It might have been a mistake, but I set up a google news alert on keywords “military spouse” a couple of days before the shootings. Ever since then I have been bombarded with more news items accusing the media and the presidency of being politically correct than I have people refraining from accusation because it is such a complex issue to analyze.
Oddly, today I received 2 hits – one story was from a military spouse on Fort Hood right here who while outraged at the incident still stayed far from calling it “a terrorist attack from the Islamic faith”. The other …. ahem … person, was not so delicate. And it is people … ahem … like him or her that get my blood boiling.
Here’s the conundrum I deal with: “Everybody is entitled to their opinions and their right to express them publicly” – yes? BUT “The people of this country, so arrogant and so protective of their so-called freedoms are too damned quick to point a finger at an entire religion”.
Here’s what I want to shout from the highest most visible point in the whole world “THE ISLAMIC FAITH IS NOT THE ONE TO BLAME“
Here’s what I want to say when questioned about that phrase: “The Islamic faith has been around for longer than Christianity. Maybe as long as Judaism. Religions don’t change overnight because America is the biggest target to aim at. Stop being stupid and do a little listening.“
Here’s what I want to say right here on my blog: “None of these Wannabe Whistle Blowers have ANY idea what life is like for the military – deployed or not – so shut the fuck up. You can’t know what was in Hasan’s head.“
And here’s what I sit home and cry to myself every single day: “Why the HELL did he have to be Muslim? Because now it’s ALL about that and not about the effects of war on soldiers and support forces.“
And here’s what I want to leave this post with: “I am not making any assumptions. I am not saying it is NOT a terrorist act. All I am saying is that if it is, it is no different from Timothy McVeigh and HE was home-grown American. Leave the Islam out of it.“
Thank you, and good night.
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I also gasped when I read his name, because I knew that his religion would become the reason for his actions in many people's minds. Even though he may have committed the act partially because of how he saw his religion in his own head, there are many Muslims who repudiate what he did, and there thousands of Muslims who are serving and have served “with distinction and honor” in the US armed forces. People who want to blame the Islamic faith simply choose to ignore this fact.
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