The Real Lesson of Ft. Hood--As Liberals See It

Never mind the innocence of the murdered and wounded victims. Ignore the jihadist perpetrator. Don't get hung up on murderous passages in the Koran. Dismiss from your mind the imams and Islamist literature which the terrorists espouse. Forget the fact that the victims were unarmed and believed themselves to be in a place of safety. The real lesson to be learned here is that we must not draw conclusions which will lead to violence against Muslims.

And we all know that there has been far too much violence against Muslims in America since September 11, 2001. Massacres in the streets. Mosques full of innocent women and children burned to the ground. Muslim shops and offices blown up. Muslim women dragged out into the streets and beaten solely because they were wearing the hijab or burka. It's worse than the Holocaust. And now we face it all again because a confused, demeaned and persecuted Muslim army officer defied the religion of peace by murdering thirteen of his fellow soldiers at an army base.

That's the liberal, politically-correct twisted version of the lesson to be learned from Ft. Hood. The real lesson to be learned is that when a Muslim declares himself a "Muslim first and an American second," approves of the murder of non-Muslim civilians by stealth murderers as well as sneak attacks by Islamic "freedom fighters" on American troops overseas, you have a potential terrorist. When that same person gets a medical education and advances to the rank of major in the U.S. Army, all the while very publicly and loudly proclaiming the virtues of jihad, you have a potential terrorist. When that same person informs his superiors that he believes that all Muslims should be released from military service to avoid killing their fellow Muslims in a war against terrorism, you have a potential terrorist. When that same person is provided a forum with his fellow medical students to discuss medical treatment and instead gives a speech about beheading the infidels and pouring boiling oil down their open necks, you have a potential terrorist. And when you have all of those traits in one man, you have a terrorist looking for an opportunity.

Let's take a quick look at how our illustrious public figures and official military spokesmen handled the aftermath of the attack. They all shared a few points in common. We must not draw conclusions. We must not damage our lovely melting-pot by singling out individual religions and ethnic groups for special attention (of the negative sort), and we must not foment anti-Muslim violence.

President Barack Obama said the following to the grieving families at the Ft. Hood memorial service: "It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy, but his much we do know. No faith justifies these murderous and craven act." Well, Mr. President, I can think of one that does. In fact, one whose core belief is violence against all non-believers. One whose very name, Islam, means "submission," not peace. It is indeed hard for decent human beings to comprehend the twisted logic, but not for a fundamentalist Muslim. And it wasn't a tragedy--it was a mass terrorist murder.

Politically-correct General Casey tells Americans: "As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse." Has Casey gone crazy, or is he just full of dope? Casey is the most political general since Colin Powell, and he knows which side his bread is buttered on. To hell with his gruesomely murdered troops, we must maintain diversity. I don't think diversity means retaining jihadist officers in the American Armed Forces, but apparently, he does (or at least his political mentors do). Better thirteen dead unarmed American soldiers than one Muslim with hurt feelings.

Evan Thomas of the great intellectual publication Newsweek says: "I cringe that he's a Muslim. I mean, because it just inflames all the fears. I think he's probably just a nut case but, with that label attached to him, it will get the right wing going. And it just, these things are tragic, but that makes it much worse." Ah, there's that "tragedy" again. And yes, the terrorist was indeed a nut case--most jihadists are. But it's not a mental disease, it's a theology. And those thirteen innocent dead mean nothing in the face of coming hatred and violence against Muslims.

"Tingle up my leg" Chris Matthews lectures: "That's what I'm afraid of with this stuff from the right wing and the columnists I'm reading today: It scares me because they say, basically, nail everybody. Profile everybody who is from that part of the world and treat them like the enemy." Well, Chris, I have some news for you. Jews who enlist in the military are frequently given extra vetting because the military has experienced past breaches by Jews who identify closely with Israel. They weren't worried about the Jews committing mass murder of their fellow Americans. But there have been security breaches in which secret information about the military and its operations have been passed on to our allies in Israel. So the army exercises caution, and the Jewish recruits accept it as part of their proof of loyalty solely to the United States, not as an opening round in the next mass attack on Jews in America.

As for profiling everybody from that part of the world, and assuming that their enlistment in the military may have ulterior motives, it's not a half-bad idea. Proof? Fort Hood. A Muslim enlistee who clearly acts as a loyal American, and is perfectly willing to be questioned about any possible terrorist connections, known or unknown to him, and who serves honorably in the military is a good soldier. The terrorist at Ft. Hood was not, and he let everyone around him know it whether they wanted to hear it or not.

How can you defeat an enemy when you cannot identify one within your own ranks? You can't fight Islamic terrorism if you refuse to acknowledge that there is any connection between Islam and the terrorists. You can't avoid becoming the victim of jihad if you continue to promote the lie that jihad means "internal struggle" rather than its true meaning: undeclared, asymmetrical, mass murder of anyone who doesn't believe that Allah is the only true, merciful god. But of course to tell the truth would produce a violent backlash against Muslims in the United States, just as it did after 9-11. Or did it?

The worst physical assault on a Muslim after 9-11 was a near-deadly beating of a man wearing a turban in the wrong place at the wrong time. Unfortunately for the statistics, the man wasn't even a Muslim. He was a Sikh, but to ignorant haters, anyone wearing a turban was a Muslim. And with all the ignorant haters out there, the amount of violence done against Muslims in the wake of 9-11 was next to nil. In 2006, while there were 967 physical attacks on American Jews ranging from a push to a serious beating or murder, there were only 156 "attacks" on Muslims, most of which consisted of crimes ranging from dirty looks to calling a Muslim a camel jockey, but no serious physical injuries. You see, when political correctness turns hateful thought into a crime, it's easy to jack up the number of violent crimes which aren't really even crimes at all, let alone violent.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the first news report of a burned-out American mosque, or a mass public burning of Korans, or even an isolated physical attack on a Muslim preaching jihad. But given the attitude of this administration, the liberals, the mainstream media, and Muslim apologists and fake civil rights workers, do not be the least bit surprised if there's another terrorist attack on American soil within the near future. The loss of the will to fight terrorism and call its perpetrators by name is a tragedy. The homicidal acts themselves are pure murder, not tragedies. And if what I'm saying offends anyone, tough. But it is simply not going to cause any Christians or Jews to rush out and kill a Muslim or two. On the other hand, the cartoon at the top could quite conceivably be putting me on a hit list right now.

Patti did a nice job discussing the reasons behind the righteous anger most Americans feel toward the Ft. Hood murderer: Terrorist Hasan