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Steyn knows thine enemy
A taste:Major Hasan is a Virginia-born army psychiatrist and a recipient of the Pentagons Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, which seems fair enough, since he certainly served in it, albeit for the other side. Most Americans think hes nuts. He thinks Americans are nuts. Its a closer call than youd think. In the immediate aftermath of his attack, the U.S. media, following their iron-clad rule that Allahu akbar is Arabic for Nothing to see here, did their best to pass off Major Hasan as the first known victim of pre-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It comes at a time when the stress of combat has affected so many soldiers, fretted Andrew Bast in a report the now defunct Newsweek headlined, A Symptom of a Military on the Brink. Major Hasan has never been in combat. He is not, in fact, a soldier. He is a shrink. The soldiers in this story are the victims, some 45 of them. And the only reason a doctor can gun down nearly four dozen trained warriors (he was eventually interrupted by a civilian police officer, Sergeant Kimberly Munley, with a 9mm Beretta) is that soldiers on base are forbidden from carrying weapons. Thats to say, under a 1993 directive a U.S. military base is effectively a gun-free zone, just like a Connecticut grade school. Thats a useful tip: If youre mentally ill and looking to shoot up a movie theater at the next Batman premiere, try the local barracks theres less chance of anyone firing back. Posted by: badanov 2013-08-11 |
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