Terrorism and Liberal Political Correctness

[Lemur]

The problem here was not a shooting, that was just the symptom. The problem is Jihadism which could have manifested itself in any number of ways.

I'm not intimately familiar with the details of the shooter from Ft. Hood, but I gather there is some question about whether he was motivated by jihadism or good old-fashioned crazytime.

As I said earlier, the originating Fox News story does not link to any documents, but I believe the "Protecting the Force" report is the source of hysteria. If the goal of the report was to set policies to protect our servicemen and servicewomen, is it really so outrageous to focus on base violence without emphasizing jihadism? There are multiple threat vectors on-base, such as domestic violence and white supremacists (who have explicitly attempted to infiltrate the armed forces). Violent jihadis are one of many threats.

If the DOD goal is to find policies that better protect our precious soldiers, sailors and marines, a broad approach makes sense.

Think about it. You have allowed yourself to get wound up by people with an agenda that has nothing to do with fighting militant Islamists. It is extremely easy to be manipulated by people with whom you agree.