At the devastatingly touching memorial service to those lost and wounded by a terrorist at Fort Hood, political correctness, no doubt the cause for the slaughter, was in full force.
The words recently banned from the American lexicon by the president, "terrorism" and "terrorist" were nowhere to be found anywhere in the ceremony.
The usual suspects in the media couldn't dance fast enough to let their political correctness shine through:
Chris Matthews, who as I've said before, is the gift, or gaff, that keeps on giving: "Hasan apparently tried to contact Al Qa eda. (Twenty times) Is that the point at which you say that this guy's dangerous? It's not a crime to call al Qa eda is it?"
No, Chris, it's not a crime perhaps, but it's a huge red light unless you're so politically correct and you have lost all touch with common sense. Which, every time I see one of your idiotic remarks, I realize you have. I suppose he, a Major in the American military, could have been calling to ask, hey guys, what's up? How are things in the sunbelt?
Bob Scheiffer: It's looking more like he was just sort of a religious nut. And, uh, you know, Islam doesn't have a majority, er, the Christian religion has a full helping of nuts, too."
Yeah, Bob, but when was the last time a Christian blew up a jetliner full of people, or flew a plane into some buildings or had millions of people wish death to entire nations. Take off the blinders, man, or retire. Or better yet, develop a better class of friend you can talk to on the cocktail circuit.
In my experience, most moderate Muslims are good people who live good lives just the way we do. However this guy was a glowing isotope of radicalism walking around an army base and it was obvious from his remarks to fellow soldiers, to the mosque he attended where a radical Imam had indoctrinated some of the 9/11 bombers.
Yet in this age of political correctness that has been taken to such an absurd level that a person reporting that kind of behavior runs a real risk of being sued, this character was allowed to continue with his career as a Major in the United States Military, hatch his plans, then one day shave himself as jihadists do just before the big day and start shooting American men and women.
Lt. Col. Ralph Peters said, and rightly so, that the remarks of the president were boiler plate and, for the most part appropriate, but left out something important. He repeatedly said that the acts were incomprehensible.
The Lt. Col. made the very cogent point that the acts were not incomprehensible at all. They were the acts of an Islamic terrorist who gunned down fifty-four people because he believed he was doing the will of Allah in accordance with the will of the Koran.
Nothing complicated about that. He knew what he was doing going in and he didn't expect to live. Imagine his surprise to awaken to doctors and nurses and not virgins, no slight on the doctors and nurses intended. (Actually, I kind of wish I could have seen the look on his face.)
Hasan was having problems with his patients, his superiors and his career. But people who knew he was having problems were afraid to report him. Why? Recent history tells us that the people doing the reporting would have been the ones likely to have put their own careers in jeopardy and been branded as bigots and racists and might well have had their careers ruined rather than having been taken seriously while Hasan would have gone merrily on his way with his career.
We are a country run amok with political correctness. I'm personally done with it, as I've made clear in post after post. I'm an atheist in a Christian country and I'm going to say so. I refuse any longer to even hear the word racist because it has been bandied about so much it has lost it's meaning. Anyone using it is the one who loses credibility with me.
A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist. I profile people standing in line with me at the airport because it's my neck on the line. Do they have carry on luggage? Are they acting nervously? Are they with someone else? Are they relaxed when speaking with other people and making eye contact when you smile at them? Oh yeah. I profile. I may even make a few passes after boarding the plane to see what they're doing. Reading a paper? Good. They care about what's happening in the world because maybe they think they're going to be in it the next day.
Do I do it because I'm prejudiced?
I do it because I'm not stupid.
And I wish our government would stop being stupid. If they were a little less politically correct, a few more men and women might be alive today and a Memorial Service on their behalf would not have been unnecessary.
Do I think they learned a lesson?
Unfortunately, probably not. I heard yet another general, even after this, expressing his hope that this wouldn't affect the military's 'diversity'.
That general doesn't need any more training in diversity.
He needs some training in how the world really works.
If some little Romance Novelist writer in Wisconsin has figured it out, what the hell is wrong with him?
Maybe he needs to sit quietly at his desk and lay out the pictures of the dead and wounded at Fort Hood, and then right in the middle place a nice big picture of the man who murdered them.
Wake up, people. Offending moderate Muslims isn't the issue. Moderate Muslims should be up in arms. They should be marching in the streets proclaiming that these monsters don't represent their way of life; proclaiming that these jihadists are monsters.
The issue is keeping our people safe. And that is the only issue.
And yes, I am darn mad. You look at those faces of the dead and then tell me you're not angry as well. There was no reason for this except political correctness.
It was a tragedy waiting to happen.
And there's another one out there who won't be caught, once again, because of political correctness.
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