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The Army’s Fort Hood Disgrace
WSJ ^ | Kathy Platoni

Posted on 03/20/2015 4:45:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

It was more than five years ago that the gunshots rang out, but those of us who survived can still hear their echoes. On Nov. 5, 2009, an Army psychiatrist named Nidal Hasan—an American radicalized by extremist Islamic beliefs—opened fire on his fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 14 people, including an unborn child, and wounding 32.

I was there. A beloved friend, Capt. John Gaffaney, died at my knees. I was slated to become the shooter’s direct supervisor and later learned I was at the top of his hit list.

That day has faded from the minds of most Americans. But the survivors and the families of the deceased continually relive its horror. They also continue to face betrayal by the government they served. ***

At about 1:34 p.m., Hasan, seated in a building on base and armed with an FN five-seven pistol and a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolver, paused to bow his head. Then he stood up from behind a cubicle, shouted “Allahu akbar!” (God is great) and began spraying bullets throughout the room. Soldiers, including my friend John, charged the shooter but were gunned down before they could reach him.

Hasan took direct aim at those in uniform, including 21-year-old Pvt. Francheska Velez, who had disarmed bombs in Iraq and recently learned she was nine weeks pregnant. One survivor testified that she heard Velez plead, “Please don’t, please don’t. My baby, my baby!” Hasan shot her in the chest. Velez was headed home to Chicago for leave. Instead, she and her child died on the floor at Fort Hood.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hasan; hood; islamonazi; texas
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1 posted on 03/20/2015 4:45:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

It is OBAMA’S DISGRACE!!!


2 posted on 03/20/2015 4:49:39 AM PDT by G Larry (Obama Hates America, Israel, Capitalism, Freedom, and Christianity.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Who protected and protects Hasan, the Islamic murderer?

Why?

And why are they not tried and hung?


3 posted on 03/20/2015 4:51:38 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: RoosterRedux
"Workplace violence....nothing to see here....move along"
4 posted on 03/20/2015 4:55:53 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Hasan should have swung less than two hours after the incident.


5 posted on 03/20/2015 4:56:07 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: G Larry

‘Come on...................
..........jus look at who we ‘elected’.


6 posted on 03/20/2015 5:01:28 AM PDT by Flintlock (The 'soapbox ' failed us; the 'ballot box' was stolen. We are left with the bullet box.)
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To: RoosterRedux

If hasan were to ever face a firing squad there would be no shortage of volunteers. I even believe we could raise a lot of money for his victims by selling raffle tickets to be on the squad.


7 posted on 03/20/2015 5:13:25 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: RoosterRedux
Our military has been taken over by traitors.


8 posted on 03/20/2015 5:31:33 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: RoosterRedux

This is not the same Army I served in. I am ashamed of what it has become.


9 posted on 03/20/2015 6:31:54 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: RoosterRedux

Hasan must be in super secret solitary confinment.

I can’t believe nobody has yet figured out how to shiv him, poison him or beat him to death.


10 posted on 03/20/2015 7:45:57 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Diogenesis
And why are they not tried and hung?

Because they and their friends are running the country?

11 posted on 03/20/2015 7:57:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (Gore: Punish those who buck 'accepted science' as was done to Galileo Galilei -freeper Darksheare)
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To: RoosterRedux
On Nov. 5, 2009, an Army psychiatrist named Nidal Hasan—an American radicalized by extremist fundamental Islamic beliefs—opened fire on his fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 14 people, including an unborn child, and wounding 32.

Correcting edit.

12 posted on 03/20/2015 8:50:49 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: armydawg505
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we used to have some bad ass generals

13 posted on 03/22/2015 5:20:40 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni

I love it!


14 posted on 03/23/2015 5:59:47 AM PDT by armydawg505
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