Saturday, November 7, 2009

Sooo, Maybe Hasan Didn't Just "Snap"?

Via Memeorandum:

For all those in a "move along, nothing to see here" state of mind regarding the Ft. Hood shootings the Jawa Report has this:

BBC: Ft Hood mosque member defends shootings: "they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them."

Well, that doesn't sound like Hasan was a "lone wolf" who "just snapped". So who is this Ft. Hood mosque member and what is his relationship to Hasan? Apparently his name is Duane Reasoner, a recent convert to Islam, who was being "mentored" by Hasan. Here's an example of the things that Hasan was teaching Reasoner:

“He said he should quit the Army,” Mr. Reasoner said. “In the Koran, you’re not supposed to have alliances with Jews or Christian or others, and if you are killed in the military fighting against Muslims, you will go to hell.”

"They were, in the end, they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them. It's just like the majority of the people that will hear this, after five or six minutes they'll be shocked, after that they'll forget about them and go on their day."
Can we call Hasan a terrorist now? It is obvious from these statements as well a previous statements made by Hasan in front of witnesses that he was spreading hate based on his religious beliefs and that he believed that it was his duty to kill anyone that he considered to be a threat to his fellow Muslims.

Read the full report at Jawa.

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