When the name, looks, behavior and vocal opposition to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan by a devout Muslim turned Islamic terrorist, culminates in the killing of 13 and injures 28 at the largest US military instillation in the world, by one of our alleged own, resulting in the second major Islamic attack on the United States since 9/11, is called something other than terrorism, we are living in a sad state of political correctness – hardly representing transparency.

This political correctness descends from the White House through all political operatives that have access to the media and thus infiltrates the opinions of the mainstream press.

It is a classic case of media manipulation, creating an inaccurate public perception of a horrific event.  For what reasons, we can only speculate, but it appears to be political correctness.

When the scene fits the profile of terrorism, the assailant vocally behaves like one before the act and during the execution of the carnage crying out the words of ‘Allahu Akbar’ – ‘God Is Good’, it is difficult for the American people to accept that this was a single, isolated act by a psychopath, as some would like us to believe.

Major Malik Nadal Hasan, a devout Muslim, a military psychiatrist, scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan was the alleged shooter. Military reports said that he fired some 100 rounds from an automatic pistol, which means he would have had to re-load 5 times.

It was but a few hours after the terrorist act, that the media interviewed, family and colleagues of Hasan who collectively said he consistently voiced opposition to the war on terror – because he saw it as a war against Islam.  He obviously saw himself on the wrong side with respect to his religion and followed his teachings, whether they are from Islam or the Taliban.

It was a premeditated act; he had to purchase the pistol and the automatic weapon as well as the rounds of ammo, plan a way to get the arms on the base, and the day before began giving away personal items – even his Quran.

It is a known fact that al-Qaeda and the Taliban have targeted US Military installations and US Prisons for the recruitment of disciples for their cause.  The cells they create range from a single individual to one of many – the end result is the same, whether organized from a central group and a plan, or executed by one – carnage

Among the intelligence community it is believed that there is a fine line between the practice of Islam and the segue to becoming a radical Islamist.

All of the signs were there, the red flags were flying, but our intelligence agencies missed the motives of Major Hasan. How many more Hasan’s are in the military?

It is despicable that our politicians from the White House throughout the congress can’t identify the Ft. Hood incident for what it was – terrorism.  No, it would rather not try to identify the religious issue for political correctness.

You see we readily identified 9/11 as a terrorist act because it consisted of four acts, closely coordinated and a terrorist group took credit for it.  Major Hasan’s single act was no different than any one of those carried out on 9/11.  They were all carried out by psychopaths on a planned mission of terrorism.

Yes, if it looks like a Duck, walks like a Duck, talks like a Duck – I’ll bet it’s a Duck.