Posted by
robjh1 on Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:00:00 AM
Last Thursday, November 5, a terrorist attack of betrayal was carried out by one of our on in Texas.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan an American Muslim of Jordanian ancestry went on a vicious massacre leaving 12 soldiers and one civilian dead and 42 people wounded. Make no mistake this was an act against our nation similarly to the 1995 act of another American Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma.
To think our great country, America, afforded the 39 year-old Hasan the American dream. America paid for his military education, whereby he earned a doctorate degree and in return only asked that he fulfill his end of the bargain by protecting and serving. Was this too much to ask for? Was it too much to ask of an American, who swore his allegiance to his country and countrymen, to protect and to serve?
Over the next couple of days Hasan’s lawyers, defenders and some in the media will attempt to explain away his selfish, coward act of violence. Some will pontificate Hasan was troubled (and he was) or that he was tormented by fellow soldiers (possibly). Dr. Hasan was a disturbed soldier in conflict with his religion, himself and duty to protect his country. Like the men and women he provided psychiatric help _ he too needed help.
The possibility that his religion played a role in his horrific act of violence should not and can not be overlooked. We can not fool ourselves in thinking his beliefs could not have played a role in his actions. Some at Fort Hood are quoted as saying Hasan was yelling “Allah is great” while carrying out this coward act of violence against his fellow American soldiers.
Suffice to say, last Thursday should serve as a wake up call that we are not saved from danger simply because it appears thousands of miles away. We see now danger is right in our backyards and oftentimes at our doorsteps.
“and we are not saved…”