By Selwyn Duke
People were shocked when Major
Nidal Malik Hasan brutally targeted fellow servicemen at Texas’ Fort Hood
with pistol fire, murdering 12 and wounding 31. Yet, there is an aspect of this story that is
far more shocking — or, at least, one that would be considered so in a sane
society.
We
now know that Major Hasan did not hide his true loyalties, often expressing
pro-Islamist sentiments. For example, the
Telegraph quotes
former Hasan colleague Col. Terry Lee as saying, “[Hasan] was making outlandish
comments condemning our foreign policy and claimed Muslims had the right to
rise up and attack Americans,” that Hasan admitted to being “happy” upon
learning of the Muslim who killed a soldier at an Arkansas military recruitment
center and that he once said “maybe people should strap bombs on themselves and
go to Time Square.” Chron.com reports
that Hasan had created “Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and
other threats” and that “One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a
blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade
to save the lives of his comrades.”
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