So, another Muslim stealth Jihadi shoots up an army base, kills 11 soldiers and injures 31. Every sane person is thinking “Sudden Jihad Syndrome” or “Islamic terrorism”. Watching Fox News, we wait for the name. Does it start with an M? Two hour later Shlep Smith still refuses to reveal the identity of the attacker. We become suspicious. We check online. Jihad Watch and Debbie Schlussel both reveal that, yes, the shooter’s name is Major Nidal Malik Hasan (close enough). Now we know.
The cable channels, including Fox News, are twisting themselves into pretzels to avoid being accused of Islamophobia. Lou Dobbs invites a post traumatic stress disorder specialist to explain how combat can destroy a man’s mind. Too bad, Lou, Major Hasan served at Walter Reed Hospital. No combat, until today. On Fox, they are focusing on Nidal’s unhappiness at being deployed to Iraq. As if he is some sort of anti-war activist.
Col. Terry Lee (a co-worker), interviewed by both Shlep Smith and Sean Hannity, tries to explain, without invoking a fatwa, that Major Hasan is a Jihadi. Still, they twist it into a job dissatisfaction issue. Sean keeps stating the Hasan “did not want to go to war” and was “very upset about it.” Hasan, obviously did want to go to war. That is precisely what he did in Fort Hood. He conducted Jihad, a holy war, against America. He did not want to go to war against his Muslim brothers.
Inside Shlep Smiths empty mind there hides a really dumb news reader (think Ted Bexter), but he did let Col. Lee tell his story. Sean Hannity gingerly danced around the Jihad angle. Gretta did the best job, opening with Jihad as the likely motive. Will the media ever figure it out?
Major Hasan, who is apparently still alive and in custody, turns out to be a lousy psychiatrist. Read more >