Saturday, November 7, 2009

Letter to Washington Post

Dear Editor,

According to The Washington Post, mass murderer Maj. Nidal M Hasan's "anger was building" [Unassuming on the surface, but roiling within - Nov. 7, 2009] intimating a possible motive. Is The Washington Post in the reporting business or the mind-reading business? According to other reports, however, Hasan was resolute and determined. The same Post article states that two days before the shooting, Hasan "calmly" walked around his complex giving away his possessions.

Major Hasan went on his rampage dressed in classical Muslim religious attire. He shouted "Allah Ahkbar" (God is great in Arabic) when he began firing. He had been chastised by his superiors for proselytizing Islam to his patients years earlier. Even the Post recognized that Hasan had posted internet comments in praise of suicide bombings – the surest sign that he had adopted the terrorist ideology. This was a clear case of a premeditated terror attack from a radical Islamist. Why does the Post refuse to accept the evidence?