If Hasan was *really* a terrorist, then had he been given a discharge, this still would've happened

[Roland99]

or worse.


Right?


I seriously, seriously doubt this would have been the case. But getting a right-wingnut to understand that is right up there on the list of impossible tasks.

[tblue]

1. Who knows? But broadbrushing Muslim people with enmity certainly won't help.

The world is watching.

[Why Syzygy]

2. It was an act of suicide

pure and simple, immho.

[aquart]

7. No. It was murder-suicide.

That's a different thing. He wanted to be remembered in the worst way.

[kenny blankenship]

10. We need to gird our loins for a Global War On Suicide!

Kill them before they kill themselves.

[paulsby]

11. no, it wasn't

it was multiple acts of homicide

hth

[rucky]

3. Right.

But it was the impending deployment that set him off. I don't think there's much debate that he was unfit for any type of duty.

[Roland99]

5. I think this tragedy will force the military to rethink similar situations as Hasan's in the future.

at least it should.

[JonQ]

4. Depends

it's hard to predict human behavior.

[kenny blankenship]

6. If he really was an AQ terrorist then he probably wouldn't have been begging the army to let him go

would he? He'd have quietly mustered out to the Malabar Front with his unit, and exploded a belt bomb when he was around a high ranking officer, or something like that.

[snagglepuss]

9. Good point. nt

[Warpy]

8. If he were really a terrorist

he would have targeted civilians. That's the definition of terrorism, you know.

[paulsby]

12. he's far worse than a terrorist

i think there are few acts more evil than turning on your own countrymen and fellow soldiers.

i agree that he is not a terrorist.

he's a murderer, and a piece of refuse

[Warpy]

13. All of that and likely insane, to boot. Just not a terrorist.

The Islamic extremists seem to have picked up on what the army missed: the man was crazy.

[paulsby]

14. i am agnostic on the insane issue

based on his lucidity in his presentation on islam for instance (he even quoted the bin laden quote about 'we love death more than you love life"), and all his other behaviors, etc.

imo, the bulk of the evidence points towards sanity, so i lean that way. but no belief either way.