Dixie - In Memoriam
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This past week, I have seen these boards and the mainstream news, constantly trying to downplay the incident at Ft. Hood. We were told, almost immediately, this was not an act of terrorism. We have been lectured for a week about how this doesn't reflect on the Islamic religion or all Muslims. TV journalists were initially hesitant to even mention Maj. Hussan's name, because "it could be problematic", one anchor said.
It seems we are now walking around on eggshells, trying to ignore the 800 lb gorilla in the room. Pretending Hussan's religious background and ties to radical Islamic beliefs, had nothing to do with what he did, and persecuting anyone who dares to acknowledge the 800 lb gorilla. The man was screaming "allah akbar" as he murdered US soldiers in cold blood. If that isn't terrorism, we need to sit down and have a fundamental debate over what constitutes terrorism, because apparently, some people just don't get it.
Now, if Maj. Hussan were listening to Rush, and looked like Tim McVeigh, I am certain the left would already have him convicted of domestic terrorism, and would be pushing to have right-wing talk radio banned, to protect us from future terror attacks like this. If Bush had waffled around on his war strategy in either Iraq or Afghanistan, and something like this happened on his watch, the left would certainly blame him, and immediately debunk the claims of how Bush had kept us safe for 8 years.
It must take a lot of effort to continue to ignore the gorilla.
It seems we are now walking around on eggshells, trying to ignore the 800 lb gorilla in the room. Pretending Hussan's religious background and ties to radical Islamic beliefs, had nothing to do with what he did, and persecuting anyone who dares to acknowledge the 800 lb gorilla. The man was screaming "allah akbar" as he murdered US soldiers in cold blood. If that isn't terrorism, we need to sit down and have a fundamental debate over what constitutes terrorism, because apparently, some people just don't get it.
Now, if Maj. Hussan were listening to Rush, and looked like Tim McVeigh, I am certain the left would already have him convicted of domestic terrorism, and would be pushing to have right-wing talk radio banned, to protect us from future terror attacks like this. If Bush had waffled around on his war strategy in either Iraq or Afghanistan, and something like this happened on his watch, the left would certainly blame him, and immediately debunk the claims of how Bush had kept us safe for 8 years.
It must take a lot of effort to continue to ignore the gorilla.