Correction to my mention of the Ft Hood massacre

In my previous blog, where I mentioned the Muslim who murdered 13 of our service men, I said this event had occurred at Ft Bliss. This was, of course, an error. It was Ft Hood in Texas.

Also, I said none of the people at this base had had previous tours in Iraq. That was also an error.

However, these errors, while needing correction, in no way diminish the main point; namely, that it is the confusion as to what Islam is and how to distinguish radical Salafist Islamic thinking from the kind of moderate, or reformed, thinking practiced by many Muslims in America that needs to be better understood. To do all things possible to protect Americans from the radicals is entirely appropriate and in no way infringes on America's protection of religious freedom. Indeed, for this endeavor, we badly need the help of Americans of the Muslim faith who realize that Islam as taught in Saudi Arabia, or by the Brotherhood in Egypt, has no place in our country.

Political Correctness: It Kills

Freedom of religion; I suscribe to that, you say. Good, so do I. But, now, how do you interpret that freedom? If you say, it's okay to have four wives here in America, then, sorry, but I disagree. If you say, that, a Muslim taxi driver, has the right to deny service to a traveler carrying packaged liquor, then, sorry, I disagree. If, as a Catholic doctor, you think it's okay to divert a rape victim from having an abortion by not revealing your belief system and, by misleading the yourng victim, manage to deny her the procedure she so desparetly wants, then I must object. If, as an Orthodox Jew, you do not manage to get a woman out of a terrible marriage, because her husband won't give her a get, then, sorry, I disagree. If you excuse anyone, susbscibing to any belief system, of sexual abuse of others, especially minors, then, sorry, I not only disagree, but I protest.

I'm not making this stuff up. The situations mentioned above in general terms actually occurred in numerous specific situations.

The latest situation pointing to the harm that can come from political correctness is the murder of 13 of our troops in Ft. Bliss, TX. The perpetrator, or, perhaps I should say, since he hasn't yet been found guilty by trial, the "alleged" perpetrator is a Muslim fellow, born in this country and serving in our military as a psychiatrist. I should also mention that he has never been stationed out of the coutry. Also, he had not dealt with soldiers who had done a tour in the middle east.

We have here a person, who our people knew had written Islamic material of a radical nature in his blogs, and, who walked around the base in the gown and head covering of a devout Muslim. And, no one imagined he might act against our troops?

The signals coming from this fellow were in fact picked up, but no one dared take action. The risks of alienating his religious rights were considred more serious than what he might do to our men in uniform. Better to have 13 dead American soldiers than say to him, "Hey, buddy, you're acting contrary to our codes."

Oh, one thing more. This fellow went into the army right after high school. It was the army that sent him to medical school. Is this a great country or what?