The Fort Hood Massacre

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of this senseless tragedy, and may the murdered victims rest in peace. Although they met their end not on the battlefield, but on their home soil at the hands of a sick murderer, they died as heroes and shall never be forgotten.
Now I need to vent some genuine anger about how the media is already portraying this act of domestic terrorism. As if this horrifying mass murder wasn’t disturbing enough, I have to get up the next morning and read disgusting reports form the corrupt main stream media that make me want to go throw-up. They are already spinning the story in a sick way by making the mass murderer, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan out to be the real victim here. He is being portrayed as misunderstood. A devout Muslim, apparently he was against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He received orders for deployment in Iraq, and took issue with that; even enlisting the aid of a lawyer to fight it. So, clearly, he is the victim here right? Well, I don’t know about you, but I don’t see that there is a whole lot to misunderstand about an individual who voluntarily submits his service to the U.S. military, then decides to walk into a crowded area on base calmly shooting innocent American soldiers and proclaiming "Allahu akbar!"
Personally, being formerly in the Marines Corps, I am having a hard time comprehending how this guy was not shot dead within a few steps after he started unloading on people. I agree that in a school, a mall, a stadium; generally anywhere out in public, it seems more believable that someone may be able to get away with shooting over 40 people. Armed security is more common on a military base than uniformed police are on the civilian streets. Not to mention, if necessary, access to weapons and ammo is readily available at any armory. Anyway, what’s done is done I wont dwell on how this guy wasn’t riddled with bullets within a few moments of his murderous spree. Regardless of the outcome, he had to have thought he was going to his death. Proclaiming “Allahu akbar” indicates he thought he would die for what he was doing. Allahu Akbar is Arabic for “God is great”. Generally speaking, it is accepted among Islamic believers that proclaiming praise to Allah at the time of death is good. Maj. Hasan thought he was righteously going to his death and proclaiming praise to Allah for it.
I also want to point out that whenever something mind-numbingly horrific like this happens the Muslim community fails miserably to publically denounce this type of behavior. You want to know why? Because their fundamental belief system stems from a violent attitude toward infidels! Actually, enslavement of the infidels is preferred, but if you can’t enslave them, then killing them is acceptable. Not only is it acceptable, it is encouraged.
The traditional American value of personal responsibility is completely dead in the media. One no longer has to be accountable for their actions. Blame is shifted to a disease, a gene, an addiction, an idea, an object, or any other number of external forces except the individual who perpetrated the act. The erroneous and destructive concept of political correctness is greatly aiding in the adulteration of authentic American values. We can’t come out and objectively appoint blame where blame is due for fear of offending someone or offending their heritage, religion, orientation, etc. etc. This deception has slithered its way into our culture as a basic right that we all posses, the right to not be offended. To be perfectly candid, nowhere in the United States Constitution, any of its 27 amendments, the Bill of Rights, or even the Ten Commandments for that matter does is say you have a fundamental right not to be offended. If being blamed for something that happened by your own hand or as a direct result of your actions offends you, then too bad. Being offended is part of life. What you do with that feeling, how you act or react to it is what helps define your character. The media of today hastily looks for blame everywhere else except for where blame should be placed -- with the individual. This has a nasty unintended consequence of fostering a false notion that the individual is actually a victim, and is not to be held accountable. For the families of the murdered at Fort Hood I hope Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lives. I hope he lives so that the families of the true victims can see justice served upon him.