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| Steyn: Degrees of Separation |
| 2009-11-09 |
| Step One: Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother's funeral was held there in May that year. The preacher at the time was Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born Yemeni scholar who was banned from addressing a meeting in London by video link in August because he is accused of supporting attacks on British troops and backing terrorist organisations. Hasan's eyes "lit up" when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki's teachings, according to a fellow Muslim officer at the Fort Hood base in Texas... Step Two: Danquah assumed the military’s chain of command knew about Hasan’s doubts, which had been known for more than a year to classmates in a graduate military medical program. His fellow students complained to the faculty about Hasan’s "anti-American propaganda," but said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a Muslim student kept officers from filing a formal written complaint. Step Three: Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration A coherent strategy to address 21st century threats to the United States, one that treats national and homeland security as a seamless whole, has yet to emerge... To help fuel this process, in April 2008 The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) established the Presidential Transition Task Force, comprised of national and homeland security experts, policymakers and practitioners... The goal was to determine the top strategic priorities to advance the nation’s security in the coming decade... Event Participants: ...Amanda Halpern U.S. House of Representatives Beth Hampton Homeland Security Institute Nidal Hasan Uniformed Services University School of Medicine Donald Hawkins U.S. Department of Homeland Security Eric Heighberger Homeland Security Council... That's quite the company for a deranged misfit loner whacko of no broader significance. I believe it was Derb a few months after 9/11 who said that for this new struggle our watchword was "Better screwed than rude." Major Hasan represents the institutionalization of that attitude. Thirteen people are dead, dozens more will live with their injuries for the rest of their days, and a lot of families have had a great big gaping hole blown out of their lives because of it. Anwar al-Awlaki and his chums have bet that such a society is too sick to survive. Watch the nothing-to-see-here media driveling on about pre-post-traumatic stress disorder like gibbering lunatics in a padded cell , and then think whether you'd really want to take that bet. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 One must wonder if Barry had met this monster. knew him or communicated with him? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-09 19:43 |
| #1 I blew up and enhanced the pic of the Georgetown meeting. Hasan wasn't wallpaper there; he sat in a prominent position in the roundtable affair. He was a FULL participant at an Obama' policy meeting. Georgetown issued a statement saying that he was a "member of the audience." BS. I would love to hear an audiotape of the event, and I believe that a recording devise is visible. Will Georgetown disclose or conceal? What if Hasan promoted withdrawl from Afghanistan? |
| Posted by: Elmoluque McCoy1514 2009-11-09 18:01 |