GUEST BLOGGER: Chris Plante
An Islamic terrorist attack? Or just another workplace shooting?
From 1995 to 2001 Chris Plante and I covered the Pentagon together for CNN. We had many lively debates in our Pentagon office located on the E-ring, with a nice view of the National Cathedral out our window. Since his departure from CNN (at his own choosing), Chris has gone on to become a successful and popular conservative talk-show host on WMAL Radio here in Washington. I asked him for his views on the Ft. Hood shootings, and he sent me this response. His views are his own, and while you are free to comment here, you can also call him while he’s on the air, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, by calling 1–888-630-WMAL (9625)
Well, if you are one of the few people still wondering why The New York Times and other formerly august “news organizations” are on the brink of going broke, look no further than the “coverage” of the terrorist attack on U.S. troops at Fort Hood, Texas.
In the most deadly jihadi attack on U.S. soil since September 11th, 2001, we have
an obviously angry Muslim man who committed an act of mass murder.
Some facts now in evidence are:
– Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was passing out Korans shortly before the murder spree;
– He was dressing in traditional Muslim / Arab garb, (Note here that he is from Virginia);
– He was shouting the traditional jihadi murder cry of “God Is Great” (Allah u akbar) as he murdered American soldiers en masse; He received a poor performance review while serving at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in part for attempting to convert soldiers to Islam;
– He claimed he has been the “victim” of slurs since the attacks of September 11th;
– He wrote approvingly on a blog that Islamic “scholars” have equated jihadi suicide bombers with the selfless American war heroes who throw themselves on hand grenades to save fellow soldiers; He publicly declared that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were “unjust;“
– He expressed his feeling of conflict having to do with his orders to deploy to a war zone where Muslims would be killed by U.S. troops in combat. Just to cite a few pieces of evidence.
But the key event to be considered here is that fact that he showed up on base and committed an act of mass murder while shouting “Allah u akbar.” That’s the most important one. If you’re Columbo or Miss Marple, that’d be one you’d want to take into account.
Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, USA (U.S. Army Photo)
The attack is a perfect replica of innumerable attacks around the world by jihadis. It doesn’t share some of the characteristics, it shares virtually all of the characteristics. Hmmmm…? Where to now? Don’t want to leap to any rash conclusions before all the facts are in.
The news media, after reviewing the facts, is “relieved” to discover that the massacre had nothing to do with “his faith.” They are happy to report that this was not, repeat not, an Islamic terrorist attack. Just another workplace shooting. With an Allah u akbar or two thrown in to throw us off the scent.
The dying media are attempting to weave a laughably false — but very P.C. — narrative which holds variously that the blood-soaked practitioner of “the religion of peace” was the “victim” of bullying and slurs. This is known as the Columbine defense. Then, they tell us, his car was allegedly “keyed” some time ago by a mean person and therefore his rage was justified. With life-traumas like this, it’s no wonder he became a mass murderer.
He is the first know case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by osmosis. PTSD is now like the H1N1 virus. You can catch it simply by being near it. Now, all soldiers with actual PTSD — or any combat experience — have an open invitation to slaughter their fellow soldiers. Urban police officers as well. Emergency room doctors and nurses.
They now tell us that it is a clear case of “cognitive dissonance.” He was “conflicted” by his role as a U.S. military officer and his identity as a Muslim. I guess we know which one won out.
Anything, anything at all — other than the obvious truth. The 800 pound gorilla in the room is “Allah u akbar.” (And a pile of other evidence.)
The media tell us, he was “troubled.” Oh. Really? Ya think? How about Khalid Sheik Muhammad? Troubled? Truck bombers in Pakistan? Troubled? Slurs? Al Capone? Adolph Hitler? Stalin? Difficulty getting along? Tough childhoods?
Coincidentally, this clownish media narrative mirrors efforts by the Obama administration to dismiss the obvious. What are the odds of that?
Maybe someone “keyed” Osama bin Laden’s car while he was living in London.
I think The New York Times ought to look into that. Could unravel this whole notion
of “radical Islam” and direct is all back onto a corrupt and racist Western Civilization.
On MSNBC, as the smoke cleared and family members cried, Keith Olbermann on MSNBC declared Fox News kingpin Rupert Murdoch to be, “The Worst Person In The World.” They declared the alleged “key” incident to be “a hate crime.” But not the mass murder. This is a good example of why Fox News has an audience larger than that of CNN, MSNBC and CNN Headline News combined. And why “news” papers are going under at record speed. They can no longer be trusted, believed or even taken seriously. The echo bubble in which they live is about to burst.
September 11th has long been nothing more than a punch-line to the Upper-West-Side crowd. This is an opportunity to blame the U.S. military.
It’s like concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy because he was having problems at work. It not a joke so much as it is yet another offensive, politically correct fraud being perpetrated by a “news media” in decline. The best thing for America now is that these “news organizations” go the way of the buggy whip and make room for the next generation of media to replace them. This jig is up.
This false narrative is consistent with the left’s broader narrative that all terrorists at GITMO are innocent victims of the evil United States and — by extension — of course — the Bush administration.
O.J. was framed.
This is the left’s denial in full bloom. It’s the media’s collective version of the Twinkie defense.
And, as Columbo would say at the end of the show, “And one more thing…” Allah u akbar.
Hasan is guilty of waging jihad, but the “news media” is guilty of much more. Not just in this case. But in general, of trading credibility for the agenda of the left.
We live in very dangerous times.
Wake up.
The Chris Plante Show airs on WMAL, AM 630 in Washington, Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. You can listen live on the web at: http://www.wmal.com/
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