Mark Steyn comments on some of the politically correct lunacy involved in the case of Nidal Hasan the US Army psychiatrist who nearly four years ago opened fire at Fort Hood while standing on a table and screaming “Allahu akbar!” — killing 13 soldiers and wounding dozens more. Steyn writes:
Most Americans think he’s nuts. He thinks Americans are nuts. It’s a closer call than you’d think. In the immediate aftermath of his attack the US 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….
General George W. Casey Jr. the Army’s chief of staff was at pains to assure us that it could have been a whole lot worse: “What happened atFortHoodwas a tragedy but I believe it would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty.” And you can’t get much more diverse than letting your military personnel pick which side of the war they want to be on….
This case is about as clear a demonstration as there can be of political correctness in action. While the US government termed this “workplace violence” and the media chalked it up to “stress” Hasan — a Jihadi madman whose US Army business card read “Soldier of Allah” — stated in open court “I am the shooter” identifying the murder weapon as his and proudly averring that he is a traitor to America. And who are we to believe? Not Hasan because that would do the unthinkable: make diversity a casualty.
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