Monday, November 16, 2009

A changing story

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When Nidal Malik Hasan was accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, polite society had a politically correct narrative ready to explain the murderous act. Repeated deployments had taken a psychological toll on Hasan. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had pushed him past the breaking point.

There was a big problem with this narrative. Hasan had never been deployed... [snip]

What each of these narratives ignores is the mounting evidence that it wasn't repeated deployments or an impending deployment or hearing about deployments or even alleged harassment that turned Hasan into an accused killer. Instead, it was an extremist religious doctrine that Hasan had repeatedly shown adherence to in recent years....

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