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The only thing worse than mass murder at a US military base is mass murder at a US military base followed by unwise comments from the nation’s top general. In my opinion, General Casey’s comments following the tragic events at Fort Hood made the situation worse, not better.

General Casey said: “As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse.” In other words, taking action against potentially hostile members of the military because of their radical religious beliefs and extreme ideologies is worse than mass murder at Fort Hood. 

It appears the nation’s top general has jumped aboard the runaway diversity bandwagon. The diversity bandwagon is the belief that we must be tolerant of all races, ideologies, and religions even if it means putting our own nation’s security and morality at risk. Enough already. Has Casey forgotten his history? Desperate times call for desperate measures.

During the early stages of WWII thousands of Japanese Americans were rounded up and put into camps. Sounds extreme, doesn’t it? But for many Americans living back then it wasn’t extreme. Were we living back then? Were we old enough to remember the fear the Japanese nation caused in America? If not, then perhaps we should not pass judgment on the government’s decision. Today we have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight which is that the camps were not needed. Yet we cannot fault the US government for taking what it saw as appropriate action against Japanese Americans during a time of national crisis. 

During the mid 1800’s the US government sent thousands of soldiers to Utah to prevent Mormon uprisings. Johnson’s army settled in a valley southwest of Lehi called Camp Floyd. 20/20 hindsight says that the army was not needed, yet we cannot fault the US government for taking action. The government thought the Mormons presented a national security risk. I’ve visited Camp Floyd several times. When I look at the graves of the soldiers who died there during their stay at the camp, I harbor no resentment as a Mormon. They were doing what they felt was needed given the circumstances. 

Today there are radical factions of Islam that are hostile toward the US government and the US Constitution. Given current circumstance, I think it appropriate to seek out members of the US military who might be sympathetic toward these radical factions. Those who harbor hostile feelings or actively affiliate with groups that are hostile toward the US should be retained until they are no longer a threat. Let history decided whether such actions were necessary. For now we’ll act in the interest of national security.

Anytime members of a particular race, religion, nationality, and ideology repeatedly demonstrate hostility toward the US government and the Constitution, it has given up freedoms and must subject itself to closer scrutiny. However, rather than take such tough measures, General Casey wants to move forward with the blinders on as if there are no problems. According to Casey’s bandwagon diversity, searching out potentially seditious soldiers is worse than the slaughter of American soldiers at a military base.   
 


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S.Faux

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 4:28:24 pm

Dave C.:

You state: "Anytime members of a particular race, religion, nationality, and ideology repeatedly demonstrate hostility toward the US government and the Constitution, it has given up freedoms and must subject itself to closer scrutiny. "

I appreciate your anger at the Fort Hood shootings. I am angry too. But, I am uncomfortable with your argument.

Were the ancient Roman authorities justified in throwing Christians to the lions?

Nidal Malik Hasan was a male psychiatrist. Should we start an investigation on all males? After all, males are notoriously involved in violence. And, of course, everyone knows that psychiatrists are independent thinkers fully capable of nonconformist and radical thought. Do we need to do a special investigative focus on all male psychiatrists in the military??

We need to be careful about guilt by association. Marginalizing groups of people is too easily a product of prejudice and discrimination.

Our country and our Army is made strong by diverse groups, such as the Muslim people.

Of course, if there are warning signs, like what Hasan exhibited, then quick action needs to be taken. But, I would be strongly opposed to inhibiting religious freedoms, even in the U.S. Army.

 

Jettboy

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 6:45:01 pm

S. Faux, what lunacy you advocate. We all know what and who this person was and we know others of his kind have and continue to advocate what he does. Muslims, like Mormons before the 20th C.. have proven time and again that perhaps their patriotic good will should be questioned. Yes, as a group. To paraphrase a saying, "your freedom ends where my nose begins." Until I see Mulsims ratting on other Muslims; speaking out with more than a PR piece of paper, then they deserve Scientology like treatment. They have all at this point earned the designation members of a murder-suicide cult.

Diversity is an evil that must be eradicated so long as it covers up sin and murder.

 

John

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 7:36:31 pm

OK, let's get rid of diversity and go back to an all-white, all-male military like we used to have in the good old days. Will that make you happy?

 

Dave C.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 8:20:45 pm

John,

"OK, let's get rid of diversity and go back to an all-white, all-male military like we used to have in the good old days. Will that make you happy?"

-No because it will remove thousands of visible minority soldiers who are 100% committed to defending the USA and the Constitution from foreign and domestic enemies.

 

Dave C.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 8:29:30 pm

S.Faux,
"Were the ancient Roman authorities justified in throwing Christians to the lions?"
--No because the early Christians were not acting in a seditious manner toward the Roman state.

"Do we need to do a special investigative focus on all male psychiatrists in the military??"
--No because psychiatrist have not banded together to bring harm to the US government and its Constitution.

"Marginalizing groups of people is too easily a product of prejudice and discrimination."
-- Prejudice and discrimination is warranted against a homogenous group that openly seeks to kill innocent Americans and destroy the freedoms of the United States.

"Our country and our Army is made strong by diverse groups, such as the Muslim people."
--Seditious soldiers of any stripe and color do not strengthen our country and army.

"I would be strongly opposed to inhibiting religious freedoms, even in the U.S. Army."
--Any radical religious organization that seeks to kill Americans and overthrow the government of the United States should have its religious freedoms restricted.

 

Jettboy

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 8:43:13 am

""OK, let's get rid of diversity and go back to an all-white, all-male military like we used to have in the good old days. Will that make you happy?"

Actually, it might not be such a bad thing if the only ones allowed in the military are those who are born and raised in he USA. If not that, foreign born must denounce citizenship of whatever country they came from and no foreigners should be allowed to serve. They should not have conflict of interest. With Muslims it has been proven time and again that there is currently a conflict of interest. I totally agree that any religion (Muslims are not an organization like the Catholics) that seeks to kill Americas and overthrow the government should have religious freedom scrutinized if not restricted.

 

Dave C.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 9:20:34 am

" I totally agree that any religion that seeks to kill Americas and overthrow the government should have religious freedom scrutinized if not restricted."

- Big ditto on that!

Of course the diversity bandwagon says that we have to be tolerant of those who would do us harm. This kind of thinking while America's enemies are gathering without and within is going to get us into big trouble, which is why I was absolutely shocked to hear that the nation's top general is sipping the diversity koolaid.

We need a Moroni who will vigorously defend our religious freedoms, wives, children, and American values, not some powder puff like Casey.

 

S.Faux

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 2:42:47 pm

Dave C. & Jettboy: Your arguments sound too much like the arguments made by anti-Mormon Governor Lilburn W. Boggs in 1838. His extermination order was based on his perception that there was a great need to push a seditious people (Mormons) out of "his" state.

I am just grateful that President Polk was willing to enlist Mormons in the Mexican-American War (1846-48).

Sorry, but I do NOT buy into your reasoning at all -- just too radical for me -- and I don't think such reasoning would fly in today's conservative Supreme Court either.

 

Dave C.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 3:05:31 pm

"Dave C. & Jettboy: Your arguments sound too much like the arguments made by anti-Mormon Governor Lilburn W. Boggs in 1838."

- I respectfully disagree. The early saints did not present a real danger to the government. Boggs was a delusional freak. Radical Islamists have demonstrated their hostility to this country. It is time to rat them out and get them out of the military.

There is a big difference between what I am suggesting and what Boggs did.

 

Dave C.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 4:46:16 pm

The Feds are now taking action. At least General Casey is not in charge of the FBI.

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.

In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, prosecutors filed a civil complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation and an alleged front company.

The assets include Islamic centers in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston, more than 100 acres in Virginia, and a 36-story office tower in New York.

Seizing the properties would be a sharp blow against Iran, which has been accused by the U.S. government of bankrolling terrorism and seeking a nuclear bomb.

(Source: Associated Press)

 

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