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Degrees of Separation [Mark Steyn on Ft. Hood killer]
NRO ^ | 11/8/09 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 11/08/2009 9:24:05 PM PST by pissant

Step One:

Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother's funeral was held there in May that year.

The preacher at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni scholar who was banned from addressing a meeting in London by video link in August because he is accused of supporting attacks on British troops and backing terrorist organisations.

Hasan's eyes "lit up" when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki's teachings, according to a fellow Muslim officer at the Fort Hood base in Texas...

Step Two:

Danquah assumed the military’s chain of command knew about Hasan’s doubts, which had been known for more than a year to classmates in a graduate military medical program. His fellow students complained to the faculty about Hasan’s "anti-American propaganda," but said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a Muslim student kept officers from filing a formal written complaint.

Step Three:

Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration

A coherent strategy to address 21st century threats to the United States, one that treats national and homeland security as a seamless whole, has yet to emerge... To help fuel this process, in April 2008 The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) established the Presidential Transition Task Force, comprised of national and homeland security experts, policymakers and practitioners... The goal was to determine the top strategic priorities to advance the nation’s security in the coming decade...

Event Participants:

...Amanda Halpern U.S. House of Representatives

Beth Hampton Homeland Security Institute

Nidal Hasan Uniformed Services University School of Medicine

Donald Hawkins U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Eric Heighberger Homeland Security Council...

That's quite the company for a deranged misfit loner whacko of no broader significance.

I believe it was Derb a few months after 9/11 who said that for this new struggle our watchword was "Better screwed than rude." Major Hasan represents the institutionalization of that attitude. Thirteen people are dead, dozens more will live with their injuries for the rest of their days, and a lot of families have had a great big gaping hole blown out of their lives because of it.

Anwar al-Awlaki and his chums have bet that such a society is too sick to survive. Watch the nothing-to-see-here media driveling on about pre-post-traumatic stress disorder like gibbering lunatics in a padded cell , and then think whether you'd really want to take that bet.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: americainperil; clownsincharge; enemydomestic; enemywithin; fallschurch; larrysinclairslover; marksteyn; nidalhasan; nidalmalikhasan; obama
TIme for heads to roll in the Army's command structure. Too many Neutered wusses.
1 posted on 11/08/2009 9:24:06 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant

Now Now your jumping to conclusions and Chairman Obummer said not to do that or else!


2 posted on 11/08/2009 9:26:36 PM PST by ncfool (Obama Bare fisted Politican at home. Pantywaist VS. Real thugs abroad.)
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To: pissant

Steyn calls it like it is yet again.


3 posted on 11/08/2009 9:30:52 PM PST by JLS
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To: pissant

YOU FORGOT STEP FOUR:

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

MMMMMMM, MMMMMMMM, MMMMMMMM


4 posted on 11/08/2009 9:31:17 PM PST by seawolf101
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To: pissant
"Better screwed than rude."

The mantra of the politically correct.
5 posted on 11/08/2009 9:33:10 PM PST by LostInBayport (When the riders in the cart outnumber those pulling the cart, the cart stops moving. My back hurts.)
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To: pissant

Political correctness claims thirteen more lives.

Of course, the full weight of the Republic would come down on the Army if the shooter was a Methodist, an abortion foe or a militia enthusiast.


6 posted on 11/08/2009 9:37:13 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: pissant

“PC has infected R Military.. With all due respect Gen Casey.. Hasan was NOT one of us! He was never one of us! He was a Jihadist!” -Bauer and Rose


7 posted on 11/08/2009 9:37:37 PM PST by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: pissant

It’s all “Columbine” “Columbine” “Columbine” - that’s the Dem talking point. Happens now and then with psycho’s - tragic and all that, so just move on.

Oh yes, and Joe Lieberman, because of his “background” (i.e., Jewish) wants to start an investigation so as to cast blame on the Palestinians (as per Ed Hayes, on the John Batchelor show).


8 posted on 11/08/2009 9:40:23 PM PST by BusterBear
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To: pissant

Meanwhile as some of our leaders are calling us not to rush to judgment and not to condem the extreme cult wings of the Muslim faith, these same leaders have no problem mocking the tea party protesters, and bible thumping Christians on a whim when it suits thier fancy.


9 posted on 11/08/2009 9:41:14 PM PST by seastay
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To: seastay

Or telling us that white cops “acted stupidly” when they arrested a smack talking race pimp.


10 posted on 11/08/2009 9:46:02 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant
Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas

Suspect? Suspect!?!? Am I missing something? Why don't we just call him "the murdering Islamic terrorist son of a bitch"? At least that's accurate.

11 posted on 11/08/2009 9:49:21 PM PST by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
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To: pissant
the Presidential Transition Task Force, comprised of national and homeland security experts, policymakers and practitioners... The goal was to determine the top strategic priorities to advance the nation’s security in the coming decade...

So he was one of five on the task force deciding 'strategic priorities' in regards to our nation's security???

So everything was, without a doubt, passed on to the jihardists - which means we have no security ...

12 posted on 11/08/2009 9:57:37 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: pissant
Anwar al-Awlaki and his chums have bet that such a society is too sick to survive. Watch the nothing-to-see-here media driveling on about pre-post-traumatic stress disorder like gibbering lunatics in a padded cell, and then think whether you'd really want to take that bet.

Oh, I'd take it, but I'd demand odds. The part of society that knows this ridiculous media dissimulation for the crap it is and tends to shoot back will be just fine. The nothing-to-see-here media will be in the part of society that won't be just fine. I won't miss them.

13 posted on 11/08/2009 9:59:54 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: LostInBayport

“Better screwed than rude.”

The mantra of the politically correct.

I think that is actually, “Better you screwed,
than me rude.(they might not like me.)”.

It’s how they think.


14 posted on 11/08/2009 10:08:55 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: pissant

Bump for later Monday reading


15 posted on 11/08/2009 10:09:08 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: pissant

As Paul Sperry says in his book. “Infiltration” It happened under Bush and it is happening under obama.


16 posted on 11/08/2009 11:12:17 PM PST by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: BusterBear
Yeah, I heard that Ed Hayes on John Batchelor.

He was quick to allude to the "other" terrrorist threat: Right-Wingers.

Batchelor seemed to egg him on.

We can't be talking about minorites like that, now, can we?

17 posted on 11/08/2009 11:54:14 PM PST by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: pissant

He made no effort to hide his agenda.

The blame for these murders lies on the heads of the military command.


18 posted on 11/09/2009 1:27:56 AM PST by Carley (THE MEDIA UNDERSTANDS CREDENTIALS BUT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PRINCIPLES)
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To: pissant

The jihadists are getting pretty savy about which targets to strike! They gain cover of the politically correct left by attacking the targets of the left! By sanctioning these targets the left gets a sense of safety!


19 posted on 11/09/2009 3:23:39 AM PST by timetostand (Defund the left!! Defund the Federal Beast!)
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To: pissant

The jihadists are getting pretty savy about which targets to strike! They gain cover of the politically correct left by attacking the targets of the left! By sanctioning these targets the left gets a sense of safety!


20 posted on 11/09/2009 3:23:47 AM PST by timetostand (Defund the left!! Defund the Federal Beast!)
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To: pissant

The jihadists are getting pretty savy about which targets to strike! They gain cover of the politically correct left by attacking the targets of the left! By sanctioning these targets the left gets a sense of safety!


21 posted on 11/09/2009 3:24:23 AM PST by timetostand (Defund the left!! Defund the Federal Beast!)
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To: pissant

sorry for the multibles


22 posted on 11/09/2009 3:25:34 AM PST by timetostand (Defund the left!! Defund the Federal Beast!)
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To: pissant

Sometimes think there are only about 2 or 3 sane men left in America, and one of them is Mark Steyn.


23 posted on 11/09/2009 7:15:54 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. " George Orwell)
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To: BusterBear

I guess it is “inconvenient” for our Senate that Joe Lieberman happens to be a Jew!


24 posted on 11/09/2009 11:58:16 AM PST by maica (Freedom consists not in doing what we like,but in having the right to do what we ought. John Paul II)
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