Saturday, November 7, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Rusty Shackleford: Understanding Fort Hood: Nothing 'Sudden' About 'Sudden Jihad Syndrome' - "Shock" and "horror" are the words being used to describe the massacre at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan. But while the events were "horrible," they should have come as a "shock" to no one -- at least if by "shock" they mean "surprised that Hasan would turn so violent." Hasan was a devout Muslim who, prior to his transfer to the Texas base, attended a conservative mosque on a daily basis and was known by associates to occasionally rant about U.S. involvement in the War on Terror...'
