Obama to Congress: Back off the Hasan probe
posted at 10:13 am on November 14, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
In the aftermath of the massacre at Fort Hood and the deaths of fourteen people, some members of Congress demanded investigations into why the Army and the FBI failed to identify and stop Major Nidal Malik Hasan before he had an opportunity to commit mass murder. Some of the revelations from Hasan’s past, including communications with an al-Qaeda recruiter in Yemen, have Rep. Pete Hoekstra and Sen. Joe Lieberman promising to conduct separate investigations into the failure of counterterrorism efforts. President Obama warned Congress to stay out of it, at least until the FBI finishes investigating the shootings:
President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.
On an eight-day Asia trip, Obama turned his attention home and pleaded for lawmakers to “resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater.” He said those who died on the nation’s largest Army post deserve justice, not political stagecraft.
“The stakes are far too high,” Obama said in a video and Internet address released by the White House while the president he was flying from Tokyo to Singapore, where Pacific Rim countries were meeting.
There are two separate issues to be investigated, however, and nothing prevents them from being investigated in parallel. The first is the shootings themselves, which so far appear to be fairly cut-and-dried, at least in terms of identifying the shooter. Several witnesses saw Hasan shooting, and the military and FBI have publicly stated that they believe he acted alone. They certainly have enough evidence already to try Hasan, which will give the victims and their families justice.
But at the same time, we have to make sure that we don’t have other Hasans waiting in the wings, and we have to fix the failures in our counterterrorism efforts that allowed this to happen. That can’t wait until after Hasan’s trial, which could take months. Furthermore, that oversight authority belongs to Congress, not the FBI or the CIA or even the executive branch. Congress has to investigate the series of decisions made that shrugged off Hasan as no threat even though he made a number of contacts to a figure considered a suspect in the 9/11 plot and who openly recruits for al-Qaeda, behaved so oddly that his colleagues considered him “delusional” and complained up the chain of command about his apparent disloyalty, and who may have sent a lot of his money to Pakistan, according to reports from the House Intelligence Committee.
The families of the victims deserves justice. The American people deserve an accounting of the failure quickly enough to fix the problem so that more American families won’t have to cry for justice after other attacks. Fortunately, this country can walk and chew gum at the same time.
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Political theater?
And the announced Holder/Obama AQ-KSM trials in New York City are exactly what?
Yes…political theater.
coldwarrior on November 14, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Like, um, holding civilian trials for the 9/11 conspirators?
Does Barry actually think about the things he says before he says them?
misterpeasea on November 14, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Now would be a good time for the LA times to release the Khalidi tape they have been sitting on.
Lets have a Tea-party in front of the LA times.
Geochelone on November 14, 2009 at 11:07 AM
First of all, Ed and Allahpundit are not the most brilliant people in the world. Allah is less intelligent – or maybe it’s just Megan’s bust that has him confused.
Secondly, in light of Obama’s decision to try Terrorists in NYC.
Obama wants this guy to walk to some extend. Maybe that means no death penalty or maybe something else.
But don’t forget “I won”.
Obambi doesn’t care about liberals in NYC running down the street in Stilettos as Air Force One scares the tar out of them; he goes and decides to try Terrorist in NYC – and they will walk to some extent, mark my words.
Obama couldn’t care less about “military” types at Fort Hood.
And Yes, Ed was speaking strongly about the incident a week ago. All of a sudden he is under Obambi’s spell
father on November 14, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Obama makes me sick. He just doesn’t want this pinned on his toothless intelligence and defense policies, and he knows that’s exactly where these investigations will lead. What a fucking coward.
LeBron on November 14, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Obama is right.
The FBI deserves the same opportunity to destroy documents and concoct lies as Clinton’s FBI had after Waco and Ruby Ridge.
David2.0 on November 14, 2009 at 11:09 AM
This was not a “terrible tragedy.” This was a terrorist attack and it happened on his watch, perhaps because of his lax policies.
The translation of his remarks: “Please don’t make me look bad.”
PattyJ on November 14, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Thus far, the whole administration has been ‘Political Theatre’ since January.
Pass the popcorn…
RedbonePro on November 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Barack Political Theater Major Obama said what?
profitsbeard on November 14, 2009 at 11:18 AM
I’m very sorry. Please forgive my french, but
Phuck You, Mr. President.
bridgetown on November 14, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Some branches are more equal than others.
Geochelone on November 14, 2009 at 11:19 AM
And you chose “blatantblue”, and not blatantblack…a problem with color my little bigot???
Which would be interesting…two poster names…blatantblack and blatantwhite, which one would be considered to be more racist? Obvious…
right2bright on November 14, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Very true on the main point, that long term people automatically conform to the new ideals.
Case in point, I had a family member working in government under an elected official. The job was supposed to be non partisan, but the fact is the elected one would tend to use that office as a step up to the next one.
They would take some issue that resonated with the public, lets say for example, drunk driving, and do a study, submit findings and recommendations. My family member would find hey, maybe it isn’t as bad as MADD is trying to guilt us into thinking, and BTW, the government wastes a lot of time and money on such and such efforts with little return on investment.
Such a report would not bode well for the politician who’s working hard to keep those evil drunk drivers off the road, and may either reject the whole notion, or selectively edit it so it looked better for them. My family member would have to carefully word things so that the truth would actually get out, with references, but not so blatent as to have it rejected or give the politician a reason to fire them.**
By the same token, Holder can prod and reject all he wants, and many times will be successful. However, once someone else nails the truth red handed, especially if its presented right, it will get out there and TPTB won’t have much choice but to pursue it.
**This example is only that, an example, and fictionalized for illustration. Principles based in fact, “case” cited is not.
JamesLee on November 14, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Obama will decide this is too important for anyone but the very best to investigate the matter and he’ll call in Nobel Laureate Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei to get to the bottom of this.
Buddahpundit on November 14, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Last January a few branches were trimmed…
right2bright on November 14, 2009 at 11:21 AM
I wish Obama was as protective of the rights of the victims as he is of the Muslim Terrorists…and, by the way, that’s exactly what Major Hasan is. He is just home-grown.
kingsjester on November 14, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Osama Obama’s plea to Congress brings up the inevitable question raised by so many of his actions: what is he trying to hide?
Is there some tie between Hasan and the Traitor-in-Chief, no matter how small, that might be exposed? Did the White House/Justice Department/FBI/CIA know — and suppress — some piece of information at the Chicago Jesus’s request that might have stopped this act of terrorism before it happened?
I wonder if there is an inconvenient truth in here that would show yet another unsavory aspect of our America-hating boss-man.
MrScribbler on November 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM
As with “waiting”, as with Hasan, so with the 9/11 terrorists. Bush waited, and waited, and failed to prosecute the 9/11 terrorists in military tribunals.
Wait for the evidence to be lost, destroyed, or deemed off limits for trial. Wait for all the surviving victims and witnesses to meet their doom whether by accident, friendly fire, sabotage or ultimate sacrifice in battle before the trial that will take years if ever to complete. Wait until you’re dead to care. Forgive and forget.
ShouldaWouldaCoulda been whatever a defense attorney can manipulate this twisted judicial system under Holder’s thumb to decide based upon PC to further progressive revisionism.Selectivity is an elitist game, disregarding/shredding all things evident in favor of what suits one’s whim to further one’s agenda and enable one’s corruption further.
E pluribus unum. Our national motto is not limited to the contextual traditional meaning.
A “murderous lunatic” with “religious delusions,” does not make Hasan distinct from being a terrorist. Being a religious zealot does not mis-align with being a Jihadist terrorist. Making distinct differentiations does NOT mean that because he is one, he is not also the other.
Lacking all credence, the PC media fear being tagged the radicals that they are. PC media is moving to strike the word “radical” from association from “Muslim” in the public forum. The only PC acceptable usage of “radical” is Christian right wing radical. Bending over backwards to prove just how un-radical you are only makes you that much more vulnerable. Same goes for bending over forwards like Obama to foreigners.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Congress, don’t ask about anything that would put us in a bad light…V?
Christian Conservative on November 14, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Obviously a reference to the fact that he is a blue-blood.
Elitist!
IrishEi on November 14, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Frankly, I’m not seeing this. What am I missing?
IrishEi on November 14, 2009 at 11:29 AM
This president is seriously bad news. The next election may not come soon enough.
Static on November 14, 2009 at 11:30 AM
right2bright on November 14, 2009 at 11:20 AM
If you are ill, please seek help rather than spreading sickness here. You’re projecting evil from your own mind. Shame.
Be the grown-up and drop your feud.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 11:33 AM
What did Obama know, and when did he know it?
Top down, throughout his entire administration.
IMPEACH COVER-UP CORRUPTION
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 11:35 AM
ObaMao is using the KSM trial to re-make America. He’s playing for keeps and going for broke on this one. A lot of things can go seriously wrong for him while it plays out, and if enough public outrage comes of it, impeachment would definitely be on the table.
petefrt on November 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Wow Zero takes a 8 day trip around the world. We have Holder coming out and saying we are going to try the terrorist in NY, now Zero is coming out saying stall the investigation from overseas. This guy is nuts. If he wants this investigation stopped he should call a press conference and announce it on tv. So everyone knows what his plans are.
This guy is putting America at risk. I hope we can hold on for 3 more years while he’s out protecting terrorist, bowing to foreign leaders, and not making decisions on Afghanistan.
Brat4life on November 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Muslims take care of their own…
repvoter on November 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Says Obama as he creates political stagecraft with the terrorist trials in NY.
saneinflorida on November 14, 2009 at 11:40 AM
The stakes are too high? What stakes?
The FBI had info on this guy months ago and did nothing about it. He wants to give them more time to play CYA? What am I missing?
reaganaut on November 14, 2009 at 11:43 AM
“I don’t understand why there is a media blackout the 14th murder victim of the Ft Hood of Massacre.”
Perhaps it’s because of the conundrum the liberals (MSM) face between abortion and having to admit that a killed baby (in this regard) is murder.
And, the sad truth is that either way it is outright murder – regardless how the left wants to try and justify it.
right4us on November 14, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Gee, I guess you have to conspire with congress to bankrupt the country at lightspeed, but let’s slow down and be more deliberate when it comes to thwarting terrorists and creating jobs.
marklmail on November 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Yes, I think so. He’s betting the farm that no terrorist events will occur in New York while the show trial proceeds. As good as the NY LE antiterrorist forces are, only one has to leak through. If you really want a nightmare scenario, think about a shipping container in the harbor with a small nuke. He is really doubling down on this one.
a capella on November 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
The entire Obama Administration is caught up in this web. No, I am not accusing Obama of having masterminded Hasan’s treason and terrorism, though I would not put it past him, either. But this Obama Administration KNEW of Hasan’s aggressive deterioration within the DHS (1. FBI knew so Napolitano knew, they’d pass the info to her, and she knew enough to cover her own ass by telling Obama who told her to squash it with silence to hide behind; 2. Cyber Security Czar knew it). The Military hierarchy ALL knew about it, top down throughout the ranks. Inside the Oval Office, Casey specifically knew who regularly speaks with Obama and advises Obama on the war on terror. THAT was renamed contingency abroad JUST SO THAT Hasan et.al. could not be referenced as a terrorist in the media, being stateside instead of abroad.
Again, the ONLY domestic terrorists that this entire Obama Administration will ever acknowledge as enemies of the state are the law abiding citizens who revere our nation’s Constitution and expect the same from our Constitutional Republic government that is populated and ruled today by anti-Constitutional ELECTED members of Congress, the POTUS, and APPOINTED activist judges throughout our Judicial Branch that sadly includes Obama’s personal Attorney General who refuses to function as our nation’s attorney general from that very office wherein he works corruption.
Impeach this Administration
Pick a fraud, any fraud.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 11:51 AM
That would be same people who apparently bumbled it right?
Is this man really that stupid?
CrazyFool on November 14, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Since when was Obama against political theater? He taught workshops as a community activist to instruct people to use Alinsky’s rules for radicals. Obama is all about political theater.
Of course, Obama doesn’t want a probe for radical Islamists in the military any more than Democrats back in the 1950s wanted a probe for communists of the government. The probe will find them, which is the last thing Obama and the donkeys want. The probe should not be limited to the military, but expanded to the entire government. My guess is that there are plenty of Islamists working in the government.
Tantor on November 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM
If they were investigating some professional sport for drugs, Odumbo would give them full speed ahead…. that’s IMPORTANT!!!!
It never ceases to amaze me. When I think he can’t be more amateurish, partisan, and stupid, he excels himself and provides more embarrassment for the country. The rest of the world is sniggering at us, and Odumbo is too stupid to be able to tell. Bowing to the emperor and patting the Queen on the back….. unbelievable arrogance and stupidity.
ultracon on November 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
“Is this man really that stupid?”
No – but the people who allow him to get away with are – or, are complicit in subterfuge.(still peas in the same pod) – in my opinion.
right4us on November 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM
CarolynM on November 14, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Can’t we get a moments peace without this guy. Now he releases video over his internet while flying AF1 to foreign countries. Ain’t technology grand.
Kissmygrits on November 14, 2009 at 12:03 PM
The Yemeni connection is very likely key. The fadeaway jumpshot presidouche is always shilling for his subservise AG, the terrorist pardoner himself. Holder has beaucoup tentacles in his previous law firm (Covington & Burling) which represents ragloads of … yes, Yemeni terrorists at Guantanamo. In fact, Holder is such a shill for terrorists, would it really be unexpected if he decided to strap on the backpack himself? Well, in a way he already has.
Who would expect anything less than a keep-your-nose-out-of it smokescreen from Bill Ayer’s grammar buddy? For the Shoutout Presidouche (say that 3x fast) to warn Congress against playing politics is the kind of sanctimony Hugo and Fidel are proud of.
We cannot go on like this. Divorce is imminent. If Lieberman and Hoekstra have balls, they will tell TOTUS to FO and go back to cramming SEIU payoffs into House bills.
Western_Civ on November 14, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Who didn’t see this coming!?
xler8bmw on November 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM
If he’s tried in Texas under Texas law, he’s sitting on death row.
docdave on November 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM
He prefers the country focus on the NYC political theatre, where Bush is the focus.
AnninCA on November 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM
He is really doubling down on this one.
a capella on November 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
And he wouldn’t gamble. The fix is in. Obama consistently promised violence against American patriots. He bragged of his persistence. “If nothing else, I am persistent.”–BHO
In other words, this b@st@ard is hell bent on terrorizing this entire nation. We’re gonna get it whether or not we “wait”. At present, we still have the structure of our Constitutional Republic in place, though it is populated by those tearing it down, line by line, article by article, branch by branch.
In their Constitutional battle, we’re already dead. So what are we going to do about it? Give in? Cry and whine, bitch and moan? Number among the vermin? NO!
Measure up to the determination that is our American Legacy. Honor our founding fathers and all those brave souls who died to establish America and to maintain America. We do the same for those alive today, no matter which state of our union, those at Ft. Hood, those yet to come.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
Hold this POTUS accountable.
Hold this CONGRESS accountable.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM
slow
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM
We are cowards for not wanting a national conversation on race.
Obama et al are cowards for not wanting a national conversation on PC and cover for favored groups, including Muslims.
To me this looks like whining that it could/would make us look bad to Muslims internationally, the ones he wants to like us, the ones he wants to deal and negotiate with.
It’s the Big O concerned again with his image over substance, and the leftist conviction that reality can be manipulated. Most of us Americans want investigations, let the chips fall where they may.
jodetoad on November 14, 2009 at 12:15 PM
If NYC focus on Bush is still stuck on stupid, then what they get from THEIR Obama is what they want.
That NYC would terrorize itself and subsequently the entire nation so as to get over Bush by “getting even” with whatever they see as Bush’s sins clarifies why NYC represents an abusive burden that the rest of us are tired of carrying.
Chicago would like to host the nation’s new Stock Market.
San Francisco would like to host the world’s new UN.
Las Vegas would like to host the new world’s capital banking center.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Jihad is incompatible with military service.
Maquis on November 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Jihad is incompatible with [US] military service.
Maquis on November 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM
Obama has no problem attacking the CIA (& Bush lawyers) while we are in two wars. ObamaDrama is a bad B-Rated movie.
TN Mom on November 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM
still slow
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM
My thoughts exactly, immediately I read Obama’s statement. This guy lives and breathes political theater. His entire campaign was political theater. His administration is composed almost entirely of political theater. His difficulties now are largely due to the fact that political theater is all is he capable of of doing. Once you get past the smoke and mirrors, there is virtually nothing there beyond the thuggishness of the Chicago way and the discredited social and economic policies of authoritarian socialism.
I despised Bill Clinton for his self-serving hypocrisy. Obama has taken self-serving hypocrisy to levels hitherto unknown, and the icy emotion in my heart goes far beyond contempt. I pray for the day our country is freed from the control of this dangerous, dishonest narcissist and his corrupt and calculating cronies.
(Actually, I’m profoundly agnostic. That prayer bit is just to aggravate Allah.)
novaculus on November 14, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Purple Hearts for Fort Hood fallen?
Not if it’s a “senseless tragedy” rather than a jihadist act of terror.
Drained Brain on November 14, 2009 at 12:27 PM
ObamaDrama is a bad B-Rated movie.
TN Mom on November 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM
It reeks of human blood.
You might have viewed the edited version of Obama’s X-rated pornographic assassination of the US Constitution.
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Zombie Obama.
Maquis on November 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM
What was Obama placing in front of each fallen soldier’s framed photo at their Ft. Hood Memorial Service?
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I agree, 100%. Furthermore, to illustrate, let’s take Obama’s recent words for this particular topic, paraphrase them a bit, and apply them to fit the narrative for the announced trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, and his cohorts in a civilian court, of all places:
Sigh.
ReagansRight on November 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM
I don’t even know where to begin.
Yes, I agree, any ties between Obama and Hasan should be scrutinized. There is nothing there, I’ll assume and I believe but whatever the F Obama says we need to be doing the opposite, political theater is only part of this guys twisted picture.
Furthermore, we have got to make a pledge as Americans to do everything in our power to keep pure narcissism out of the WH. This guy is a sick sick man.
ORconservative on November 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Sure he wants to stop investigations that he can’t personally control.
He put the policies in place that enabled the attack.
He’s personally responsile for 14 deaths.
How much you want to bet that Holder was personally briefed about Hasan. Obama might have known as well.
notagool on November 14, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Impeach this POS. How much more of this are we willing to take?
BetseyRoss on November 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM
American patriots to Obama, “go away”
Hening on November 14, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Okay Obama, how about we follow your example? Lordy! Can this traitor get any more despicable?!
csdeven on November 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM
And he has is very own cult following: The liberal media.
TN Mom on November 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM
We have to assume that the are other major Hasans in our military. We also have to assume that our military has become to politically correct, and that background and security investigations have been compromised becuase of political correctness.
It is up to us to each contact and demand from our congressional representatives, that the DoD put in more strigent background and security clearance checks, and that all muslims be subjected to reinvestigation under the new security procedures. It is the only way to elimate possible infiltration of our armed forces.
paulsur on November 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM
The longer Congress waits, the more time government bureaucrats have to cover their tracks.
c3ichief on November 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Obama to congress: Back off trying to find out what the truth is.
JellyToast on November 14, 2009 at 12:37 PM
Because we just can’t have it known that we suffered a terrorist attack on my watch.
TN Mom on November 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Thanks!!! Interesting.
yoda on November 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Right on target
Bad theater however. Not exactly what the public has been clamoring for, not that Obama cares
Wonder stakes Obama refers to?
Hasan is toast on murder charges regardless of any hearings because of the huge number of witnesses, including the lady who shot the perp.
The only thing left to settle is sanity, and terrorist intent. A Congressional hearing cannot destroy proof of insanity. As for terrorism, and ties to terrorists, a Congressional hearing might be the only way to get that established, before Obama manages to sweep the islam under the rug
Obama wants the WTC dog and pony show to overshadow the Fort Hood massacre, because he can tie that one into Bush, while Fort Hood is isam 2009
A shame the elected President will act against the safety of the nation paying him his salary for the sake of a coverup
entagor on November 14, 2009 at 12:49 PM
This just in, Bush asks Congress not to investigate 9/11.
Holger on November 14, 2009 at 12:51 PM
And he has is very own cult following: The liberal media.
TN Mom on November 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Lest we forget our public school teachers playing Pied Piper with out children…
maverick muse on November 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM
I actually agree with him for once. I think its nothing but Political theater on both sides.
fastestslug on November 14, 2009 at 12:56 PM
I’ll head over to DU and sign up to tell them the same thing since this theater is only being playing on the two extreme sides. Us in the middle are just watching the show quietly.
fastestslug on November 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Yes, ten times over. No a hundred times over. No a thousand times over.
flyoverboy on November 14, 2009 at 1:00 PM
The possibility that Hasan was part of a conspiracy, even if remote, warrants allowing the FBI to complete their investigation before Congress enters to muddy the evidentiary waters.
Barry gets this one right.
exdeadhead on November 14, 2009 at 1:09 PM
And um, thinking that other potential jihadis in uniform are likely few and probably receiving necessary attention without media awareness, since they are not of assistance. This may be naive, but the military is capable of media silence, especially when seeking to avoid embarassment.
Too bad we cannot conduct our wars away from an unhelpful media.
exdeadhead on November 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM
No. He simply repeats what Rahm or Ax (or sometimes Michelle) tell him to say.
n0doz on November 14, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Yet another what if Bush had said this?
Dingbat63 on November 14, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Obama said he would side with the muslims when the time came. The trials for the 911 master minds, this case, etc. show that he was telling the truth about that. I don’t care what he pretends to be, in reality he is a muslim.
deewhybee on November 14, 2009 at 1:29 PM
They did not do so well with Hasan and that is the problem that warrants a Congressional hearing
The Inquisition of Political Correctness has the mil in such a deadlock, no one can report a medical officer for dclaring infidels must be beheaded, lest the mil behead the informer for not being politically correct
Hasan got as far as he did because of politics in the mil. This politics comes from without, not within. This politics made possible the deaths at Ft Hood.
There is no reason on this earth for volunteer soldiers, returning from a combat zone, to be put in the care of a wacko islamic who had declared to witnesses that infidels should be beheaded and boiling oil poured down their throats.
If they couldn’t fire him, they ought to do what I have seen done before, create a job title and an office in a secure location, and pay him to write reports until he retires.
This was not possible because the guy was wired to scream discrimination to a nation that gave him benefits his own homeland would deny to Jews, so they couldn’t even file him away for the sake of public safety. At least on Obama’s watch
I do not call Hasan’s homeland ‘America’ because Home is Where the Heart Is.
A Congressional hearing is a very good idea, to counter the weight of the Presidency which is creating this atmosphere of dread in the mil. If Congress gives some voice to the negatives of pretending wacko islamists are not a problem in sensitive posts, the mil may be able to defend itself better in the future
entagor on November 14, 2009 at 1:37 PM
TheDiabolicalOne doesn’t want us to jump to conclusions or for Congress to investigate a terrorist attack? Okay. Then do the exact opposite of anything he suggests/commands. He wants to give enemy, non-combatant terrorists the rights of U.S. citizens in N.Y. courts? Don’t allow it. Stand up! Speak up, especially to your Congress critters.
It is quite clear to this bitter, clingy clinger, tea bagging tea partier mobster, extremist conservative, (etc.), that whatever TheDiabolicalOne says is in fact the opposite of truth; whatever he espouses is the opposite of prudence; whatever he plans is the opposite of being in our best interest as a nation; whoever he bows to is not my overlord; the ideology he follows is diabolically anti-Republic/Constitution/free market/freedom preserving and morally good. Recognize the evil and then do everything in your power to defeat this Obamination and his minions.
I have faith that the light will ultimately prevail. As Hannity says, “Let not your hearts be troubled.” And as Beck says, “Hold to the truth. Question with boldness and speak without fear.”
We’re Americans. We’ve defeated worse enemies. As Ed says, “we can walk and chew gum at the same time.”
Opinionator on November 14, 2009 at 1:42 PM
God DAMN it 52%, what the &%#$ were you thinking!
The JUSTICE required here is to NOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN just because of your simpering sensibilities!
Screw EVERYBODY who sat back and let this happen because they KNEW about Hasan but they held back because of political correctness.
Political correctness costs lives. Those responsible must be punished, even if only by public embarrassment, or it will continue to cost lives.
And it’s 14 dead, stupid scumbag reporters.
Merovign on November 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM
If the repubs get control of the Hose next November, I want to see a full investigation carried out on this Barack Hussein Obama character.
I thinks it’s time America found out who this goober really is.
Dave R. on November 14, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Edit: LOL-I meant House, not hose.
Dave R. on November 14, 2009 at 2:05 PM
A local radio host, Bryan Suits ( a decorated military veteran) on KFI in Los Angeles has been livid about news that the wounded and dead in Ft. Hood WILL NOT BE AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. To do so is to admit that there was a terrorist attack on home soil 10 months into this administration.
Obama will simply not let that be the story and will rob the wounded and dead of their recognition if that is what it takes. He is forming a movement to washington with other recipients to throw their Purple Hearts over the fence on to the White House lawn.
Wounded veterans who wish to learn more can email him from their private email account (do not use an @.mil address).
kurtzz3 on November 14, 2009 at 2:07 PM
They need to start investigating the WH and then down.
This is pure insainty. Let the military take care of Hasan and start at the top.
Holder on tv yesterday and Obama grovelling to the Chinese makes it most apprent that until we start at the top, we are going to just keep spinning our wheels.
Spinning our wheels because the distraction machine is so damn effective. Take Hasan. We are dying to get to the bottom of that and then poof we have KSM in NYC on trial, next week it will be something else and so on until another jihadist makes a splash (or splat) and then the whole thing will start over. Shoot, I forgot Healthcare and crap and trade illegal immigration. The WH is damn good and it is working.
ORconservative on November 14, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Where’s the wussified Republican ‘leadership’…McConnell?
Schadenfreude on November 14, 2009 at 2:33 PM
FORGET BEING DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN – watch this on Sunday.
This Sunday Fox news, is going to air a very important documentary about Barack Obama, Sunday night at 9 P M Eastern.
The report will go back to Obama’s earlier days, showing even then his close ties to radical Marxist professors, friends, spiritual advisers, etc. It will also reveal details about his ties to Rev. Wright for +20 years i.e. how he was participating with this man, and not for the reasons he states!
The report has uncovered more of Obama’s radical past and we will see things that no one in the media is willing to put out there. It will be a segment to remember.
Mark your calendar and pass this on to everyone you know: Sunday night, 8 P M . CT ; 9 P M ET. Democrat or Republican, this report will open your eyes to how YOUR country is being sold down the road to Totalitarian Socialism.
If you care about the direction of our country, pass this notice on to everyone you know.
Schadenfreude on November 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM
I would like to know if the WH or the DOJ stopped the FBI from arresting Hasan.
PattyJ on November 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM
It is not Emperor (in his own mind) Obama’s constitutional prerogative to tell congress what do do. Congress has a duty to investigate this (btw, they should also be investigating ACORN and SEIC and Obama’s ties to them) and Obama should just STFU.
MB4 on November 14, 2009 at 2:56 PM
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