[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Shelve your moronic partisan politics for a second [/quote]
I only said not to blame Obama because the referenced article blames Obama.
My point was that this isn’t a partisan issue.
Obama is being measured in his response just like the military is being circumspect. That response is very appropriate as the facts are still being investigated.
Obama doesn’t directly control the investigation in Texas.[/quote]
Brian: Agreed on all. To blame Obama for this is asinine, obviously.
I heard quite a few people take issue with his remarks following, with the main observation that they were passionless. Having not watched, I cannot comment, but to blame him adds insult to injury.
The Army is pushing strongly to bring more Arabic speakers into the fold and is taking more of a low-key approach as a result. Also, there is apparently a good deal more to this than meets the eye and I’ve heard from two good friends who are both still in, one a LTC in the Regular Army and one a MAJ in the Reserves.
Where Hasan parts company with McVeigh is in religious denomination only. If a “White Christian” were to undertake the same action (and wasn’t McVeigh a “White Christian”), it would be terrorism as well.
Cheap partisanship and shrill rhetoric at this accomplish nothing.
