by Anthony Perlingos

Created on: November 12, 2009

In recent times with 9-11 becoming a distant memory in our collective rear view mirror, tragedy has befallen our great nation once more. Like any other citizen who has been paying attention and not obsessed with the Kardashians and Dancing with the Stars, I have been sadly reflecting and paying attention to the tragedy that is Fort Hood in the great state of Texas.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I feel a sense of anger and betrayal at the failure in stopping this latest disaster that has befallen us. When I first heard about the disaster and got the reports of the immediate aftermath, I figured it to be a disgruntled and mentally unstable soldier who just happened to be a Muslim. After all if I were to point out that Major Nidal Hasan was a Muslim first, that would be considered profiling right?

And herein lies the problem. We have become far too sensitive and tolerant that it has now become a liability and not an asset of living in these United States. People I believe, are so overly concerned with not being labeled with some type of less then complimentary title, that we are not allowed to speak the truth anymore as you might be branded with any one of a number of stigmas. And we want everybody to like us right ?

In regards to Fort Hood, I have read numerous stories and Op Ed pieces that to my bewilderment tried to seek a deeper meaning of what made Major Hasan tick. And dare I say it, in some of the more liberal publications like the NY times and the LA times, they were almost trying to paint Major Hasan as a sympathetic character. CBS news tonight kept referring to Major Hasan as the alleged gunman and I say, tell it like it is!

Make no mistake about this, I feel the same level of sympathy for Major Hasan as I did for Timothy Mcveigh or John Allen Muhammad, which is none at all! Those executions are more then justified, and yes I do believe in capital punishment and I do not think we utilize it enough. All the telltale signs of the problems that would be associated with Major Hasan were evident within the last year at the least.

Doctors at the Walter Reed Army medical center were questioning his belligerence and vocal outburst and overzealous views of Islam. And many questioned his mental stability. He was also on the FBIs radar as he was part of a mosque with an Imam whom also counseled two of the perpatrators of the attacks of 9-11.

This Is not conjecture, these are facts! Major Hasan had connections to Anwar al Awlaki, a radical cleric being

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