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To: Brumar89 who wrote (333945)11/13/2009 7:45:01 PM
From: Selectric II11 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794373
 
Tonight, CNBC is calling Obama's decision -- and having Holder announce it while Obama is half a world away -- a cowardly act.

Agreed.



To: Brumar89 who wrote (333945)11/14/2009 2:30:13 AM
From: KLP1 Recommendation  Respond to of 794373
 
Our Enemy Is Not Islam -- It's Extremists
by Judith Miller
, FOXNews.com
Updated November 13, 2009

foxnews.com

Let's be clear: The United States is not at war with Muslims or Islam.

We are at war, whether we like it or not, with Islamic heretics who argue that their own beliefs supersede traditional Islamic law and that traitors to Islam -- as they define it -- should be killed.

Both left- and right-wing accounts of the mass murder at Ft. Hood are haunted by the specter of "political correctness."

Faced with a man reportedly yelling "Allahu Akbar!" and mowing down dozens of soldiers on a U.S. military base in Texas, journalists at mainstream news organizations and left-wing bloggers were nearly unanimous in promoting explanations that allowed them to ignore the suspect's religious and political beliefs.

In an article that was widely echoed in other newspapers and broadcasts, Erica Goode of The New York Times explained Sunday that the alleged killer, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was a victim of "post-traumatic stress disorder" even before he had "experienced the reality of war."

Judith Miller is a writer, Manhattan Institute scholar and Fox News contributor. To continue reading her complete column on this topic, click here.