood, we have sadly become all too familiar with large-scale massacres of innocent life at the hands of people we never expected would commit them. Columbine, Virginia Tech, Oklahoma City…the list grows longer by the day. There were vague warning signs before each of these horrible acts, yet they were ignored until hindsight allowed us to get a peek inside the minds of those who committed them.
Trying to make sense of the senseless is folly, and promising to prevent it a fool’s errand.
Like every other incident, there will be tears and mourning and remembrance for the victims today at Fort Hood. There will be hindsight and reflection, but ultimately the memory will fade for all except those that actually LOST a loved one at Hasan’s deranged bidding. There aren’t even any lessons to take away from it, save for the reminder that there are crazy people out there who wish to do others harm, and are more than happy to die for their efforts. Hasan’s own words bear this out:
We love death more then [sic] you love life!”
The future will show whether Hasan did it for Allah and his fellow Muslims, or whether he just snapped one day, but what the rest of us STILL face is the notion that no one can be fully trusted, no one can be relied on to protect us from this, and no one..CERTAINLY not the Federal Bureaucracy…can be looked to for providing any of us with personal safety and security. So long as there are people in the world that consider people like this coward, Hasan, a hero there will be more acts of violence against innocent people. It is still, ultimately, up to each of us to protect ourselves and be ever-vigilant and ever-watchful of those around us that might do us or our loved ones harm.
Had Hasan’s classmates and peers and superiors bothered to do so, a great loss of life might have been avoided on November 5, 2009. They didn’t, and it wasn’t.
And today America mourns once again.

The sentence was incomplete
bk Tuesday, November 10th at 11:35AM EST (link)“We’re going to take whatever steps are necessary and have been okayed by CAIR, the ACLU, HRW, Code Pink, ….“
Is that why he is sending Holder to speak to CAIR
bobojake Tuesday, November 10th at 11:38AM EST (link)next week
Obama will do nothing about this, Janet Napolitano will do
janis Tuesday, November 10th at 11:54AM EST (link)nothing, and our safety will still depend on chance, luck, circumstance and the vigilance of fellow citizens. I cannot imagine the bitterness and anger that the families of those slain and wounded last week must be feeling now that they know how many times this man could have been stopped.
But he wasn’t. And now the question is how many more out there will be emboldened by this man’s actions to do something similar or worse?
It is times like this
suzieQ Tuesday, November 10th at 11:56AM EST (link)When we need to seriously consider the possibility of not allowing Muslim troops to serve. I know that not all Muslims are evil, and I know that this would not please the PC crowd. But sometimes we have to think of protecting our nation, not making people feel good.
“It’s finally happened: Abortion stopped a bleeding heart.”
- Ann Coulter, January 25, 2006
“My concern about the role of the federal government is that an intrusive government, a government that says, ‘Don’t worry, we will solve your problems’ is a government that tends to crowd compassion out of the marketplace, that too often in the past people said: ‘Somebody else will take care of the problem in my area. Don’t worry. The government is here.’”
- George W. Bush October 31, 2000
“Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.”
- Dick Cheney
I think someone wrote a diary about that
izoneguy Tuesday, November 10th at 11:59AM EST (link)Send all the Muslim soldiers to “protect” Obama & Congress……
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson
A person like Hasan could be holed up in any government
Achance Tuesday, November 10th at 12:00PM EST (link)in the Country. They could know just as much about that person as the Army and others evidently knew about Hasan, and they most likely would have done little or nothing about it.
The fear of discrimination and harassment complaints and suits is so great inside government that anyone who is a member of a protected class is pretty much immune even from scrutiny and they are almost totally immune from discipline and discharge.
My government was one of the more agressive of the unionized states in dealing with performance issues but as a general matter when a supervisor or manager called me about a performance issue, my first question was whether or not the employee was a member of a protected class.
In Vino Veritas
Not doing anything will encourage more to infiltrate our military.
Common_Cents Tuesday, November 10th at 8:50PM EST (link)Not that we have to ban them but review procedures to catch this obvious stuff in the future and tear down the PC disease that let this fester into a disaster.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
Devil's in the details
SteveLA Tuesday, November 10th at 8:59PM EST (link)C_C
Maybe you are right, but how do you create a system or procedures that meet the objective of looking out for people who might do the sort of stuff that just happened without creating a climate of distrust among men and women who count on others to have their back in combat? Do you limit to just Muslims or do you include people of other faith backgrounds? Who decides, what protections from such a program being miss-used in the say way complaints against police often are?
I don’t know how you do it, ideas?
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Competency over ideological purity
Well, from a few reports and interviews he sure made his radical views known. nt
Common_Cents Tuesday, November 10th at 9:16PM EST (link)There’s got to be better awareness and reporting. I think from here on out people will be less afraid of being attacked by the politically correct if they have some suspicions.
There was an interview at Huffpo with a colleague of his at Ft. Hood that was surprised at his radical talk right from the start.
If we don’t make a large public effort to tighten up procedures we’ll only encourage more terrorists to infiltrate. Ah, look how easy it is to infiltrate America, and they pay you to boot!
“Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.” Napoleon - Well, unless he is ruining your country! Common Cents
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[1] Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships.
Well something's gone wrong
David123 Tuesday, November 10th at 9:07PM EST (link)because in the Cold War military if you had a soldier who kept talking about how great Marx and Lenin and Mao were, that soldier would get discharged as a security risk.
I would bet that back in WW2, a soldier who spoke about how great Tojo and Tokyo Rose were would get booted out too - or maybe just get a thorough education from the other guys in his unit.
It’s just common sense that in today’s world, any soldier who says that jihad and terrorism are great is a security risk.
David123
It was even more stringent than that in WWII.
Achance Wednesday, November 11th at 2:35AM EST (link)There was a draft exemption called Premature Anti-fascist, PAF, for those who left the US and fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Even though the US and the USSR became allies, the US considered the Communist loyalty to be disqualifying for service in the US Military.
In Vino Veritas
“We’re Going To Take Whatever Steps Are Necessary”
Paul_In_Houston Tuesday, November 10th at 12:01PM EST (link)Thank God that with him, it probably only means speeches.
Were he to actually DO anything, knowing what he is, I doubt we’d like it.
Paul ( http://paulinhouston.blogspot.com/ )
“If traveling in woods that contain bears, the safest thing to do is take along someone you can outrun.”
(Strategy Page 11/09/09 - “Pissed Off Bear: 2, Islamic Terrorists: 0″)
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What do Hassan & Hussein have in Common?
FirstAmendment Tuesday, November 10th at 12:49PM EST (link)What do Hassan & Hussein have in Common?
Both despise the American Soldier and both have a serious problem with sending American Soldiers to fight fellow Moslems in Afghanistan.
Note:
Before you get all riled up and attack the messenger, remember both Joes were correct too.
The Plumber was correct about income redistribution and Wilson was correct that illegals will be covered under Obamacare.
And Saddam Hussein got executed
Neil Stevens Tuesday, November 10th at 12:53PM EST (link)Hassan will be next.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
I could not disagree with this diary more - Hasan is an obvious Islamist terrorist
Read Chesterton in New Improved Jersey Tuesday, November 10th at 1:37PM EST (link)The future hell, eyewitness accounts and all factual news reports tell us he was a terrorist.
If you say so. But speak for yourself, not “the rest of us.” I could generate a pretty long list of objectively trustworthy people in roles of public protection. Interestingly, I doubt a one of them would consider themselves “liberal.”
“Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. We can be proud of her beauty, since we have the same father; but she has no authority over us; we have to admire, but not to imitate.” - G. K. Chesterton, “Orthodoxy,” Chapter VIII.
I agree Hasan is a jihadist terrorist
cump Tuesday, November 10th at 2:18PM EST (link)The best coverage of hasan’s ‘religious’ views, and of piecing his personal actions together (that I have found), is the following: http://www.jihadwatch.org . Within the posts on this site, Robert Spencer (author and jihadist\Islam\Muslim expert) has reported on hasan’s religious practices, his rantings pertaining as to ‘why’ muslims should not fight against their ‘brothers’, and has even posted one of jihadist hasan’s powerpoint presentations “Nidal Hasan explains the Koran and Isam” (about Islam, Muslims, and the military)
If one can read this summary, combine it with news reports and eye-witness comments, and then walk away inferring he is not a terrorist, well… then I have a great health plan I’d like to sell you.
haystack- I agree with your premise
Scope Tuesday, November 10th at 1:44PM EST (link)that there will always be some lunatics that have escaped the institution, or were never put there to begin with. There were warning signs about the Virginia Tech shooter, there were warning signs that a 9/11 type attack may be coming, and, I’m sure there were warning signs that McVeigh was up to no good. Having said that, the terror level alert system at Ft. Hood should have been elevated to red once Hasan arrived there. By the hour, I am reading more and more reports from those with knowledge of Hasan, his statements, his actions and etc are coming out of the woodwork. Most depressing is the vast amount of knowledge the Army had about him, yet not only did nothing, but, promoted him to Major.
...to make sure when I shout out to Medicine Man
jeannieology Tuesday, November 10th at 3:47PM EST (link)Joe Crow the Medal of Honor winner that he really won the Medal of Honor…
I’m going to take whatever steps are necessary to make sure all Korans have my picture in the jacket to insure any fanatical Islamists choose peace
I’m going to take whatever steps are necessary to insure that whoever goes to jail for not buying insurance gets jumpsuits with my picture embroidered on the pocket
http://www.jeannie-ology.com
Obama (about Ft.Hood deaths): 'could not escape the War, even while at home'
JLenardDetroit Tuesday, November 10th at 7:47PM EST (link)WHAT WAR? The one you refuse to recognize (WAR ON TERROR) that we are fighting. That they died in a TERRORIST ATTACK perpetrated by a lone wolf TERRORIST (that was in contact with other Terrorists) is refused to be acknowledged by you, the Obamao-ist, and your other Mao-ist Liberal Obamunist Admin. morons!
HOW PATHETIC SIR (and I hate to even bother to address you as “Sir,” and am only doing so out of respect for the Office and that “some” of your words were FINALLY the right ones — but we know you don’t mean them)!!!! (Note, respect for Office, those who see my sig-line and don’t get the “He is Not my President as a JOKE and TWEAK at Lib’s that had done that to Bush) How PATHETIC that you, the Mao-ist-In-Chief, would again TRY TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS! Try to placate those of us that actually care about our Fallen Troops and their “Cause” to DEFEND OUR NATION with these words at Ft. Hood and then return to Washington DC and DENY THE WAR ON TERROR!!!!
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