This man was upset about his recent assignment to fight overseas in the Middle East, and yet he had no problem unloading on unarmed American soldiers. He compared suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on grenades. He said that Muslims should rise up and fight American soldiers in the Middle East, and yet the media is still wondering what motivated him?? They don't think that a Muslim saying that other Muslims should rise up and fight soldiers--and then taking that advice himself--is a relevant aspect of all this?
I've alread posted about this is several threads. So many aspects of this incident are deeply troubling. (Not the least of which is our President's "shout out" reaction.) But I'll leave you with this critique of MSNBC's coverage tonight. The way our media is handling this story is nearly as important as the story itself. If we can't see this for what it is--and blame it on post traumatic stress disorder (for a man who never saw combat)--then we're in serious trouble. When our media is making excuses for it, we're in trouble. If political correctness can allow our media to cover up a Muslim terrorist attack against our soldiers on our own soil, by one of our own soldiers--not to mention even allowing this terrorist to remain on active duty--we're in serious trouble.
linkTo MSNBC, the Least Important Thing about Killer Army Doctor is He was a Muslim Who Compared Suicide Bombers to Soldiers who Throw Themselves on Grenades to Protect Others: Meltdown with Keith Olbermann Part 14
2009 November 5
While every other news channel at the top of the hour led with the mass murders committed by Army psychiatrist Major Malik Nadal Hasan, Keith Olbermann led Countdown with a hysterical rant about the health care demonstration at the Capitol, implying it was treasonous, seditious activity by the Republican Party, a call to violence, racist, and reminiscent of Apartheid South Africa.
Keith Olbermann could connect the dots between one offensive sign at the anti-socialized medicine rally at the Capitol today, racism, and the Republican leadership; but the fact that Hasan had been in some hot water with the Army for an internet post where he said that suicide bombers were comparable to soldiers who sacrificially throw themselves on a grenade to protect their comrades in arms did not strike him as a salient point.
While MSNBC hosts Matthews, Olbermann and Maddow all mentioned that Hasan was distraught over an imminent deployment to Iraq, and sometimes mentioned he was against the war, none emphasized that he was a Muslim who made statements that the Muslims should “stand up” against American forces in the Middle East.
NBC News Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey pointed out to Chris Matthews that the “pasty white kid” who is the al Qaeda American spokesman called for just such actions, but that was the last of that kind of talk for the night on the network.
Matthews kept going on sympathetically about PTSD, and the “horrendous things” that Hasan must had heard as an Army psychiatrist. But in a fairly long career as an Army shrink, Hasan had never been deployed overseas.
But that fits the liberal media template. Military service can drive you nuts.
I’m guessing no one on this network will EVER point out that it may be a measure of political correctness that this guy was still on active duty at all, with these danger signs. Was someone afraid to be accused of cashiering an “outspoken Muslim,” because of “profiling?”
Former FBI profiler Cliff van Zandt did mention to Olbermann that Hasan may have had a “secondary” religious motive. Of course, in van Zandt’s experience, serial or mass murderers who claim a religious motive are usually covering for something else, in many cases a psychosexual fantasy.
But this is no “God told me to purge those women” run of the mill psycho; and a not insignificant portion of his co-religionists have gone on suicide missions with religion as a PRIMARY motive.
And a half hour into Rachel Maddow’s show, the word Muslim has not come up, though his degree from Virginia Tech, scene of another mass shooting has been come up in an ironic context few times—and Mark Benjamin of Salon emphasized “secondary PTSD” as the most likely motive, with no basis for that theory, followed by Christopher Smith of Rolling Stone saying that the military is negligent in treating PTSD, and relating lots of stories about disturbed veterans.
Once again folks, HASAN HAS NEVER DEPLOYED OVERSEAS.
But back to Countdown. Remember the format. Olbermann led with his hysterical rant about the supposed rebellion at the Capitol today, but that made it the 5th story in his top 5. Next, was Cliff van Sant and an attempt at profiling Hasan.
That made Fort Hood Keith Olbermann’s NUMBER 4 STORY OF THE DAY!
Number 1? The earth shattering revelation that conservatives from Dick Army to Sarah Palin have contradictory opinions over the meaning of the Congressional race in New York 23, edging out Rush Limbaugh making the Worst Person in the World list for a joke about “anal poisoning.”
No, I’m not kidding.
Yeah, it’s FOX that’s not a real news organization.
As I said in another thread, time for name change. I thought I invented it as a sheltered 16-yr-old aspiring fantasy writer. I thought it was cool when I realized it was a real name. But now it just reminds me of terrorists and murders.
Don't worry, you'll get used to it.
Psychiatrist in fact. Well known that they're mental.
