Posted on 11/06/2009 4:23:38 PM PST by WeatherGuy
The vital facts of Hasan's life do not suggest a man determined to kill dozens of his fellows as they sat unarmed in a crowded waiting room. He was born in Arlington, Va. His parents were immigrants, but so are millions of other Americans. His heritage was Palestinian, but he didn't even speak Arabic.
Those who look for a ready explanation for the murderous rampage at Fort Hood can choose between two broad narratives: Maybe it had to do with the travails of an Army psychiatrist, dealing with soldiers who had been traumatized, even disfigured, by their war experience; or maybe it had to do with being Muslim.
Those who suspect he was secretly a radical Muslim can focus on what Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, Fort Hood's commanding officer, said Friday on the CBS Early Show, responding to a question from Harry Smith.
"There are unconfirmed reports that he was saying Allahu Akbar," Cone said.
"Allahu Akbar," which means "God is great" in Arabic, is a phrase many terrorists have said in the moments before they strike.
But this Muslim terrorist narrative won't convince everyone.
Perhaps soldiers in the mayhem of the moment only imagined Hasan said "Allahu Akbar." FBI investigators aren't sure Hasan really did say those words before he started shooting.
The portrait of Hasan as a Muslim radical doesn't entirely make sense to those who knew him well. Imam Faisal Khan, whose D.C.-area mosque Hasan attended over a 10-year period, never got the idea he was ashamed of his Army service.
"He would come in his uniforms many times," Khan said. "He would come in his uniform and pray. And then I knew he was in the Army. He liked his job. That's what he was trained for, you know, to serve in the military."
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG!
This Palistinian is an MD. Aren’t Moslems bound by the Hippocratic oath?
The only way we’re gonna get the straight scoop on this is if Glenn Beck assigns the ACORN killer kids to investigate it.
MSM/SCM is hard at work applying the whitewash.
He has posted pro-suicide bomber statements online.
He has apparently made comments to the affect that non-muslims should be beheaded.
He is a muslim terrorist, they need to face the facts.
And we taxpayers are obliged to PAY for this garbage!
...and we imagine NPR is American
Before this is all over, PBS will be reporting that he shouted Viva La Limbaugh and God Save the Republican party. Just watch.
It’s worse when you remember that we taxpayers pay for NPR.
Perhaps I only imagined that a Kenyan Muslim with no verifiable background was elected President of the United States...........
He is not Palestinian as there is no country of that name. His parents emigrated to the USA from Jordan and he was born here. There is proof of that fact, as opposed to the big zero.
“Maybe it had to do with the travails of an Army psychiatrist, dealing with soldiers who had been traumatized, even disfigured, by their war experience; “
Sure. He felt so bad about soldiers getting traumatized or disfigured that he felt he just had to kill them instead?
Not according to his cousin. This guy did not want to deploy.
Perhaps we all imagined 911 too.
(cue giant eye roll)
keep him alive as a vegetable for as long as he lives, hopefully knowing he was beaten by a girl. =o)
Liberalism is an ideology that rejects Judeo-Christian values, beliefs, and laws.
Anything that might strengthen an attack on either Judaism or Christianity must be defended, and the God who is the God of Israel, and who Christians believe is also Christ the Messiah, must be attacked.
Oh..you forgot “I killed all of themn because this is Bush’s fault”. and NPR will eat it up.
the bodies are not cold yet and the left are spinning this like mad
this man helped obama on his transition team
many have said he was against the war and argued about us being there plus he said suicidal killers were soldiers or like them.
He shouted allah akbar.
It was no secret his political and religious beliefs and yet the left spin this to make it it was just some one who snapped.
He had better not get the federal charges up in NY under Holder if he lives, give him to TX where they can execute him
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