V is for...

There's a lot of talk regarding the recent tragedy at Fort Hood.  Some say Muslims should not be singled out; others want to lock them down.  Some say Hasan alone is the only one responsible for his crime.  Some say Islam is a religion of violence and that Islam is extremist by its very nature (ie jihadist Islam is the same as regular Islam).  Furthermore, we are confused because there seem to be Muslim heroes in the US armed forces; their graves strewn amongst many other American heroes.  Well, I don't know the answers to all those questions.  What I do know is: if it walks, smells, talks, and acts like a duck, then it's pretty darn logical to think it might be a duck (or in this case, a traitor).  And the penalty for treason in this country is pretty serious (like death).  Not much of a penalty though, it would seem, for a people who believe in blowing themselves up for their cause of removing infidels from the earth. 

In regards to the Ft. Hood tragedy, our own military command seems to be off base just a tad.  General Casey recently said, "I believe it would be an even greater tragedy if our diversity becomes a casualty here."  Maybe the word "greater" wasn't used so well in this context.  Loss of diversity would certainly pale in comparison to the loss felt by the wives, children, and families of the recent victims of this murdering robotic parasite.  Whether Hasan was of the "x-treme" or more "regular" version of Muslim, there is something to say here about a repeatedly violent mindset; a mentality that is controlled by far away Imams rather than conscience.  Over and over again Muslims kill lots of people for so-called religious reasons.  In recent times, people calling themselves Christians have murdered people too.  But were they really trying to follow the word of God as real Christians aspire to do, or were they simply acting in deluded self interest?  Were they praised by other followers of Christianity for their bravery as in Islam?  Did they grow up as children being taught that stealing another person's life is a great honor?

As Patrick Stewart playing Capt. Picard once said in Star Trek: "The line must be drawn here!"  A line must be drawn between what we believe in our hearts and minds in this nation and what we are expected to bend over and accept with political correctness.  This clip also contains some interesting parallels to how we might feel at a time like this (maybe some feelings of vengeance mixed with feelings of responsibility and the urge for strong leadership and safety):


If you're a radical Muslim like Hasan, V might stand for Vendetta.  But if you're a true American, V stands for two things: first, it stands for Victory!  And victory will be ours because we are a people of conscience, honor, truth, and freedom who worship the one true God.  We refuse to lose.  Secondly, it stands for Veteran.  With tomorrow being Veteran's Day, please remember those, whether they be Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or Confusian that helped preserve the freedom we enjoy today and help to regain it every time it is threatened by enemies foreign and domestic. 

True heroes exist.  True evil exists.  Hasan may have been a hero to a select bunch of non-thinking jealous radicals who want their 72 virgins in heaven.  But he has no honor.  And hopefully he has no honor among Muslims as a whole.  But it's unfortunate that it is so difficult to know that for sure. Honor belongs to those who are able to sacrifice themselves for the good of others not only for themselves.  Honor belongs to the American soldiers that give of themselves.  I wish them safety, and though they are trained for war, I wish them peace.  And I hope that our government and military command place more importance on the safety of the American soldier than they do on the politically correct, softsoap, shortsighted, misprioritized concept of diversity.