A Voice in the Wilderness In Defense of "Mere Conservatism"

Can we “jump” yet?

The politically correct insanity that is crippling this country knows no bounds.  Within 24 hours of the terrorist attack on Fort Hood we knew that the suspect was named Nidal Malik Hasan, was a devout Muslim, spoke openly to his clients and colleagues alike about his radical Muslm views, had given copies of the Koran away to friends and neighbors the day before the murders took place, had been a member in social networking groups which extolled the virtues of suicide bombing, and, oh by the way, according to eye witness reports, had screamed "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Great!) before and during his rampage on the innocent victims in Texas.

And with all of that evidence, every liberal in America, from President Obama to Anderson Cooper to Homeland Security Chief Janet Napalitano, insisted that no one "jump to any conclusions."

Really?  Conclusions about what?  Not that the man might have been motivated by his perverted view of Islam to slaughter fellow soldiers, right?  Who would think such a thing?

Do you have any ketchup popsicles to sell me that might match my new white gloves?

But don't believe this sarcastic blogger that what happened at Fort Hood was most certainly terrorism.  From ABC News:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

The military knew this man was insane, and yet let him continue to be the person soldiers came to for counseling after fighting in a war that Hasan hated (only slightly more than Code Pink and the anti-war Left in this country).

I'm gonna let Mark Steyn take this blog-post home with an excerpt from his latest, and I dare say brilliant, column:

When it emerged early Thursday afternoon that the shooter was Nidal Malik Hasan, there appeared shortly thereafter on Twitter a flurry of posts with the striking formulation: "Please judge Maj. Malik Nadal [sic] by his actions and not by his name."

Concerned tweeters can relax: There was never really any danger of that – and not just in the sense that the New York Times' first report on Maj. Hasan never mentioned the words "Muslim" or "Islam," or that ABC's Martha Raddatz's only observation on his name was that "as for the suspect, Nadal Hasan, as one officer's wife told me, 'I wish his name was Smith.'"

What a strange reaction. I suppose what she means is that, if his name were Smith, we could all retreat back into the same comforting illusions that allowed the bureaucracy to advance Nidal Malik Hasan to major and into the heart of Fort Hood while ignoring everything that mattered about the essence of this man.

Honestly, this might be one of the most important articles you ever read.  Please finish Steyn's masterpiece right here.