"UBF's Worst Offense"

Courtesy OPFOR, we learn of a piece in the Washington Post, of all places, detailing the crimes that The Ultimate Blue Falcon can be convicted of in advance of his Court Martial and, hopefully, appointment with Mr. Needle:

Maj. Hasan's worst offense

By Colbert I. King
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "God is great") before shooting his fellow service members at Fort Hood, Tex., woke up in his hospital bed with the presence of mind to suspend his personal jihad long enough to get lawyered up. No fool he.

Better to rest religiosity for a while and embrace the right to remain silent until your mouthpiece reaches your bedside. After all, they can't get you for what you don't say.

But the day will come, as it must, when Maj. Hasan will have to account for the premeditated murder of 13 people, as the Army has charged, and his alleged wounding of more than 30 others. There have been other mass murderers, but Hasan's rampage at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center on Nov. 5 sets him apart.
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But even without a trial, some judgments can be made about him without fear of contradiction. That's certainly true for those of us who served in the armed forces.

Measure Maj. Hasan against the standards of the Army's Seven Core Values. Do that, and it becomes clear that, a jury's verdict notwithstanding, Hasan has failed on every score that matters most to those with whom he served.

Loyalty
Duty
Respect
Selfless service
Honor
Integrity
Personal courage

For the formal charges, Hasan will be tried in a court of law. But a verdict on him as a sworn military officer already can be rendered.

"We're never so vulnerable," wrote artist and author Walter Anderson, "than when we trust someone."

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan betrayed that trust. That is his unforgivable sin.

 I confess to having been disgusted when Clinton's Army rolled out their "Seven Core values."   It wasn't so much because I had a problem with those values, as because of the "Consideration of Others" training that went with them.

By the way, I note that Michelle Malkin's point that, since one of UBF's victims was pregnant he should be charged with fourteen counts of murder, goes unheard by Those in Charge...

Meanwhile, another Army Major risks his career to make his point.

This has nothing to do with being anti-Islamic. After numerous tours to Iraq and working with countless cultural advisors on Ft. Bragg, I know dozens of Muslims who I respect and admire greatly. This has everything to do with force protection and security being trumped by the concepts of political correctness and diversity. This has everything to do with a hypocritical system and culture that breeds timidity and dismissiveness in the interest of career advancement. If I preached a white-supremacist ideology or described Timothy McVeigh as a hero to the cause of freedom and liberty, how long do you think I would still be in the military drawing a salary, receiving educational benefits and getting promoted like Hasan did?

I have a pretty good idea...