What’s with the reluctance to call a Muslim extremist a Muslim extremist?
From Hollywood to the MSM, there has been a tendency for a long time to brand those serving in our military as mentally unbalanced. Almost as soon as the tragic news of the Fort Hood shooting broke out, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was blamed. A crazy soldier who about had it and just snapped seems to be the preferred narrative. Nidal Malik Hasan never served overseas. A former colleague of Hasan by the name of Terry Lee described Hasan as a fierce critic of US foreign policy, going as far as saying Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan have every right to stand up and fight the aggressor (in the mind of many, us). Now news is surfacing that Hasan allegedly made online postings where he described suicide bombers as heroic soldiers that sacrifice themselves to save their comrades. Witnesses describe Hasan as yelling in Arabic while murdering his victims.
I live in a neighborhood with a large Muslim population and will be the first one to say that “Muslim” is no synonym for “terrorist.” Most Muslims living in America are hard-working, good people with no ill-feelings towards America. Nidal Malik Hasan was not one of them. He was nothing but a cowardly pathetic, murderous Muslim extremist who, yes, is a terrorist; and not representative of our brave men and women serving in the military working to protect us.
By the way, it was just revealed in the latest press conference that Hasan is not dead and is in stable condition.
God bless those who perished today and may the victims’ families have the strength to deal with this horrific tragedy. My heart goes out to them.
