“Despite his ties to other plots, including the one against
the Army post at Fort Dix, some 20 e-mails between
Awlaki and Major Hasan were dismissed as "innocent" by a military
investigator working on the FBI's Joint Terror Task Force in Washington, D.C.” ~ABC News (link below)
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/anwar-awlakis-terrror-ties/story?id=9055322
I want everyone to think about this. Officials saw no need
to investigate a Muslim military officer who was actively contacting a radical
cleric who moved to Yemen after the US declared him a wanted man. Are you
flipping kidding me?
There is no way to deny it: this attack on US soil, by a
homegrown Islamic terrorist could have and should have been prevented. But it
wasn’t.
Why wasn’t this prevented? Political correctness.
My readers know that I’m not one of these loons who
advocates hunting down everyone who’s either Muslim or of Middle Eastern
descent or both. But the evidence here was overwhelming that an investigation
needed to be done.
1. If you have
nothing to hide, why hide it?
Investigate! There is no reason not to check on
communications to and from foreign addresses, specifically for this point. The
Fed doesn’t care if Becky has a crush on Billy. The Fed doesn’t care if you
email your family overseas several times a day, telling them how much you love
them. They would be looking for communications that pertain to terrorist
activity. If you have nothing to hide, why hide it?
2. Terror profiling
is a valuable tool.
An 89-year-old white grandmother who has a cross necklace on
is not going to be the next terrorist. We cannot let the forces of political correctness
prevent American investigators from scrutinizing those who are demographically
or statistically more likely to commit acts of terrorism. Nadal Hasan proves
this point. When you see a Muslim engaging in suspicious activity, look into
it. It’s a matter of common sense. When you see anybody engaging in specific
activity, look into it. His ethnicity and religion shielded him from the
investigation that would have saved 13 lives.
3. What’s right is
rarely popular.
The Bush Administration had this right. This is an area
where the Obama Administration is failing. It’s not popular or fun to say that
certain people of the Islamic faith need to be scrutinized. But Bush said it.
And we didn’t have an attack on US soil for nearly eight years. Obama refused
to say it, and we had an attack in his first year. Yes, I do blame the limitations placed on law enforcement agencies and
the specter thereof for the Fort Hood Massacre.