Cliff May writes an interesting column under the above title that gives some perspective to the recent massacre at Ft. Hood. He asks us to consider what we would make of the following situation:
"Imagine if, in 1942, the son of German immigrants from the Sudetenland had yelled "Heil Hitler!" and then gunned down several dozen of his fellow soldiers on an American military base. Most reporters probably would not have expressed bewilderment as to the perpetrator's motive. They'd have simply connected the dots and told the public what happened: An army officer appears to have turned traitor, subscribing to the Nazi ideology and choosing to kill for the Nazi cause."
townhall.com/columnists/CliffMay/2009/11/12/media_mush
Not too difficult, right? Wrong. Much of the US media today is twisting their analysis beyond all recognition to avoid making a similar conclusion with Maj. Hasan at Ft. Hood. A society that will not recognize that someone or something (jihadist ideology) is trying to kill it is in for a very rough time - most of it self-inflicted.
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