Phyllis Chesler: Hasan did not commit jihadic mass murder because he is 'mentally ill' but because he is a jihadist - '...Hasan's action was a planned execution. It was not the act of a man who suddenly "snapped."...Yes, we may call this the act of a lone shooter–if it turns out that he acted alone–but still, this lone shooter was someone who was inspired by a radical Islamist ideology which views such murderous acts as religiously heroic not as "psychiatrically deranged." In Gaza or on the West Bank, Major Hasan would be given a hero's parade. Osama bin Laden's followers will print posters and banners with his face. Some may choose to view him as dysfunctional, psychiatrically challenged, socially inappropriate, isolated, inflexible, fanatical–but that does not justify or excuse his jihadic crime. Many religious fanatics are also "mentally ill." It is the religious ideology that empowers criminal–and in Hasan's case, treasonous activity...'