How America created the Fort Hood shooter

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In Osama bin-Laden's 1998 sit down with ABC's John Miller, his last face-to-face interview with an American journalist, the al Qaeda chief explains his motives:

We are sure of our victory. Our battle with the Americans is larger than our battle with the Russians....

After Allah honored us with victory in Afghanistan . . . it cleared from Muslim minds the myth of superpowers. The youth ceased from seeing America as a superpower. After leaving Afghanistan they headed for Somalia and prepared for a long battle, thinking that the Americans were like the Russians, but they were surprised . . . The youth were surprised at the low morale of the American soldiers and realized more than before that the American soldiers are paper tigers. After a few blows, they ran in defeat and America forgot about all the hoopla and media propaganda . . . about being the world leader, and the leader of the new world order.

It is obvious that the media war in this century is one of the strongest methods (of struggle). In fact, its ratio may reach 90% of the total preparation for battles

There truly is "a lesson to learn from this for he who wishes to learn." Islamist terrorists are not motivated by grievances, real or imagined, nor by old religious doctrines in and of themselves, but by the perception that their enemies are weak and that Allah -- after many years -- is again willing to grant victory to Muslim fighters. And bin-Laden measures these actions entirely by their propaganda value as proof of religious dogma.

But Islamists' certainty is not settled with one example... [snip]

Bin-Laden recruits terrorists by claiming lack of western resolve to fight. Hasan is alleged to have, verbally and in writing, tested the resolve of the "system"--and again and again he found it lacking. In doing so, he came to the same conclusion as bin-Laden; that The Time Is Now -- Allah is indeed granting victory to Muslims. It was in fact the failure to disabuse Hasan of this belief, Americans "created the terrorist" that, tragically, had that very effect... [snip]

The Hasan case provides a strong argument for a "broken windows" approach to fighting Islamic extremism -- a rules-enforcement-based system which is the polar opposite of political correctness...

[DOD]:

"Department of Defense should allow Muslim Soldiers the option of being released as 'Conscientious objectors' to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events."

[Hasan]:

"If Muslim groups can convince Muslims that they are fighting for God against the injustices of the ‘infidels' ie; enemies of Islam, then Muslims can become a potent adversary ie suicide bombing, etc."

It had taken years for Hasan to make himself certain of Allah's will. But Hasan was finally convinced. So on November 5 he allegedly entered a crowded building on base and opened fire. Survivors allege that, as he fired, Hasan shouted what he might have expected to be his final message before ascending to heaven:

"Allahu Akbar."

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