Therapeutic Terrorism

The stories about accused mass murdered Nidal Malik Hasan vary. He seems to have studied under a radical muslim cleric when he was at Walter Reed. There are other indicators that Major Hasan was trying to carry out a radical act. According to some press reports he gave away his belongings before entering the readiness center at Ft. Hood. He seems to have dressed in the traditional white. He seems to have bought the two handguns he used outside of the base. But in an effort to almost overbalance the coverage here against his growing faith in Islam - we seem to be wanting to construct a psychological profile of this guy. Anyone who commits an act like the one Hasan did has some screws loose. But without a detailed evaluation all of the "expert" commentary about who Major Hasan was at the time of the shootings is nonsense.

I would prefer for the news to be just that - here is what happened. GIve the the details that you know. But we consistently prattle on about this or that psychological theory. How about Joe Friday news? - nothing but the facts. His inevitable trial will allow the exposition of all the other stuff. For now we should be concentrating on the losses for the families at Ft. Hood (first) and trying to discover(second), if indeed this was an act of domestic terrorism, how to prevent a future one.