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THE HOPELESS BANALITY OF THE BLOGOSPHERE
An excellent take, sir... I'm beginning to think it likely that his warped understanding of his faith and his obligations to it is what drove him--with apologies to some, it's not the faith, but the man's understanding of it that drives some (like this guy, and like abortion clinic bombers, too) to kill in the name of... -- but I prefer to keep an open mind as more facts are released and more people who're familiar with the case speak out. Fear and stress over his deployment, after years of hearing and seeing so many of the physically & psychologically injured (which is, I think, what many who say "PTSD" as regards this case really mean) is still running a close second in my mind, but some of his statements about radical islam are pretty damning.
how do you “know” that Hasan joined the Army out of “duty?” Because some relative told some reporter that and you read it somewhere online?
By that logic, how can we "know" anything about this guy? Almost all of what we're hearing is second hand, offered by people who likely have their own prejudices for or against the guy, the Army, muslims, America, ..., ...? People report what they claim to know, or hear, or see, and we evaluate both the people making the claims and the claims themselves, and judge the credibility of both.
Generally, one assumes that folks who join the military do so for noble and selfless reasons, but there's no doubt that some do it to get out of their one horse town, to get the school benefits, or for some other reason that revolves around what they can get, rather than what they can give. Still, we assume the best, and give soldiers the benefit of the doubt until they say or act otherwise.
Comment Posted By repsac3 On 7.11.2009 @ 03:38
