Quote Originally Posted by Big Gills View Post
I guess it is early in the game for the authorities to find out what was going on in this guys mind. But from what I gather he was born and raised in the US and the army footed the bill for a very nice education so he could be a shrink and then he goes bonkers and shoots American soldiers on his own base? Is that about the jist of it. It also said he argued with others about the war. Sounds like he got brainwashed listening to BinLaden and his group of nut jobs. But this guy is not dead but in the hospital, right? What a horrible horrible tradegy to happen. Its bad enough that soldiers are killed going over to fight the war on terrorism now they are not safe in their own country. That is just so wrong. hmmmm maybe this guy was really one of those Sleepers that wait and wait until they get the orders from BinLaden to attack. I dont know. Just thinking out loud.
I was mistaken about Nidal Hasan's birthplace. He was born and raised in Virginia but his parents were immigrants from Palestine near Jerusalem. About 15 minutes ago the NY Times reported that he told his brother he had serious problems with his deployment overseas because he would be fighting in a war that was killing his brother Muslims. He also made some horrible anti-American comments and expressed contempt for Americans in the classroom and on several websites. His instructors and doctors who supervised his internship heard him and not one of them reported it. I agree that he may have been part of a sleeper cell of terrorists, waiting for orders to attack. He has been taken off of life support and transferred to another hospital. Word is that he is still unable to speak. I wonder if that is self-imposed silence in order to keep from answering questions or if it is real.