Fort Hood

The following article by Mark Ames was sent by a reader to be shared. Click on the link at the end to read his complete thoughts. Speaking of thoughts, Major Hasan was reported to have said that he was first a Muslim and then an American. How many soldiers would say that they are first Christians and then Americans? What is the significance of either statement?

Focusing on Ft. Hood Killer's Beliefs Is an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

by Mark Ames

It’s hard to pinpoint what’s the most shocking thing about Major Malik Nadal Hasan’s shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas. I’ll start with this: there’s nothing all that ground-breaking about it. Happens all the time, it’s just that we’re a nation of amnesiacs who forget all the unpleasantries, and refuse to learn the valuable lessons.

For starters, Fort Hood is located in Killeen, Texas -- where one of the deadliest rampage shootings in American history took place in 1991, when an unemployed ex-Navy enlistee, George Hennard Jr., crashed his pickup into a popular cafeteria, pulled out two handguns (Hasan also used two handguns), and murdered 23 people before taking his own life. The day before the massacre, Hennard was eating a hamburger ...http://www.uruknet.info/?p=59808