Comments on: More Twisted Than Terrorist

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:27 +0000

PC is such a problem that even liberals in the liberal media are forced to ask if it is a problem.

Add to that not only the issue Vey raises about doctors being prized in the military (in addition to financial concerns if the military pays for training; in such cases, of course it wants a full duration of service in exchange), but the obvious one on so many many people's minds, the bureaucracy and its flaws and how Hasan may have been able to “slip through the cracks” of this bureaucracy.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:16:16 +0000

MAJ Hasan was a scammer. The NPR Report was incorrect that MAJ Hasan has spent his entire adult life in the army. Hasan was not involved in ROTC while at Virginia Tech and was not in the Army form 1992 to 1999. He was the classic middle east scammer. He was paid for being a bad doctor and being paid to live a very civilian type lifestyle in Silver Spring.

MAJ Hasan used Islam as part of his scam and became more militant, the more he became a militant Muslim.

As long as the government treats people differently based upon their race or ethnicity, then ethnic based scammers will be around.

By: spirasol

spirasol — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:53:11 +0000

For my money, belligerence and rigidity sound the same all over the world, including the good 'ol American variety.

By: Father_Time

Father_Time — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:00 +0000

Sounds like several Arab Muslims I've known abroad. Exactly the same personality of the “failed” Arab that blames the world for their stupidity. This guy wanted his own way and was NEVER going to listen to anybody else, because if he did, he would have to admit to his failures. Either that, or his stated Muslim political fundamentalism was simply incompatible with any democracy. A loser reaching for notoriety or a loser hiding behind a notorious religion.

You can call it psychotic, but you would have to include millions of other Muslims as well. One concentration we know of is in Iran.

By: vey9

vey9 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:58:32 +0000

This is being played as the Army as PC, and I think that was an element, but I also think there is another reason he was kept around.

The military has a long history of having trouble finding doctors that want to serve, even when all or part of their student loans can be forgiven. After the general draft ended in 1973, the draft continued for doctors, dentists and optometrists until 1978.