Fort Hood

You just have to wonder what was going on in all the minds of the people who've been mentioned as having doubts about this Major Hassan. I mean, he was transferred from his old base because of his attitude towards the army and towards America in general. He was researching suicide bombers and terrorist tactics and methods on the internet. He was in more-than-just-casual contact with a radical, jihadist imam. He was assigned a 'shadow' to try and prevent just the kind of thing that happened at Fort Hood. The FBI had him on a special watch list for his terrorist-like activity/interests. He had notations in his personnel file about all of this, and yet he was promoted just a few months ago. He bought a handgun recently and passed the FBI (note that this is the same FBI that's investigating him) background check - he was allowed to purchase the gun! Was this all political correctness carried to a deplorable conclusion? Or was it just pure laziness and stupidity? I don't condone profiling people based upon their appearance, national origin, the length of their hair, absence or presence of tatoos or piercings. However, when a person shows aberrent behavior, doesn't that justify the watchfulness? What happened to this man's "shadow"? The major's name doesn't sound anything like Peter Pan, who is the only one I know of who ever became separated from his shadow. Where was this person? What about the CO who approved his promotion? Shouldn't he be held accountable for some of this too? Or the person who ran the background check - and never bothered to search their own agency's files? How could this have POSSIBLY slipped through the cracks? You can be certain that if I exhibited the behavior that the major did, I would have my phone tapped, my computer hacked, and anything else deemed necessary to 'keep an eye on' me - as I should! But, in the interest of not offending a particular ethinic or religious group, it was let go and now many people are dead. What's wrong with us in this country? What happened to the 'land of the free and the home of the brave"? We as a country are so afraid of offending anyone - regardless of whether or not they are dangerous or wrong - that we're alienating our own citizens and placing them in harm's way - knowingly. Just to keep from offending people that already hate us! And yet, look at the lifestyle that many of these American-hating peoples strive for - OURS! Something is horribly wrong with this picture.