[Ralph Peters For the NY Post] On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting, “Allahu akbar!” (“God is great!”) committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam.
What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Fort Hood as surely as the Islamist gunman did. And the media treat it like a case of nondenominational shoplifting.
This was a terrorist act. When an extremist plans and executes a murderous plot against our unarmed soldiers to protest our efforts to counter Islamist fanatics, it’s an act of terror. Period.
When the terrorist posts anti-American hate speech on the Web; apparently praises suicide bombers and uses his own name; loudly criticizes US policies; argues (as a psychiatrist, no less) with his military patients over the worth of their sacrifices; refuses, in the name of Islam, to be photographed with female colleagues; lists his nationality as “Palestinian” in a Muslim spouse-matching program and parades around central Texas in a fundamentalist playsuit — well, it only seems fair to call this terrorist an “Islamist terrorist.”
But the president won’t. Despite his promise to get to all the facts. Because there’s no such thing as “Islamist terrorism” in ObamaWorld.
And the Army won’t. Because its senior leaders are so sick with political correctness that pandering to America haters is safer than calling terrorism “terrorism.”
And the media won’t. Because they have more interest in the shooter than in our troops — despite their crocodile tears.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan planned this terrorist attack and executed it in cold blood. The resulting massacre was the first tragedy. The second was that he wasn’t killed on the spot.
Hasan survived. Now the rest of us will have to foot his massive medical bills. Activist lawyers will get involved, claiming “harassment” drove him temporarily insane. There’ll be no end of trial delays. At best, taxpayer dollars will fund his prison lifestyle for decades to come, since our politically correct Army leadership wouldn’t dare pursue or carry out the death penalty.
Maj. Hasan will be a hero to Islamist terrorists abroad and their sympathizers here. While US Muslim organizations decry his acts publicly, Hasan will be praised privately. And he’ll have the last laugh.
But Hasan isn’t the sole guilty party. The US Army’s unforgivable political correctness is also to blame for the casualties at Fort Hood.
Given the myriad warning signs, it’s appalling that no action was taken against a man apparently known to praise suicide bombers and openly damn US policy. But no officer in his chain of command, either at Walter Reed Army Medical Center or at Fort Hood, had the guts to take meaningful action against a dysfunctional soldier and an incompetent doctor.
Had Hasan been a Lutheran or a Methodist, he would’ve been gone with the simoom. But officers fear charges of discrimination when faced with misconduct among protected minorities.
Now 12 soldiers and a security guard lie dead. At least 38 people were wounded, 28 of them seriously. If heads don’t roll in this maggot’s chain of command, the Army will have shamed itself beyond moral redemption.
There’s another important issue, too. How could the Army allow an obviously incompetent and dysfunctional psychiatrist to treat our troubled soldiers returning from war? An Islamist wacko is counseled for arguing with veterans who’ve been assigned to his care? And he’s not removed from duty? What planet does the Army live on?
For the first time since I joined the Army in 1976, I’m ashamed of its dereliction of duty. The chain of command protected a budding terrorist who was waving one red flag after another. Because it was safer for careers than doing something about him.
Get ready for the apologias. We’ve already heard from the terrorist’s family that “he’s a good American.” In their world, maybe he is.
But when do we, the American public, knock off the PC nonsense?
A disgruntled Muslim soldier murdered his officers way back in 2003, in Kuwait, on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Recently? An American mullah shoots it out with the feds in Detroit. A Muslim fanatic attacks an Arkansas recruiting station. A Muslim media owner, after playing the peace card, beheads his wife. A Muslim father runs over his daughter because she’s becoming too Westernized.
Muslim terrorist wannabes are busted again and again. And we’re assured that “Islam’s a religion of peace.”
I guarantee you that the Obama administration’s nonresponse to the Fort Hood attack will mock the memory of our dead.
(Source: NY Post)
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25 Responses
I agree with that article, but it begs the question,
“Do Americans really expect Barak HUSSEIN Obama to be anti the Muslim world?”
Wow,very scary and very powerful!I hope every news media will start echoing the same!
Kol Hakavod!
great article !!!
When will the time come that we just won’t allow anyone with a muslim name to join the army? And that includes a certain commander in chief.
The sooner we realize that America has been bounced back into the middle ages the better we will be equipped to deal with the frustration of expecting so much more from this country its people its politicians its media and its government. The current rate is a mistatment lie or misrepresentation in every other line in the media. Let’s stop getting all wound up. And anyway don’t you know that every President is afraid of getting assasinated so he kisses up to the most dangerous group which in this case are the jihadists
thank ufor posting this good take!! dont underestimate your ability to bring up good articles and good perspective
collating good articles is great!
i remember ure speed during mumbai
When you have a socialist president who despises the military, this is what you get!
G-d bless Ralph Peters!
Could not have been more elequently put!
He was not “radicalized.” That’s the big mistake Westerners make. YOu think someone has to be “changed” from their basic nature. Try to understand that Islam IS radical. There is nothing moderate about it. If someone decided to become “religious” and follow the Qura’an they are de facto radicalized. Also there is no such thing as a “terrorist wannabe.’ If he succeeds, he IS a terrorist and until he does he’s in training, not merely hopeful. He knows he will do it. But B”H Mr. Peters has at least said what needs to be said, this was Jihad.
Ralph Peters speaks for the vast majority of silent Americans and Canadians, who have been intimidated not to raise their voices by the very group who rejoice in its macabre activivties.
What’s also amazing is: OBAMA rushed 2 rip that white police officer who had the issue with the harvard proffesor, but now when it comes down 2 Terror, he has nothing 2 say!!!
Not all Arabs are terrorist but all terrorist are Arabs!!!
We all should email this article to the white house, to all senators and congressmen in Washington.
I’m sure Ralph Peters has done that already. The more the better.
of course Barak Hussein Obama will not call it terrorism,because deep down in his heart he hates America and what it stands for,have we so soon forgoten,that this guy who calls himself president,has sat for 20 yrs in a church where his preacher and best friend rev. Wright,week in and week out cursed America and all of western civilization.
this hussein obama,was born a moslem grew up as a moslem,went to a muslim religious school in indonesia,and he IS A MUSLIM,and our beloved country has been highjacked by traitorous leaders,WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE
Stupid …
What is the definition of TERRORISM?
>>Violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants.
In another 5-10 years England will be dominated by Muslims. The U.S. already has a Muslim leader, how soon can we expect it to be dominated by these terrorists?
its a shame such an article can only be printed in the ny post a tabliod with 0 credibilaty
this is defintly a true & accurate assment of the situation
bz_in_la (# 13)
Shkoyach – yours is a voice of reason in a sea of intolerance hysteria, the same mindless intolerant hysteria that so often targets Jews.
to # 20 how right you are. all of a sudden the response is that we cant rush to judgement unless we are judging what a white man did to a blackman?
#13 & #18, both of you should be placed in the category of Rodef for giving support to the Arab mentality!!
There should be a thorough investigation but not by holder or his cronies. There should be a by partision investigation and while doing that should investigate the white cronies and all the communist czar friends of immanuel and obama. America wake up listen to Fox news and see what we are not getting from the nyt, cnn. msnbc, and start demanding they clean up their act. obama will bail out the nyt so he can have another mouth piece for his lies. Is this the change america voted for?? I do not believe so
You people sound just like the antisemites on stormfront. You should hear how gleeful they were when all those Syrian NJ rabbonim were arrested and how angry they were that Obama is not doing anything about “the Jewish problem.”
You are judged by the company you keep.
Boruch Nissim says:
BS”D
In The Torah (So-called ‘Old Testament’) Ishmael (Original Arabs) is called: ‘Peree Adom,’ a wild donkey of a man. ‘His hand is against everyone and everyone’s had is against him (Robbery).’