Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department and the Obama administration for classifying the Fort Hood terror massacre as ‘workplace violence’, she suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation’s Armed Forces at home. Collins a Republican from Main also referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood […]
The Washington Times is pulling no punches as they assess the Obama Administration’s handling of the Fort Hood killings: “A Senate investigation has found that the November 2009 Fort Hood massacre was predictable and avoidable, something that was obvious to anyone except members of the Obama administration. Worse, the White House still refuses to admit […]
The Senate Homeland Security Committee headed by Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins issued a report claiming that the Fort Hood massacre could have been prevented had the military authorities acted on the information that they possessed. A combination of bureaucratic sloth and political correctness prevented the proper measures. While the report came down on […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online June 25, 2010 Islamic Terrorist Faisal Shahzad Jaw-dropping court testimony by Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, singlehandedly undermines Obama administration efforts to ignore the dangers of Islamism and jihad. Shahzad’s forthright statement of purpose stands out because jihadis, when facing legal charges, typically save their skin […]
by Sid Shahid American Thinker March 14, 2010 As homegrown terrorism grabbed headlines at the end of 2009, Islamist pressure groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Muslim American Society (MAS), and Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) felt the need to look as if they were responding forcefully. However, all they offered was spin […]
by David J. Rusin • Dec 8, 2009 at 10:33 am Having discussed the inept reaction of government to the massacre carried out by Islamic radical Nidal Malik Hasan, we now compile insightful commentary on the response of American Muslims and those who claim to represent them: Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project notes how […]
by David J. Rusin • Nov 30, 2009 at 11:30 pm Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s Islamist rampage at Fort Hood shocked the country, but the feckless responses from various levels of government will surprise no one. Consider these four cases of politically correct incompetence in action: DHS chief Janet Napolitano announced in Abu Dhabi that […]
by Daniel Pipes Jerusalem Post November 25, 2009 [JP title: “Islamism 2.0 – an even greater threat”] To borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini, Osama bin Laden, and Nidal Hasan represent Islamism 1.0, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an (the prime minister of Turkey), Tariq Ramadan (a Swiss intellectual), and Keith Ellison (a U.S. congressman) represent Islamism […]
by Daniel Pipes The title page of Nidal Hasan’s PowerPoint demonstration for a medical lecture in June 2007, indicates how little interest he took in medicine and how much in the perceived contradiction between being a Muslim and an American soldier. As the Pentagon and Senate launch what one analyst dubs “dueling Fort Hood […]
by Cinnamon Stillwell In the wake of the horrific attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas earlier this month, and the mounting evidence that the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was motivated by Islamist beliefs, the media has turned to Middle East studies “experts” for enlightenment. Instead, what the media, and, by extension, […]
