Ft. Hood Killings

Authorities are calling the killings at Ft. Hood, TX, the largest terror act in America since 9/11. According to a story put out by Fox News, they claim the most important matter confronting us now is that we need to unveil and analyze what Major Nadal Hasan's real motives were in committing these acts.  The real question, they say, is when did Hasan become radicalized, and who indoctrinated him?  If we had these questions answered, it might allow authorities to detect other potential terror acts that could be in the making.

Apparently, there was a plot dismantled in 2006, in Fort Dix, NJ, in which military personnel were to be killed.  Other terror cells have also been discovered in the United States in recent years; in Georgia, New York, and North Carolina.  These also involved plots for attacking military installations on U.S. soil.  However, there have also been several, what the article calls "lone wolves", who have expressed their intentions to attack military personnel.  In fact, there was a person by the name Abdulhakin Mujahid Muhammad, who shot two members of the U.S. Military in Little Rock, AR, which resulted in one of them being killed.  And according to investigators, incidents such as these are continual, ongoing situations.

Hasan was reported as making several statements indicating his ideological beliefs. Such as, commenting that the killing of the soldier in Arkansas, and any other attack against the U.S. Military inside the homeland is legitimate because of American Military involvement in the Middle East.  He also allegedly made remarks in support of potential suicide attacks inside the country.  These comments were reported by retired Col. Terry Lee, who was interviewed by Fox News, and the article does state that these and other comments reported need to be analyzed and verified.

After reading and hearing about all the comments made, and the fact that Hasan was dressing in complete muslim attire, which he had reportedly not done until recently, it is just so unfortunate that all these warning signs were not taken seriously by top military officials, or fellow comrades for that matter.

Considering what has happened since 2006, and especially 9/11, all U.S. Military officials from the lowest rank to the highest should be cautious themselves about who is around them, but all should be reevaluated.  This way we can be very cautious about who we are putting in charge of fighting for our country.

When American workplaces hire individuals, several do an extensive background check.  To some degree, they also do some kind of psychological evaluation, whether it be just asking questions, or a kind of written evaluation.  Are we not putting the same kind of standards out there for our military?

It sounds like the jihadi groups are very strict about stating how they feel when it comes to their radical beliefs; that they cannot state in any way that they support Americans.  If there are psychological evaluations to determine if someone can handle fighting for our country, can't there be some sort of evaluation created to see how devoted our military personnel are to the U.S.?

Also, it would be very helpful to suspend or give an automatic dismissal to anyone in the military  who makes comments or does anything supporting jihad behavior.  There is going to have to be a "cleansing" done in the military, or this could be the fall of our country.  If we can't trust our military, the ones who are supposed to be there to fight for our freedom, who can we trust?