Stepping through Troubled Times

Diversity— a potentially dangerous political correct precedent in American society today. In the recent past, the TRUTH of “diversity” has been the respectful tolerance of others of different cultural background and faith for the values they can contribute to the American way of life. Today it has been trodden over by a social mandate to EMBRACE foreign faiths and cultures at the expense of our traditional beliefs. Diversity is now a politically correct expression in the American workplace born out of hypocrisy, leaving qualities of character, experience and ability by the wayside. This was tragically demonstrated at Ft. Hood, November 2009 when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a rampage against unarmed peers, killing 13 and wounding 38 as he stood on a table and cried out, “Allahu akbar!” meaning god is great. He had attended the same Virginia mosque which two of the September 11, 2001 hijackers attended to hear a radical Imam preach. E-mail messages of contacts with radical Imam Anwar al-Awlaki continued to reveal his dark ideology. Even his formal presentations to fellow Army doctors two years before spelled out his deadly view of life as he cited the specific sanctions of the Quran whereby killing of Muslims is justified as a soldier of the U.S. Army to engage them as enemy combatants. He continued the presentation with a vow that Muslim believers “should not serve in any capacity that renders them at risk to hurting/killing Muslim believers unjustly” in accord with those teachings. Although his actions and ideology were questioned by many military personnel, all were reluctant to take action for fear of reprisal under the protocols of DIVERSITY. His radical Islamic ideology was known to many of his peers and superior officers. He displayed a pattern of poor judgment and lack of professionalism pandering to anti-American influences. His radical ideology must have been harmful to his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients in the military. Even General Casey, U.S. Army, made a statement for the memorial service at Ft. Hood honoring the fallen soldiers saying, “diversity is a strategic imperative” of the Army. His statement tragically reveals the dangerous growth of political correctness. It clearly shows that the blindness continues in our military establishment. His statement is a public declaration of corporate hypocrisy promulgating political correctness over and above forthrightness and truth in our military service! DIVERSITY IS NOT THE STRENGTH OF OUR MILITARY! In absolute contrast, unity, singleness of purpose, unanimity in training and excellence in skill development are paramount to the strategic maneuvers of any military plan. Media coverage continued the blindness of political correctness by raising questions of PTSD affecting Maj. Hasan! News reports stressed the need to search for answers to discover if or how the military might have known such a murderous rage could have come about in Maj. Hasan - a false pretense of justice. How could PTSD be the cause when Maj. Hasan had seen no battle fatigue?! I believe there was no mental breakdown which overcame this man. Instead, a murderous ideology of a rational mind sought an opportunity to carry out a radical terrorist act.