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Fear of offending Muslims or being insensitive to religion was likely a key factor to why Army supervisors ignored signs that the suspect in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage was a Muslim extremist.
Senior Pentagon officials last week sought to play down or sidestep questions about why Army supervisors and FBI counterterrorism officials ignored warning signs or failed to take action.
When asked whether the immediate problem at Fort Hood, Texas, was Islamist radicalization, Mr. West declined to single out Islamists.
"Our concern is not with the religion," ... "It is with the potential effect on our soldiers' ability to do their job."
Mr. West said "radicalization of any sort" is the issue and that "our concern is with actions and effects, not necessarily with motivations"...
[Brilliant.]
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