America lost nearly 3,000 wonderful people on September 11, 2001 when over a dozen Islamist terrorists hijacked four planes and used them as suicide missiles. We lost 13 of our best, youngest on November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood when an Islamist gunned down his fellow soldiers on American soil. I consider both of these tragedies acts of terrorism -- or at least part of the extremist Muslim war of Jihad against the West.

(Insert disclaimer here that I know the difference between the average Muslim and the evil ones who want to kill non-Muslims*)

Both of these events show flaws in our security systems, for which we depend on our government. Both events had warning signs. However, the Fort Hood shooting by ("alleged") US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan had far more warning signs and shows a great breakdown in the post-9/11 security.

We could have easily prevented the Fort Hood shootings. The US government knew that the murderer, Hasan, had over two dozen email exchanges with a known terrorist in Yemen. He also talked for an hour during a training to behead all non-believers and pour boiling water down their necks. He gave up wearing his uniform in exchange for Muslim garb. Hasan told fellow soldiers and blogged that he supported suicide bombers.

Hasan also served on a security panel in April 2008. The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) established the Presidential Transition Task Force, comprised of national and homeland security experts, policymakers and practitioners with the to determine the top strategic priorities to advance the nation’s security in the coming decade.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjczMmJkNzZhNDE3OTI3...

So, while the number of deaths and significance of September 11th far exceeds that of November 5th Fort Hood shooting, the opportunity to prevent Ft Hood far exceeded that of 9/11. And, the reasons for the failure indicate an ongoing problem, continued by statements from the Army's Chief of Staff, General Casey, Jr., who doesn't want to jump to conclusions about a murdering terrorist, but does want to jump to conclusions against the entire Army possibly harming the 0.25% of the Army population made up of Muslims.

I don't give one bit of credibility to the talk of "pre-post traumatic stress disorder" and the stress he suffered from listening to horror stories. Why haven't we seen other psychologist over the past 50 years start shooting people up while yelling "Allah Akbar" ("God is Great" in Arabic)? Or the nurses and doctors at the military hospitals that see young boys with their legs blown off -- why don't they go on shooting rampages? I see this defense as malicious and a cover for the real threat -- that our government refuses to protect us because of political correctness. Security of Homeland Defense warned us about domestic terrorism from returning military personnel and Right Wing extremists -- well, she almost had it right except for everything but the "military" portion.

And we've seen this "Sudden Jihadi Syndrome" in our military before. Hasan Akbar, a Muslin Sergeant in the US Army, threw a hand grenade into a tent with officers in Kuwait, killing two and wounding 14. Akbar, a convert, wrote in his diary before the attack, "Akbar wrote prior to the attack "I may not have killed any Muslims, but being in the Army is the same thing. I may have to make a choice very soon on who to kill." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Akbar

We've had enough warning signs. Let's start taking this seriously before more people die because of political correctness and cowardice on the part of our government to protect us.

		September 11th still outrages me more
		Fort Hood Massacre outrages me more
		I only get outraged at certain things our government does

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