http://www.justaverageamerican.com/2009/11/09/willful-blindness/ Discussing today's political and cultural issues Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:39:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.justaverageamerican.com/2009/11/09/willful-blindness/comment-page-1/#comment-276 howard pomeroy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:40 +0000 http://www.justaverageamerican.com/?p=1453#comment-276 Well then, here we are again. I do agree that in any of these sad events that seem to come "out of nowhere", we should be a little bit careful in jumping to conclusions until all the facts and details are in. As the days go by, it does appear that Husan had connections with some Islamic people of a troublesome nature. My real issue, however, remains with people in the military who had the opportunity to remove Husan apparently several times within the past months. I continue to read articles indicating that Husan had requested out of the military due to this Islamic beliefs and his desire not to be shipped into "harms way." I am a little slower to leap to conclusions about Muslims because it seems to me you can look at the history of any of the world's main religions and find bloodthirsty warmongers and inhumane treatment in all of them. Anyway, you certainly are correct: if the facts lead to a connection between Husan and Islam and his actions at Fort Hood, then such a case should be clearly reported for what it is. And so it goes. Ol' Pops in the HIGH desert. Well then, here we are again. I do agree that in any of these sad events that seem to come “out of nowhere”, we should be a little bit careful in jumping to conclusions until all the facts and details are in. As the days go by, it does appear that Husan had connections with some Islamic people of a troublesome nature. My real issue, however, remains with people in the military who had the opportunity to remove Husan apparently several times within the past months. I continue to read articles indicating that Husan had requested out of the military due to this Islamic beliefs and his desire not to be shipped into “harms way.”
I am a little slower to leap to conclusions about Muslims because it seems to me you can look at the history of any of the world’s main religions and find bloodthirsty warmongers and inhumane treatment in all of them.
Anyway, you certainly are correct: if the facts lead to a connection between Husan and Islam and his actions at Fort Hood, then such a case should be clearly reported for what it is.
And so it goes.
Ol’ Pops in the HIGH desert.

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