TIME Magazine: "Secondary Trauma" May Have Driven Hasan to Slaughter 13 Soldiers
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 8, 2009, 10:51 PM
You’ve got to be kidding.
The state-run media thinks we’re all stupid.
TIME, the former news magazine, reported today that “secondary trauma” may have driven Nidal Hasan to massacre 13 US soldiers at Fort Hood.
Yahoo republished the report:
As an army psychiatrist treating soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Major Nidal Malik Hasan had a front row seat on the brutal toll of war. It is too early to know exactly what may have triggered his murderous shooting rampage Thursday at Fort Hood – Hasan is accused of killing 12 people and wounding 32 others before he was wounded by a police officer – but it is not uncommon for therapists treating soldiers with Post Trumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) to be swept up in a patient’s displays of war-related paranoia, helplessness and fury. (See pictures of suicide in the recruiters ranks.)
In medical parlance it is known as “secondary trauma”, and it can afflict the families of soldiers suffering from P.T.S.D. along with the health workers who are trying to cure them. Dr. Antonette Zeiss, Deputy Chief of Mental Health Services for Veteran Affairs, while not wishing to talk about the specific case of the Fort Hood slayings, explained to TIME that: “Anyone who works with P.T.S.D. clients and hears their stories will be profoundly affected.”
It’s entirely possible that other factors may have acted as a trigger for Hasan’s alleged killing spree.
Hat Tip Margaret
Unbelievable.
I’m betting it had more to do with the fact that he attended the same radical mosque as the 9-11 killers and was screaming “Allahu Akbar” when he shot the soldiers dead.
Related TIME article: Stresses at Fort Hood Were Likely Intense for Hasan
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Freddy commented:
Are the editors of Time still wondering why they are going out of business?
Valerie commented:
I tell you, it’s PTSD – PRE-traumatic stress disorder.
Those sensibilities of the irhabists are so exquisite, ya know!
JR commented:
Why are they doing this? Why are they considering radical Muslim terrorists a group that needs special protection? Do they really believe this crapola?
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
A re-post from another related thread
Oh really? Get these jihadists off our streets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhHYiWCm8Gs&feature=player_embedded#
Thomas Jackson commented:
Don’t forget we have hate crime laws now. Anyone questioning Islam will be fully prosecuted under the full extent of Obamaism.
Nahanni commented:
From Dr Sanity…
HYPOTHETICAL ATROCITIES AND HYPOTHETICAL VICTIMS: Psychological Displacement and the Fierce Urge to Be Politically Correct.
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2009/11/hypothetical-atrocities-and.html
However, I would disagree in that this is not formal mental illness; though it is insanity. It is more precisely called an severe neurosis, a term that has gone out of favor in contemporary psychiatry, but which very adequately describes the kind of thinking that runs rampant in these days of political correctness–a form of deranged thinking designed to protect the individual from the awareness of imminent danger (think of the paralysis of deer in headlights). Specifically, it is a type of neurotic defense mechanism that serves to deny reality; and I have talked about it many times on this blog.
It is called psychological displacement, and it is an attempt to avoid an unpleasant and frightening truth by substituting something (or someone) that is less threatening. Bush Derangement Syndrome a form of psychological displacement; the kind of thinking that maintains that Christianity and Judaism are just as violent as Islam is a form of displacement; the irrational fear that Christians intend to foist a theocracy on the U.S. is also a form of psychological displacement.
Rob commented:
If this had any validity to it, then we would all be suffering from tertiary trauma, for having to listen to all of Hasan’s imaginary problems.
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
It’s an unholy alliance between Islam and Communism. And it isn’t coming to our shores. It’s here. In charge. Fired up and ready to go.
Buffalobob commented:
Time magazine has long ago relinquished itself to the out house.
jonyjoe101 commented:
“secondary trauma” ? that jihadist never served overseas, he was a coward, trying very hard not to go.
The only trauma that paper pusher quack got was at most a “paper cut”.
No one wants to call him a terrorist. He is a terrorist.
reliapundit commented:
next thing they’ll claim: mcchystal’s troop request put too much pressure on him…
and he cracked.
oh. sorry: that’s the other muslim: obama!
Sandy commented:
The Obama Media will say anything which makes the American people guilty of Hasan’s actions. First, the guy harbored Anti-American feelings which he has expressed in numerous e-mails and second, being a Psychiatrist wouldn’t Hasan be in the best position to know that he was capable of a Terrorist Act like this? This was a premeditated act so he had time to deliberate the consequences of his actions–and he decided to kill 13 people and injure 38 others. Therefore, this is an act of terrorism–whether Obama and the media like the term or not.
Sanmon commented:
How come all the front line chaplins and stress management folks are not blowing fellow soldiers away. So far it is just a Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorist coward that never left state side who has not even done one tour of duty let alone 4 tours like some chaplins have done.
Sandy commented:
I think I must be suffering Secondary Trauma too. The economy is in free fall but they tell me I love Obama. If the Senate passes this Healthcare Bill the Death Panels will be coming for me and if I didn’t have Talk Radio or Fox News the load of crap that Time is peddling would be all there was. Unlike Hasan, the only damage I wish to do is to vote straight Republican next year and pray for REPEAL.
Sandy commented:
sanmon — The US Govt paid for Hasan’s education and this is how he pays us back.
Dr. Rona Michelson commented:
Believe it or not, there are ethical standards for mental health professionals and when one is having feelings that are triggered by a client’s issues, one is required to seek his/her own therapy. In cases where it becomes more than a passing feeling, one is required to withdraw from the case. Had this murderer been well supervised, he would not have been “suffering” from trauma. It was his responsibility to get help and the responsibility of his supervisor to make sure he did. However, looking at his history, a better theory is that he was radicalized long before and that this was the result of the hate he had been exposed to.
myna commented:
The old media is writing now the narrative for the Ft. Hood massacre. Do you feel safe now?
David/California commented:
I had no idea that mental pathologies were communicable! This is EXTREMELY frightening!!! If ‘mental therapy professionals’ are susceptible to hosting contagious psychoses ALL of us are in mortal danger!
We must be protected.
Since inoculations would be contraindicated, and no symptoms of derangement would be apparent to the lay observer, I see only one solution – the quarantine of the infected group. We must do it for the CHILDREN!
Yes, as distasteful as it may be, we MUST round-up all ‘mental health professionals’ and confine them behind barbwire! Only immediate, draconian measures by our benevolent government can possibly stem this plague of mental disease. (Of course, all individuals who have consulted a ‘mental professional’ recently must be temporarily confined for their own protection until declared free of infection.)
I’m quite certain our Left-wing media, now that it’s diagnosed this dangerous and invisible health threat to all citizens, will demand rigorous, harsh government action to immediately incarcerate all psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, etc. as high-risk disease vectors.
Once safely confined, of course, they will have access to the very finest of government-provided Pelosi/Obama health care…
wanumba commented:
He hung around Ft. Hood long enough to know when a big group of soldiers would be packed into a tight space unarmed. Since he was supposed to be deployed, he needed to act before he got sent over to Iraq, where he might not have the same opportunity for sitting ducks (soldiers being armed).
If he had been really a brave Wahhabist and trusted his god, then he would have showed up like Rambo and challenged everyone to a man-a-mano. No, he dry-gulched everyone, expecting a suicide-murder by cop, ’cause he was too chicken to do himself in.
The media are worse than worthless, they are enablers. Notice how the defense is he was upset about the “atrocities against Iraqis?” And from where did he get THAT idea? Scott -I-enlisted-for-cred-so-I-could-throw-the-infallabilty-card-when-I-made-up-nutso-soldier-stories-for-NR-Beauchamps? “Pvt” Jesse McBeth? NYT?
Quite the dynamic duo, the MSM and the Islamofascists.
Roscoe commented:
This was a suicide bombing without the vest. He went to the place he knew would cause the most destruction and “set himself off” just like any other suicide bomber would have done in Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan. Only the Army medics saved his sorry a$$ and he is still alive. An infantry sergeant at Fort Hood told The Times that Major Hasan had been well know for having an “agenda” as he counseled soldiers returning from action. He added: “Put whatever politically correct whitewash on this you like, but there is no escaping this was a Muslim terrorist attack on US soil.”
Christinewjc commented:
Rosemary wrote:
“It’s an unholy alliance between Islam and Communism. And it isn’t coming to our shores. It’s here. In charge. Fired up and ready to go.”
I think that is the truth in a nutshell! And what an AWFUL unholy alliance it is!! However, only one of those radical ideologies will try to win out here in America (God forbid!!!!) in the end.
I can still recall a very chilling sign being held by a man dressed in Palestinian garb during an anti-war, anti-Israel protest a few years ago. His sign read, “Thank you San Francisco liberals – you die last.”
With God’s help, millions of American patriots will come to the rescue and save this nation from tyranny – in any form that any unholy “alliance” attempts to bring upon us!
ebayer commented:
Look at the author of this article:Tim Mcgirk
Sound familiar?
It should
He’s the A*hole who got a video from an AlQeada member (who was suppsedly a “journalism student”) showing dead women and children in Haditha that US Marines supposedly massacred.
And then John Murtha stepped in and publicly accused troops of “killing innocent civilians in cold blood.” That was after a military investigation of the firefight found “no indication” that the Marines had “intentionally targeted, engaged and killed noncombatants.”
In 2007 a Time Magazine article by then Jerusalem bureau chief Tim McGirk was not so much a news report as anti-settlement agitprop. The premise of the article was that “300,000 Israelis” living “on Arab territory” will need to vacate their homes in order to accommodate the wishes of the area’s allegedly rightful Palestinian owners.
But this premise is false. The territory in question was disputed.
Instead of providing readers with a balanced presentation of arguments from both sides of the debate about settlements, McGirk cites Israeli anti-settlement activists.
This guy is a real POS
jenny commented:
Time magazine is officially fiction writing.
Just_Saying commented:
So, has anyone heard any more of the story that there were several shooters/murderers? Not defenders, but shooters? I heard there were several shooters, in several locations, but since Hassan was shot, there’s been no mention of the other shooters.
What’s the deal? Maybe that’s something Time should be investigating, eh?
LimoLibsStink commented:
0bama:
Let me be clear. I am happy to condone the first mass terror attack during my administration! I expect many more… hum, huh duh… I can’t see the teleprompter. I mean condemn the mass terror attack under my Administration… Ah, now I can see the teleprompter.
Let me start again. I will not jump to conclusions until every piece of evidence, every grain of information, every shred of data, every statement, every supposition from every major TV network Talking Head is carefully studied, combed through, forensically examined and vetted by Eric Holder’s staff and a final report is delivered to me. Then I will start the dithering process.
As you Commander in Chief you can bet that I will be making the right legal decisions in this case and I would certainly not want to influence it in any fashion. I certainly have no plans to apply the death penalty. In fact, my greatest concern is whether to pardon brother Hasan or to commute Hasan’s sentence to one year of community service with SEIU or ACORN. But, I will leave the final decision to Eric Holder, CAIR, and the ACLU.
I will say I think Major Nidal Malik Hasan just was a victim of Sudden Jihad Syndrome (SJS), probably induced by Pre-Deployment Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PDPTSD). He naturally killed 13 unarmed soldiers who were about to mess up another Muslim country.
I will be handing out Purple hearts. Major Nidal Malik Hasan bravely traded shots with some Typical White law enforcement women while in the midst of carrying out his holy jihad. He certainly is under consideration.
My study of history has shown that the Muslims invented everything from the Printing press to Taqqiyya. The Chinese invented nothing. America invented even less. It sucks. And it military has gotten its comeuppance. In fact, I think it is time to surrender in Iraq.
As Wise Old Joe Bide said we will be tested and re-tested. America sucks. I have done my best to apologize to the world for it. But, that will not stop the determined jihads. So, when a wild eyed man with an explosive vest enters your football stadium seating area do what Barney Frank would do. Grab your ankles and hope for the best.
My limousine is running and I have more taxpayer money to spend. The dollar has not fall as much as I would like and I still don’t have control over the taxpayer’s medical money or medical records. I have much more economic damage to do. America sucks. Good Day.
wanumba commented:
ebayer
November 9th, 2009 | 12:22 am | #24
Look at the author of this article:Tim Mcgirk
Sound familiar?
It should
……………………
Good catch. Small media world, ain’t it?
nev commented:
I agree, this man was a Muslim terrorist, pure and simple. And militant Islamism is Fascism. But please cut the “communist” crap: the States won’t lose its identity through a little mixed economy.
Lenore commented:
The more we protect islam the more emboldened the Islamists are.
Mad Monica commented:
Amen, Lenore. I was just thinking that this morning. The jihadis are loving this. It’s yet more evidence this president is afraid to stand up to anyone.
This is putting so many people in danger.
Robert commented:
Even more ridiculous, here is an illustration of the mindset of extremist political correctness;
General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that he was concerned that speculation about the religious beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of killing 12 fellow soldiers and one civilian and wounding dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, could “cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers.”
“I’ve asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that,” General Casey said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union. “It would be a shame — as great a tragedy as this was — it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/us/politics/09casey.html?ref=us
bg commented:
++
via TRBO
“This is a Marxist doctrine”
[“We were fools to think the fall of the Berlin Wall had killed off the far Left. They’re back – and attacking us from within.”
[..]
Gramsci understood that the working class would never rise up to seize the levers of ‘production, distribution and exchange’ as communism had prophesied. Economics was not the path to revolution.
He believed instead that society could be overthrown if the values underpinning it could be turned into their antithesis: if its core principles were replaced by those of groups who were considered to be outsiders or who actively transgressed the moral codes of that society.
So he advocated a ‘long march through the institutions’ to capture the citadels of the culture and turn them into a collective fifth column, undermining from within and turning all the core values of society upside-down and inside-out.
This strategy has been carried out to the letter.
[..]
Why? Competition at the top and all along the way. Working for a “greater good” is very different than giving up everything to serve the “greater good.” The collapse comes when the elites at the top eventually realize they are standing on top of a mirage and the base — “We the People” — is no longer holding them up.
Lastly, from Gramsci’s own pen we have an answer as to why this current regime will fail:
“A social group can, indeed must, already exercise ‘leadership’ before winning governmental power (this is indeed one of the principal conditions for the winning of such power); it subsequently becomes dominant when it exercises power, but even if it holds it firmly in its grasp, it must continue to ‘lead’ as well.”
Already, so soon, no leadership.]
now you know why Nazi Pelosi demands Dems
be loyal to party or it’s off with their heads..
Another “teachable moment”
[No sooner had RBO posted from the UK’s Melanie Phillips article on Marxism than the Marxist Media provides a prime example of something she wrote:
This Through The Looking Glass mindset rests on the belief that the world
is divided into the powerful (who are responsible for all bad things) and the oppressed (who are responsible for none of them).
Nidal Malik Hasan, “Muslim jihadist traitor army officer” who went on a shooting spree this week at Fort Hood, is one of the “oppressed,” you see.
Don’t think so? Well, TIME Magazine does. Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit reports, according to TIME, “Secondary Trauma” made Hasan do it. Tim McGirk writes:
… it is not uncommon for therapists treating soldiers with Post Trumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) to be swept up in a patient’s displays of war-related paranoia, helplessness and fury.
Yes. But how many of them have shot down dozens
of fellow soldiers? Only one? What a theory!]
==
Mongo commented:
I’ve got secondary trauma anytime I read the Socialist Lamestream Media.
Time is dispicable.
Redwine commented:
This “stress disorder” nonsense is a lame excuse and a thoroughly disreputable way to wish away America’s jihadi problem. This terrorist had planned his act way in advance. Hasan’s calling card, which he had in his possession for some time, is a dead giveaway. He had “SoA (SWT)” printed directly under his name, above his professional title.
SoA stands for Soldier of Allah.
SWT stands for the Arabic words “Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala,” or “Glory to Him, the Exalted.”
Pamela at Atlas Shrugs has more: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/major-muslims-calling-card-soa-soldier-of-allah.html#comments
BTW – She also has the astounding fact the WH under the Islamo-Marxist Dear Leader Hussein had refused to lower the flag to half-mast until a woman from Texas persisted in kicking up a fuss: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/obama-succumbs-to-relentless-patriot-pressure-and-lowers-the-flag-no-respect-for-our-war-dead-just-r.html
It’s time to reclaim our liberties and stop tiptoeing around the jihad at home.
bg commented:
++
“I am not a Muslim” ~ B Hussein O
==
Anonymous commented:
The “secondary trauma” was radical Islam and Jihad.
bg commented:
++
The Third Jihad
sarc on/
oh cheer up people, we’re going to have an election in 2010 & everything
will be comin’ up roses once the Prog Dems are booted out & Dem Lights
take-over.. we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.. yipee!!
/sarc off
==
bg commented:
++
White House Solution..
close your eyes, click your heels & give
a “there is no Jihad” shout-out 3 times..
==
kate commented:
Tertiary Trauma–his cornflakes got soggy.
Robert commented:
Re: My comment #32
“It would be a shame — as great a tragedy as this was — it would be a shame if our diversity became a casualty as well.”
“a tragedy”
“a shame”
“diversity”
In one sentence, so-called General Casey illustrates multiple shortcomings in our so-called “leadership class” with respect to the War on Terror. He consecutively denigrates the coldest murder to compare with an act of theater, while then elevating the liberal mantra of “diversity” to a status equaling or even exceeding that of the lives taken.
If we are to be honest in our intentions, we would have to call the War on Terror instead the War of Nuance. And explain it so to the world, and our own military forces who face the front lines.
Greg commented:
Having rationalized the killing of 40 million babies worldwide every year, the Democon’s are able to understand that stress made Hasssan do what he had to do. Destroy someone who did not cause his stress.
sisterwoman commented:
I’m no psychiatrist, but it seems that the more common response to “secondary trauma” would be suicide. Suicide rates are high in professions dealing with the dark side of life. If he was so despondent and conflicted about serving in a war against other Muslims and so damaged by the lives and stories of his patients, suicide would have been a logical solution in a deranged mind. Mass murder, however doesn’t make sense in that situation.
Mass murder does make sense when you look into the writings and teachings of radical Islam. How else to assure his place in paradise?
I seem to recall that there were preparations that the 9-11 hijackers took to ready themselves for death, like shaving rituals etc. Did this man prepare himself?
bg commented:
++
sisterwoman @ 7:47 am #45
re: [Did this man prepare himself?]
if you call cleaning out ones apartment
and handing out Korans, i suppose so..
btw, even if he didn’t there’s a much bigger
picture hidden behind the Hasan close up..
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bg commented:
++
Robert @ 7:30 am #43
re: [In one sentence, so-called General Casey illustrates multiple
shortcomings in our so-called “leadership class” with respect to
the War on Terror.]
i agree, thanks..
Would someone please send Gen. Casey a box of red flags?
==
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
nev posted, “cut the communist crap”. Gosh, I wish the administration would. Take your blinders off!
The only ones who deny that communism is replacing capitalism under this administration are people who agree with it!
Rosemary Woodhouse commented:
p.s. great post, LimoLibsStink.
ebayer commented:
General Casey has been Neutralized either by Obama or PC…either way he is totally ineffective as a commander who holds the safety of his troops paramount.
Magnum commented:
Based on that line of reasoning, and the 24/7 bombardment of war stories on the nightly news and on the internet, couldn’t we ALL have secondary post-traumatic stress?
The bottom line is: if the stress was indeed a trigger there had to be something underneath to begin with.
bg commented:
++
It’s not over until it’s over
According to John Brennan, head of the White House’s homeland security office, the war on terrorism is over. From now on, the administration will never use terms like “jihadists” and “global war” because doing so, as Mr. Brennan said, “risks giving these murderers the religious legitimacy they desperately seek but in no way deserve.” He insisted that the U.S. is at “war with al Qaeda” (“U.S. no longer at war with ‘terrorism’ ,” Page 1, Friday).
Could we be more blind? Acts of terror are rooted in the aspirations of Islamists to create an Islamic state and impose their version of Shariah law.
As a devout Muslim who, like many others across the world, is dedicated to fighting Islamism and its radical offshoots, I believe there is nothing more dangerous to our security in the long term than the leader of the free world remaining in categorical denial about the essence of this ever-so-real contest of ideas.
Al Qaeda had nothing to do with the string of radical Islamists arrested across the country — from North Carolina to New York, Oregon and New Jersey (to name but a few) — in the last year alone. The only thing these radicals have in common is their belief in a militant version of political Islam.
I certainly can understand the concern of making this a clash of religions, but that should not lead to outright misinformation. There is a civil war happening within the Muslim consciousness — between those who advocate for the Islamic state (Islamists) and those who believe in secular liberal democracies.
It certainly is not the role of any administration to determine who are “good” and “bad” jihadists. Not calling them exactly what they call themselves makes the White House the arbiter of who is and who is not a Muslim. This avoidance behavior allows American Islamists, like the Muslim Brotherhood’s front groups in Washington, to continue to deny their responsibility to lead the Islamic reform effort against Islamism and its role in radicalization — the real existential threat to the West.
The last administration used a term far too vague, labeling the tactic of terror as the enemy rather than the ideology of militant Islamism. Now we have swung the other way, targeting a single group that is but one manifestation of a global movement. The movement radicalizes Muslims and remains an ever-present danger to our citizenry and it should be identified as such.
M. ZUHDI JASSER
President
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Phoenix
much more here..
==
Joanne commented:
The guy never even went to war – he’s seen zippo. Under this thinking, no wonder the left thinks the military are the enemy……if this guy has secondary trauma, just imagine the potential of those with primary trauma. Mind you, the military wouldn’t be afforded any excuse by the left.
Lenore commented:
What I find very alarming about this whole protection of Muslims is that other groups may see how easy it is to get protection from our liberals. Just say you hate America and start killing, then you to will be appeased.
Andreas K. commented:
Funny.
If it was a non-muslim the media would blame some computer game or whatever else. But here, at once, it’s not the fascist ideology, but… the poor poor stressed guy. Awwwwww.
Pawlow’s dog sends his greetings.
obama/osama commented:
I hope that all muslims in the US will start feeling stressed and leave. They are not welcome here anymore. Ban all muslims imigration now!!
Lenore commented:
Good radio show. The first guest is talking about surrounding the muslims when they protest and prayer in the streets. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-gathering-storm
Unite. Join now. http://www.ummat-al-kuffar.org/
Dan Humphreys commented:
You are stupid if you buy the Limbaugh-esque “state-run media” line. Give me a break.
Solaratov commented:
Dan Humphreys
November 9th, 2009 | 7:37 pm | #60
You are stupid if you buy the Limbaugh-esque “state-run media” line. Give me a break.
You’re a little confused, aren’t you?
Secondary trauma?
wanumba commented:
We’ve lived in Islamic Republic and dominant Muslim countries for years. Muslims can ramage on rumors, happens a lot. They are not the only culture that rampages, (bashlashing and retribution) easily, but they are one of them, it is a standard feature of the combo of tribal politics and no reliable structure of policing. Not ALL people rampage – don’t see women much smashing things – but single men with no jobs or no family responsibilites are usually available.
This is NOT the American culture. Our culture is to utilize police and take grievances to court. This is instilled at a young age and has served our nation and our people very well. Foreigners who are used to a society that has ramaging, when they see the deliberation and self-retraint of the American system, they admire it, and wish more people would emulate it, because a lot of innocent people die in rampages – projecting the guilt of one or a few unto a whole people.
Since Americans do not indulge in this, they have no need to apologize or wring their hands, and should resist all attempts of the media and the Islamofascist opportunists to project guilt onto them. AMericans are innocent of this. The media is enabling the projection of a false guilt, creating negative and phony stereotypes. The Left has made a big business out of smearing all of America, from before establishment of America as a nation apart form England – from the first colonist to the baby born a minute ago of a collective guilt of slavery, even though few Americans owned slaves – and that the nation paid for it, and ended it decisively in a huge Civil War, with great human losses. Generations have passed, never experiencing it, never witnessing it or with any desire to retun to it. But the Left doesn’t forgive.
The Left is working on creating a neo- tribalism, to project the guilt of a few onto the whole. It is very dangerous and evil and in full flower. The only rampaging and “backlash” and “retribution” was done by Major Nasan and by American traditional and highly successful cultural norms of proper justice, NASAN should be held responsible and anyone who aided and abetted him. The warping of our system to punish those who would have spoken out to warn that this man was showing clear indications of abberant and hostile behavior should also be changed back to normal common sense expectations.
Spies, infiltrators and informants are standard in war, even in peace, but especially in wartime. Why the surprise in the media, the political realm and in SOME layers of the military? Damn sure a good number of our military were and are under no illusions even before this attack, so why do they serve under people who’ve been promoted up who are willing to embrace a convenient delusion?
If it wasn’t for the fact that Ft. Hood combat deaths are 13, with wounded by the dozens, it’d be “Stuck on stupid,” but it sounds too flip to capture the gravity of the loss and injury. And it’d be nice for the media enablers of the Left to display some “cultural sensitivity” for AMERICAN CULTURE for a change.
nev commented:
@Rosemary – What twaddle! I don’t have any “blinders” on, thank you. Any decent country has some mixed economy, especially one that thinks it’s “Christian”. And unbridled capitalism hasn’t exactly been doing well lately has it? ha!
Emmitt commented:
I am retired navy and have a son in the army. I would come back to atcive duty just so I could volunteer to be on the fireing squad that shoots that SOB.