Posted on 12/07/2011 9:57:27 AM PST by ColdOne
Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department for classifying the Fort Hood massacre as workplace violence and suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation's Armed Forces at home.
During a joint session of the Senate and House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, the Maine Republican referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the threat as radical
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People need to pull their heads out of the sand
Susan Collins? -—Susan Collins? Is she up for reelection or something?Maybe she just admitting how irrelevant she is.
Typical of today’s military, ate up with political correctness.
Get all Muslims out of our armed forces NOW!
Is this being PC or is it appeasement? Theres an agenda behind such words i think. PC part is an outgrowth of the appeasing.
Pearl Harbor suffered a severe case of "workplace violence" 70 years ago today. It is an occupational hazard in our military, one that we accept when we join up, but one that we expect our leaders to acknowledge and work to control. Let's call it what it is: war between good and evil. In the Fort Hood massacre, evil one a round against America and Americans. We have to win that war, or our kids will suffer forever.
Have you noted the distinct lack of terminal ballistics information available regarding the weapon used in this massacre?
I’m with her on this.
When they admit its jihad, then it’s not workplace violence.
I bought one, convinced it will be banned sooner or later.
This koranimal had SoA on his cards!
This koranimal had SoA on its' cards!
This is a slap in the face of our military.
Nose stuck in air, Mussolini style.
Workplace violence? Is this where that suspension of disbelief thing comes in?
It was a glaring example of the EVIL this nation is up against when dealing with the death cult known as Islam. Calling it ‘workplace violence’ is a slap in the face of all Americans that love this country and a kick in the gut of every family that had a family member injured or killed at Fort Hood by that Muslim sleazeball.
She must be up for re election as she leans very left.
Workplace violence?
By that reasoning, 9/11 should be classified as a simple case of pilot error.
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