Obama Administration – Fort Hood shootings ‘Workplace Violence’ » Right Pundits
The Obama administration and some Pentagon officials came under fire during Congressional hearings this week over the Fort Hood shooting in 2009 and it being a case of ′workplace violence′ rather than domestic terrorism. A report released by the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday by Rep. Peter King (R-NY), shows a marked increase in efforts by radical Muslims to infiltrate and attack U.S. military personnel and bases. Most shocking, however, is that the Fort Hood assailant, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, despite dozens of emails exchanged with radical cleric Anwar Al-Awalaki, is not being considered as an act of Islamic terrorism. While Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 29 others, shouting ″Allah Akbar!″, his actions are being classified as workplace violence. A 24-page report from the Pentagon released Thursday on the Ft. Hood massacre never mentions radical Islam once. This drew criticism from Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME).
While the report does say the shooting may have been ″inspired″ by Al Qaeda, it goes on to say ″Just as we engage and raise awareness to prevent gang violence, sexual offenses, school shootings, and other acts of violence, so too must we ensure that our communities are empowered to recognize threates of violent extremism and understand the range of government and nongovernment resources that can help keep their families, friends and neighbors safe.″
In other words, all crime is bad and there is no distinction between Hasan′s actions and those of a common mugger. Such is the politically correct world of the Barack Obama administration, which early on decided to reclassify the War on Terror as an ′Overseas Contingency Operation.′ Or acts of terrorism as ′Man-Made Disasters.′
Granted, many observers will point out that Obama has followed through on Bush policies concerning terrorism and targeting Al Qaeda worldwide. Most Americans believe he is doing a good job of killing Muslims angry with us, be they Somali teenagers or Usama bin Laden. Obama′s poll numbers on fighting terrorism are about the only specific job category which scores well above 50% in approval.
But to classify the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence is just ridiculous. Not only does it demean the deaths of suffering of the victims, but once again shows America as a weak nation, bubblegum-footing and tip-toeing around the uncomfortable reality that radical Islamic terrorism does exist and may becoming more dangerous. The new report released by Rep. Peter King of the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday shows a marked increase in attempts by domestic, homegrown terrorists to commit acts of Jihad against U.S. military bases and personnel. Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins were very critical of the Pentagon report released Thursday which claims that Nidal Malik Hasan performed an act of workplace violence, not terrorism. This is what we have grown to expect from the Barack Obama administration as it rewrites the dictionary.
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