I should say at the beginning that I in no way “sympathize” with Maj. Hasan, nor do I seek to justify his actions.  This article is meant to be an analysis of the events at Fort Hood and the situation surrounding the response to those events.

I almost feel bad when a President has to make perfunctory remarks after some act of violence or terrorism.  The public demands a statement, and to a certain extent they demand some kind of initial blame.  After acts such as those committed in September of 2001, the President is, in a way, “lucky.”  An event on such a large scale provides quite a longer time period of grieving, of information gathering, and of personal assessment before the public begins to think beyond the event to things such as responsibility for the act and the motivation that any individuals responsible for the act must have felt.  It is the smaller acts, the Columbines and the Amish school shootings, the Virginia Techs and the Fort Hoods, which cause problems.  There are only a few who directly grieve for the fallen.  The rest of us want to know who to blame.  Immediately.

Obviously, we have yet to uncover the exact motives behind Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s attack at Fort Hood on November 5, but there is one thing that almost everyone has either said or at least thought about: he was Muslim.  Birther nut bag and 9/11 conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi has already come forward with a theory claiming that Maj. Hasan once advised...wait for it…President Obama*.  Congressional candidate Lt. Col. Allen West has said that terrorists are “brainwashing” our soldiers.  Multiple news outlets have made mention that witnesses reported hearing the suspect shout “Allah Akbar” (God is Great) just before he began shooting.  Muslim groups everywhere have been releasing statements as quickly as they could possibly could both to denounce the attack and, hopefully, to fend off some of the inevitable attacks that are likely to come (and, unfortunately, have already begun).

I don’t really feel the need to address Corsi’s accusations.  I have no respect for Corsi or anyone who believes what this man says.  In spite of any political affiliations one may have, anyone that defends 9/11 conspiracy theories or theorists is an arrogant fool who wills themselves to ignorance in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  But the rest of the talk about whether or not Hasan’s faith had anything to do with the attack, including the talk coming from those who would, at this stage in the investigation, feel that there is enough evidence to call this an act of “terrorism,” is at the least disconcerting and certainly worth consideration.

*(From above) I’m sure you didn’t see that coming.  Actually I didn’t see that coming because it’s more insane than anything I thought even Corsi could believe.  The incredibly reliable, Pulitzer Prize winning World Net Daily has already been induced to add a note to the article they posted by Corsi stating that the “facts” that Corsi “reported” on were nothing more than gross distortions of the truth.

Read Part II of this post here.