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November 10, 2009
The more stories that come out about this Ft. Hood shooter 1) the more it looks like an act of terror and 2) it looks like some had concerns about him before hand. So, it begs the question. Why was he allowed to stay in the Army? I’m not sure how the chain of command goes in something like this, but if they knew he was communicating with members of al-Qaeda why wasn’t something done? Obama says we shouldn’t jump to conclusions, *clears throat* Sgt. Gates, but we have to ask. Was it because he’s Muslim and some didn’t want to be viewed as racist by saying something? I honestly don’t know, but, like I said, it has to be asked.
Posted in Christopher Lee, Islam, Military, War On Terror, al-Qaeda
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November 10th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I think it was an act of cowardice by a sick individual. I won’t deny his religion played a big part but I don’t blame this on anyone but the shooter himself. Short of him telling someone he planned to do it, you can’t possibly anticipate something like this.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am
No, you can’t anticipate something like this but if they had concerns over his mental health and they knew he was in contact with members of al-Qaeda why was he still in the Army? Someone is going to have to answer that.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
What mental health concerns was his chain of command aware of and what members of al-Qaeda are you talking about?
November 10th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
This story is still unfolding by the second. I don;t want to speculate on it until we have some facts.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Chris,
We do have information that he contacted a radical cleric, but that he was determined not to be a threat at the time. We also have testimony from other people who had contact with him, who say that he seemed to be proud to serve his country in the armed forces. Gen. Casey has warned against jumping to conclusions, and investigations are under way. What is to be gained by making assumptions without access to all of the available information?
November 11th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Nobody’s jumping to conclusions or making assumptions. All I said was that there are questions that need to be asked. Nothing can be ruled out yet. Silke, as for the mental health thing, I heard it in an interview someone gave so I don’t have a link. Sorry.
November 11th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Chris, so no conclusions or assumptions – and yet you ask these loaded rhetorical questions: “Why was he allowed to stay in the Army?” and “Was it because he’s Muslim and some didn’t want to be viewed as racist by saying something?”
You stated he was “in contact with members of al Qaeda.” Who were these members of al Qaeda and what did you hear in the interview about the shooter’s mental health?
Greta’s right. We need more facts.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:37 am
How are they loaded? They’re just questions. And you’ll have to forgive me for saying “in” when I should have said associated. That was my fault. As for the interview, I wasn’t really paying attention to it. I’d just turned it to FNC and they were talking to someone, don’t know who, who was talking about how some were concerned about some of the things Hasan had been saying. Then we have this NPR story about officials questioning his mental health. So again, if people knew something wasn’t right why was he allowed to stay in the Army and did the fact that he was Muslim play a part?
November 12th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Okay, so you have no idea what you’re talking about with the Al Qaeda thing, but you repeated it anyway, as if it were proven fact?
You said the more info you hear about it, “the more it looks like an act of terror”. That’s jumping to conclusions.
As to the questions you’re asking, they are exactly what’s being looked into. It’s being investigated. I’m not sure what the purpose of this post is, except to draw premature conclusions.