Posted on 11/08/2009 6:30:17 PM PST by Brytani
“Tragedy at Ft Hood” Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Ret)
This past Thursday 13 American Soldiers were killed and another 30 wounded at a horrific mass shooting at US Army installation, Ft Hood Texas. As I watched in horror and then anger I recalled my two years of final service in the Army as a Battalion Commander at Ft Hood, 2002-2004.
My wife and two daughters were stunned at the incident having lived on the post in family housing.
A military installation, whether it is Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, or Coast Guard, is supposed to be a safe sanctuary for our Warriors and their families. It is intended to provide a home whereby our “Band of Brothers and Sisters” can find solace and bond beyond just the foxhole but as family units.
A military installation is supposed to be a place where our Warriors train for war, to serve and protect our Nation.
On Thursday, 5 November 2009 Ft Hood became a part of the battlefield in the war against Islamic totalitarianism and state sponsored terrorism.
There may be those who feel threatened by my words and would even recommend they not be uttered. To those individuals I say step aside because now is not the time for cowardice. Our Country has become so paralyzed by political correctness that we have allowed a vile and determined enemy to breach what should be the safest place in America, an Army post.
We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the stress of the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable. The fact that there are some who have now created an entire new classification called; “pre-virtual vicarious Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)” is unconscionable.
This is not a “man caused disaster”. It is what it is, an Islamic jihadist attack.
We have seen this before in 2003 when a SGT Hasan of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) threw hand grenades and opened fire into his Commanding Officer’s tent in Kuwait. We have seen the foiled attempt of Albanian Muslims who sought to attack Ft Dix, NJ. Recently we saw a young convert to Islam named Carlos Bledsoe travel to Yemen, receive terrorist training, and return to gun down two US Soldiers at a Little Rock, Arkansas Army recruiting station. We thwarted another Islamic terrorist plot in North Carolina which had US Marine Corps Base, Quantico as a target.
What have we done with all these prevalent trends? Nothing.
What we see are recalcitrant leaders who are refusing to confront the issue, Islamic terrorist infiltration into America, and possibly further into our Armed Services. Instead we have a multiculturalism and diversity syndrome on steroids.
Major Hasan should have never been transferred to Ft Hood, matter of fact he should have been Chaptered from the Army. His previous statements, poor evaluation reports, and the fact that the FBI had him under investigation for jihadist website posting should have been proof positive.
However, what we have is a typical liberal approach to find a victim, not the 13 and 30 Soldiers and Civilian, but rather the poor shooter. A shooter who we are told was a great American, who loved the Army and serving his Nation and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) stating that his actions had nothing to do with religious belief.
We know that Major Hasan deliberately planned this episode; he did give away his possessions. He stood atop a table in the confined space of the Soldier Readiness Center shouting “Allahu Akhbar”, same chant as the 9-11 terrorists and those we fight against overseas in the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of operation.
No one in leadership seems willing to sound the alarm for the American people; they are therefore complicit in any future attacks. Our Congress should suspend the insidious action to vote on a preposterous and unconstitutional healthcare bill and resolve the issue of “protecting the American people”.
The recent incidents in Dearborn Michigan, Boston Massachusetts, Dallas Texas, and Chicago Illinois should bear witness to the fact that we have an Islamic terrorism issue in America. And don’t have CAIR call me and try to issue a vanilla press statement; they are an illegitimate terrorist associated organization which should be disbanded.
We have Saudi Arabia funding close to 80% of the mosques in the United States, one right here in South Florida, Pompano Beach. Are we building churches and synagogues in Saudi Arabia? Are “Kaffirs” and “Infidels” allowed travel to Mecca?
So much for peaceful coexistence.
Saudi Arabia is sponsoring radical Imams who enter into our prisons and convert young men into a virulent Wahabbist ideology….one resulting in four individuals wanting to destroy synagogues in New York with plastic explosives. Thank God the explosives were dummy. They are sponsoring textbooks which present Islamic centric revisionist history in our schools.
We must recognize that there is an urgent need to separate the theo-political radical Islamic ideology out of our American society. We must begin to demand surveillance of suspected Imams and mosques that are spreading hate and preaching the overthrow of our Constitutional Republic……that speech is not protected under First Amendment, it is sedition and if done by an American treason.
There should not be some 30 Islamic terrorist training camps in America that has nothing to do with First Amendment, Freedom of Religion. The Saudis are not our friends and any American political figure who believes such is delusional.
When tolerance becomes a one way street it certainly leads to cultural suicide. We are on that street. Liberals cannot be trusted to defend our Republic, because their sympathies obviously lie with their perceived victim, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
I make no apologies for these words, and anyone angered by them, please, go to Ft Hood and look into the eyes of the real victims. The tragedy at Ft Hood Texas did not have to happen. Consider now the feelings of those there and on every military installation in the world. Consider the feelings of the Warriors deployed into combat zones who now are concerned that their loved ones at home are in a combat zone.
Ft Hood suffered an Islamic jihadist attack, stop the denial, and realize a simple point.
The reality of your enemy must become your own.
Steadfast and Loyal, Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West (US Army, Ret)
Allen West Ping
HOw true.
I have never seen Col. West get a single thing wrong.
He is exactly what we hope for in an American soldier. Gen. Casey, unfortunately, falls short.
Political Correctness:
”A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority,
and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media,
which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible
to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
(This is why I caution folks to NEVER shake hands with leftists: They spend their miserable, self-deluded lives happily producing and picking up those turds and they never wash their hands.)
By spreading this definition around, perhaps we can employ one of the more effective methods of deflating and defeating the fools who practice and promote it: RIDICULE. (Number 5 from Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”)
Unless stopped – and soon – PC will DESTROY Western Civilization — if it hasn’t already.
PASS IT ON!!
(Credit hereby given to my late cousin Karl Benton Clark for either creating this definition or bringing it to my attention
He is a freeper. I'm proud he's a freeper.....and so should we all be!
He GETS it!
Leni
Lt. Col. West is running for Congress in Florida.
He is what we need not only in our military but in government to fight back against the destruction of our country.
This is EXACTLY what I believe!
Good thing he is retired. This type of honesty would be a career-killer for someone on active duty.
“He GETS it!”
Yes.
Dick Bachert:
WELL SAID!!! Ya’ll check out Dick’s bio: he’s posted many ‘seldom seen’ liberty quotes that fit very well just now. Thank you Dick!
I will contribute what I can. He is a wonderful man and a wonderful American. I would like our government to be infiltrated for a change by legistators who care about this country.
an Islamic jihadist attack.
We have seen this before in 2003 when a SGT Hasan of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) threw hand grenades and opened fire into his Commanding Officer’s tent in Kuwait. We have seen the foiled attempt of Albanian Muslims who sought to attack Ft Dix, NJ. Recently we saw a young convert to Islam named Carlos Bledsoe travel to Yemen, receive terrorist training, and return to gun down two US Soldiers at a Little Rock, Arkansas Army recruiting station. We thwarted another Islamic terrorist plot in North Carolina which had US Marine Corps Base, Quantico as a target.
What have we done with all these prevalent trends? Nothing.
What we see are recalcitrant leaders who are refusing to confront the issue, Islamic terrorist infiltration into America, and possibly further into our Armed Services. Instead we have a multiculturalism and diversity syndrome on steroids.
Neither have I! That is why we Florida Freepers are going to do everything we can to see that Col.Allen West is elected to Congress from FL District 22 on Nov. 3, 2010!
We hope Freepers everywhere will support Col.West through donations to his campaign!
Lt. Col. West studies and understands the principles and ideas upon which this nation was founded. Further, he can articulate them and defend them.
On the other hand, should the Republican Party care to nominate a man who actually would be able to debate and defeat the counterfeit ideas held by the current occupant of the People's House, it need look no further than South Florida and Lt. Col. West.
His love of country, his military service to his country, his background, education and sound philosophical grounding in the ideas of liberty qualify him in a way that no other potential candidate seems to be qualified to meet and defeat Obama in 2012.
Lt Col West had my financial support during his last run for office and more than ever, he will get even more support from this fellow Veteran.
Continue to speak the truth Sir!
OUTfreakinSTANDING!!!!!!!
I will happily support him, seek, as best I can. I did last time and will do so again.
Florida Freepers are 100% behind and committed to electing Col. West to Congress.
TY for the kind words.
To borrow a line from Col. Hal Moore at Ia Drang in November of ‘65, “Nah boys, we’re gonna win this fight!”
We Florida Freepers are working hard to spread the word about Col.West and we will be supporting other real conservative candidates for Congress.
Bump for Lt. Colonel West.
Thanks for the ping! We are aquainted with one of the victims; she was a bridesmaid at our AF daughter’s wedding.
bttt
Thank you Lt Col West for speaking the truth plainly.
How close did this hero come to winning last time? I have been a fan of his since he “asked” an insurgent for info. Can’t believe they retired him for that.
I had similar thoughts and anger when the info about the shooter was revealed.
Thanks for the ping seekthetruth!
Isn't Colonel the gentleman that spoke to us at the Free Republic convention? He is terrific!
U.S. House, Florida District 22 Results Candidate Votes %
Ron Klein * (D) 162,993 55%
Allen West (R) 133,973 45%
Yes, Col.West was one of our great speakers at our National Tea Party Convention on 9/12.
We Florida Freepers love Col.West!
Here, folks you can go and hear Col. West talk about it!
spread the word, his podcasts can be subsribed to FREE!
Please ping your freinds to this post so they can hear his words of leadership i these tough times and spread them around/
Hi, sweet thing.
Are you feeling better?
“Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction....words of the obambi.
Hey!!
Yea, I’m doing much better. We did find out I contracted E-Coli 0157 the bad one. I can’t believe I was as sick as I was for so long.
I hope all is well with you and yours!!
Tami
Ping
I love this guy.
Thank G-d there are some out there who dare to tell the truth. The Emperor is [expletive] naked.
(He also called Obama — and Bush — delusional about the Saudis; I like that.)
Keep us posted! I would love to contribute to his campaign.
Col. West is one of the finest, most upstanding gentlemen I’ve ever had the honor of meeting... his speech at the convention was outstanding.
He nails it here yet again.
Bumperoo!
Allen West is the MAN!
I would urge everyone to donate directly to Lt. Col. West’s campaign as my wife and I have. That is our approach to contributions to the people we think will do the right things for America. DO NOT donate to the NRCC, NRSC, or any ofthe other national organizations. Most of that money is used to pay salaries for people who work there.
Col.Allen West Will be on FOX & Friends this morning 11/9 at about 8:15AM to discuss his statement about the attack on Ft.Hood! Be sure to tune in and please spread the word!
Folks, please help keep this thread pinged till our brother-in-arms, Col. West, appears on Fox and Friends at approx. 8:15 AM this morning (Monday).
His appearance is something EVERY freeper should watch if possible!
Leni
Some of the PC crowd just don't ever want the truth to come out about incidents such as this.
If they could they would blame GWB for what happened at Fort Hood, TX.
for reference as Major Hasan’s background is exposed:
The Wahhabi Corrifor
(radicalized mosques in Northern Virginia; Hasan’s old stomping grounds)
http://www.sperryfiles.com/corridor.shtml
The same army that already killed Lieutenant Colonel Allen B West’s Military career promoted The Fort hood shooter to the rank of Major.
Leni
COLONEL WEST WILL BE ON FOX AND FRIENDS MOMENTARILY!(If they're not running on schedule, don't blame me, LOL)
Leni
bump
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