Denying the problem won’t make it go away
posted at 5:50 am on November 6, 2009 by Michael van der Galien
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What happened yesterday was, rather obviously, horrible. As Michelle Malkin documents, yet another muslim extremist went on a shooting spree. The attack should serve as a reminder that the war on terrorism continues unabated. The U.S. may have gotten a new president, but that doesn’t mean it can just ignore the extremist-muslim problem that exists in America and in the rest of the world.
Sadly, that’s exactly what MSNBC and European media are trying to do. The leftist American news channel spent some time to yesterday’s terrorist attack on Ft. Hood, but forgot to mention the fact that shooter Major Malik Nadal Hasan was an extremist. The army discovered recently that the major has posted comments on several websites, comparing suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on grenades to protect their comrades.
Hasan was about to be employed to Iraq, which upset him a great deal, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann did say. But here too he forgot to mention one inconvenient fact: one of the reasons Hasan was so upset about being deployed to Iraq, was because he believed that muslims should “stand up” to U.S. forces in the Middle East. You’d think this was important enough to be mentioned, no? Chris Matthews did the same as his buddy Olbermann:
Matthews kept going on sympathetically about PTSD, and the “horrendous things” that Hasan must had heard as an Army psychiatrist. But in a fairly long career as an Army shrink, Hasan had never been deployed overseas.
But that fits the liberal media template. Military service can drive you nuts.
The problem with the approach of MSNBC and the European media is that ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away. Extremists have to be fought on several levels: ideological, spiritual, physical, etc. To do so, we have to admit that a problem exists. Muslim extremism exists. It’s even a gigantic problem, especially in the Middle East (but also in the West). Islamism is an ideology of hatred, intolerance and violence. We can’t compromise with it, we have to defeat it. Whitewashing the acts of extremists thinking they may just leave us alone if we stick our heads in the sand, won’t work.
You would think that the MSM have awakened to this fact by now, but no. Their political correctness prevents them from waking up and doing what they are supposed to do.
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Sadly, I suspect the MSM won’t confront the problem unless a muslim goes on a murderous rampage at the NY Times or at CNN’s studios.
Frustrating & depressing situation.
OhioCoastie on November 6, 2009 at 7:26 AM
“Tolerance” is like alcohol. A moderate amount adds something very sweet to life, but too much and you make yourself useless.
venividivici on November 6, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Tolerance is all well and good, but you can “tolerate” yourself right into a body bag.
At some point the people of this country are going to have to acknowledge there is most definitely a problem. I am NOT saying all Muslims in America have ulterior motives. However, I AM saying that if the feds were following this guy’s actions for SIX MONTHS how in the hell did he manage to gather two handguns and ammunition enough for an attack like this? He had to have gone out and bought the stuff or gotten access to it on the base. Did the feds let the base commander know one of the soldiers was under investigation for statements that might make him a danger were he to be sent to Iraq?
I dunno, it just seems to me we are making a grave mistake bending over backwards to prove we’re not “racist” or “anti-muslim” and ignoring warning signs that were they exhibited by anyone else would have warranted some sort of serious investigation or questioning.
And I think the left is going to use this as yet another anti-war club to beat the military and the GOP and Bush about the face and head with again. It’s disgusting.
Mad Mad Monica on November 6, 2009 at 9:09 AM
“Problem”? I hardly think one can call it a problem when an enemy of your nation rises through the ranks in your Army without even concealing his actual loyalties.
Would it be considered a “problem” in 1943 if an officer in Ft. Hood had written and spoken sympathetically for months about the need for German national selfhood and finally turned weapons on fellow soldiers while shouting “Heil, Hitler!”
rrpjr on November 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM
I’m surprised Olbermann didn’t speculate that Hasan was really a Christian right-wing redneck extremest who actually shouted “Hell, Yahoo, ack- BARbeque!”
Daggett on November 6, 2009 at 10:04 AM
There you have it. We call it ’spin’ but it’s beginning to look as if these liberals really believe much of what they say. With them there’s always a justification, a compelling reason,some one else is to blame and host of other excuses for in-excusable behavior. If liberals have one overwhelming and crippling failing it’s this. It’s why they tend to overlook or explain away shady political dealings and the dealers, why they seem unable to grasp that most of the public does not want the present health care bill. It’s why they allow crooks and liars to remain on their Congressional committees. It’s all explainable, justifiable, the devil made them do it and they had a bad childhood etc etc. Any other, more realistic point of view is labelled as unfeeling, cruel, negativism or similar. Primarily though, it’s why they cannot be allowed to remain in power.
jeanie on November 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Tolerance is not acceptance. I think we forget this. We tolerate a car alarm outside our window or a baby crying in public.
sammypants on November 6, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Even then, I suspect they would simply deny what had happened to them, and find a way to blame the attack on someone else.
Gator Country on November 6, 2009 at 10:55 AM
FIFY
Midas on November 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM